Talk:Lion
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The man-eating lion section of this article is imported from Everything2. Since I wrote it, I am free to do so... -- Emperorbma 23:20, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- I am not happy with the man eating lion stuff. It's not neutral. Okay, some lions do attack men, and some famous. But's its probably a case of if "man bites dog". There is good reason for lions to be scared of humans, and they were often killed by humans since they can kill cattle. And they were probably eliminated from Europe this way?
Ligers and Tions (oh my!)
The crossbreed section seems a little long, and only tangentially related. It's certainly interesting, but it seems this info would go best in the Liger and Tion articles, with a mere "see also" link here. Does anyone object? – Quadell (talk) (help)[[]] 21:24, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)
- Sounds good to me. 68.81.231.127 07:32, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Actually some of the size info on Togon is rather nonsense, they are nothing like a house cat. Though smaller than their parents in average, theey still weigh about 150 kg and have the size of female lion - nothing like a house cat. Source : http://www.tiger-online.org/tigbib/bigcats/bigcats.htm perhaps they mean newborns? i know a tigon is more slender, and thus its cub would look something like a housecat fully grown..
extinct american lions
apparently north america had lions at the same time as wooly mammoths and such... - Omegatron 18:16, Nov 29, 2004 (UTC)
- Yes. 68.81.231.127 07:32, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
the following bits need a little looking-at, eh? this can't be right.
-The lion, as all the other animals fears unknown objects, for instance, if a lion goes you to attack and you to show for him a toilet paper, he will retreat. -Lions hibernate during the winter time.
also, i don't think the asiatic lioness picture should be so close to the bit about ligers, it's confusing.
fear of the unknown
The lion, as all the other animals fears unknown objects, for instance, if a lion goes you to attack and you to show for him a toilet paper, he will retreat.
- Can anyone confirm this? It sounds rather implausible. jdb ❋ 05:38, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Good catch. This article attracts a fair amount of overt vandalism, but there is also some stealth vandalism: the edit before yours removed a suspicious line about lions hibernating that has been part of the article for quite some time. 68.81.231.127 22:31, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)