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Liger?
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?
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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The answer is only skin-deep!Answer
Tigers have striped skin as well as striped furHide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Don't know how I knew that, but I did. Well written and fun. Thanks!
Pretty great teaser.
I heard this a few days ago, not sure from where though.
wow i never knew that.. shweettt...
Don't they have striped skin *and* striped fur?
Good job - I need to read more about animals
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!
Learn something new every day. That was a good one.
As an owner of cats and dogs, it was easy to guess the answer to this. I loved it!
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
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
I meant to type *like * not *lie* sorry
And the color of the lioness skin? Love comes in many colors. Good teaser.
I heard that they had striped skin!!
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.
Oh and for future knowledge: Male tiger + female lion = Tion; A liger has a lion father. No biggie.
LOL thats pretty awesome
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Thanks for all of the positive comments form eveyone.
You are wise. thank you for the Information and kudos on your awesome screen name.
Thanks for all of the positive comments form eveyone.
Thanks for teaching me a new fact. I never knew tigers had striped skin!
Duh!
I knew the stripes were there, too. Nice try.
where did you go to find that out??? LOL
ROAR ROAR ROAR..Pretty easy
Great puzzle.
Learned something new.
I thought it was the tail. Striped tail.
Good teaser
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.
Another new bit of trivia to file away in my memory bank. Thanks for posting.
Too easy...
Glad I tune in to PBS!
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~
Monday~
Via Tunisi. Uh , what does your
comment mean????
Sweet Potato,I loved your Joke
Good teaser , I learned something.
Thanks !!!
comment mean????
Sweet Potato,I loved your Joke
Good teaser , I learned something.
Thanks !!!
Very easy, but I suppose it could stump some people.
rose, I think viatunisi doesn't realize that 'as well as' means 'and'; that's my guess.
great teaser... pretty easy for those of us that are animal lovers, but loved it anyhow
nice job - i thought a liger was a leoperd/tiger - but o well - nice job
umm yeah. not so much a brain teaser, but a fact i thought everyone knew..
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.
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
Besides, how else would you be able to tell it's a tiger? Just guess. =P
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.
dont male lions also have manes, while tigers dont?
good teaser. I picked this up somewhere so I knew it.
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.
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!
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!
Easy and fun! Great trivia!
I knew the answer right away because I learned it a long time ago but the accompanying story was VERY entertaining. Great job!
Dude, a liger is made of a lion and a tigress! a lioness and a tiger is a Tiglon!
A liger is pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed... bred for its skills in magic.
That was so cute. And I got it right away!
Easy if you know your cats, which I do.
Weird backstory. But good trivia I guessed right, but I assume there are many other ways that they would know the difference.
Because he said his name was Tony.
Cute story! I knew this one, too!
Happy New Year everyone!
Happy New Year everyone!
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser; I knew this one and got it right away.
I learned this fact a long time ago, so long that I don't remember where I learned it from! This was fun!
Meh. Seemed like a very roundabout way just to ask a question about a simple fact. Sure, not all would know it, but I still found it a bit overdone.
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