Braingle: 'Liger?' Brain Teaser

Liger?

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Puzzle ID:	#35104
Fun:	(3.02)
Difficulty:	(0.95)
Category:	Trivia
Submitted By:	tamjp
Corrected By:	deepsea

Once, there was a lovesick tiger who fell in love with a lovely lioness. However, her pride rejected him, and they were not allowed to be together because he was different.

Heart sickness and grief caused the lovely lioness to lose all of her fur. Even though it was a sad sight, the tiger was overjoyed! Now he would shave off all of his fur. Then he could pretend to be a large lion and be with his beloved.

Unfortunately, they did not get to live happily ever after! His plan failed. Even with his fur gone, everyone could tell he was a tiger.

Ignoring any obvious size differences, how did the pride know that he was obviously still a tiger?

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Comments

karenokupniak Jan 28, 2007	Don't know how I knew that, but I did. Well written and fun. Thanks!
Shawnheyhey123 Jan 28, 2007	Pretty great teaser.
Therulerofthem Jan 28, 2007	I heard this a few days ago, not sure from where though.
chica29 Jan 28, 2007	wow i never knew that.. shweettt...
ViaTunisi Jan 28, 2007	Don't they have striped skin and striped fur?
Sand-Storm Jan 28, 2007	Good job - I need to read more about animals
notsosmart111 Jan 28, 2007	That was a horrible teaser! Unless you are an expert on animals you wouldnt have understould that! That teaser required outside knowledge that some people dont have! But clever riddle though!
thrshope4u2 Jan 28, 2007	Learn something new every day. That was a good one.
breathesunshine Jan 28, 2007	As an owner of cats and dogs, it was easy to guess the answer to this. I loved it!
tamjp Jan 29, 2007	Super glad you all enjoyed this one! It has been a long while since I submitted so this was exciting! I am sorry that I Just "blurted Out " the answer. The teaser could have been better if I had kept with the story telling mode lie: Our lovestruck fellow discovered that he had striped skin as well" or something like that. I hope to find the link that I can stick here to lead us all to more fun tiger facts. Haven't found one to back up my "facts " yet though Anyhow, thanks for the positive comments
tamjp Jan 29, 2007	I meant to type like not lie sorry
vlerma Feb 01, 2007	And the color of the lioness skin? Love comes in many colors. Good teaser.
coolcow35 Feb 06, 2007	I heard that they had striped skin!!
samwise_jedi Mar 07, 2007	Good one, I liked it. to notsosmart, of course you have to have prior knowledge, it's under trivia! Oh and for future knowledge: Male tiger + female lion = Tion; A liger has a lion father. No biggie.
glamorousAB Mar 08, 2007	LOL thats pretty awesome
tamjp Mar 10, 2007	Samwise__Jedi You are wise. thank you for the Information and kudos on your awesome screen name. Thanks for all of the positive comments form eveyone.
Romono445 Mar 21, 2007	Thanks for teaching me a new fact. I never knew tigers had striped skin!
ripple716 Dec 29, 2007	Duh!
avonma Dec 29, 2007	I knew the stripes were there, too. Nice try.
orcasman Dec 29, 2007	where did you go to find that out??? LOL
doehead Dec 29, 2007	ROAR ROAR ROAR..Pretty easy
kjk56 Dec 29, 2007	Great puzzle.
AnnieQ Dec 29, 2007	Learned something new.
katjojo Dec 29, 2007	I thought it was the tail. Striped tail.
phyllisa Dec 29, 2007	Good teaser
SweetPotato Dec 29, 2007	Thanks for this one. Yep ... knew that ... also, an amorous zebra would have been disappointed in the same way (they also have striped skin). But then perhaps disappointed in another way as well ... if the lioness was hungry.
bradon182001 Dec 29, 2007	Another new bit of trivia to file away in my memory bank. Thanks for posting.
UptheHill Dec 29, 2007	Too easy...
New_Guy Dec 29, 2007	Glad I tune in to PBS!
mondayschild59 Dec 29, 2007	Thank God I watch the animal planet. I believe Zebras are the same way. Thanks for the outstanding teaser. It was a pleasure to read and answer. Monday~
2ndhandrose Dec 29, 2007	Via Tunisi. Uh , what does your comment mean???? Sweet Potato,I loved your Joke Good teaser , I learned something. Thanks !!!
auntiesis Dec 29, 2007	Very easy, but I suppose it could stump some people.
wordmama Dec 29, 2007	rose, I think viatunisi doesn't realize that 'as well as' means 'and'; that's my guess.
dogg6pound9 Dec 29, 2007	great teaser... pretty easy for those of us that are animal lovers, but loved it anyhow
msbaseball210 Dec 29, 2007	nice job - i thought a liger was a leoperd/tiger - but o well - nice job
ragdol13 Dec 29, 2007	umm yeah. not so much a brain teaser, but a fact i thought everyone knew..
Madelulabelle Dec 29, 2007	Good teaser, I didn't really know that Tigers were that way, but I just figured that it must be that and got it right! And to 2ndHandRose and Wordmama, the reason for Via Tunisi's comment was that there was an error in the teaser, which has since been corrected.
crystalblade Dec 29, 2007	Isn't hair just dead skin, and that's why striped skin produces striped hair? Besides, how else would you be able to tell it's a tiger? Just guess. =P
Barticus Dec 30, 2007	This is only interesting because tiger stripes are different from house cat stripes. On a tiger, black hairs grow from black skin, and yellow hairs grow from yellow skin. Each hair is a single color. On a house cat, whiskers are usually the same color as the underlying skin, but hairs are not. If a cat is striped each individual hair is striped. A single hair can have as many as six colors! Go look carefully at a tabby if you don't believe me. Even when a cat isn't striped, each hair might be multiple colors. I had a Russian Blue. The tip of each hair is white, but the rest of each hair varies between two shades of gray.
gypsykid Dec 30, 2007	dont male lions also have manes, while tigers dont?
lynnica Dec 30, 2007	good teaser. I picked this up somewhere so I knew it.
katamaster Dec 31, 2007	This is an interesting fact. I might add that "male" lions have manes. Tigers do no have manes so unless he pretended to be female (which I doubt), the lack of a mane would be a giveaway also.
MorbidLies Dec 31, 2007	that poor tiger!! I didn't know about the skin being striped I just figured that his hair that was still kinda there would show his stripes and his color and that would obviously make him not a lion!
patiencewithaP Dec 29, 2010	Easy and fun! Great trivia!
dani4w45t Dec 29, 2010	I knew the answer right away because I learned it a long time ago but the accompanying story was VERY entertaining. Great job!
wwestar1000 Dec 29, 2010	Dude, a liger is made of a lion and a tigress! a lioness and a tiger is a Tiglon!
xdbtcp Dec 29, 2010	A liger is pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed... bred for its skills in magic.
NettieLou Dec 29, 2010	That was so cute. And I got it right away!
auntiesis Dec 30, 2010	Easy if you know your cats, which I do.