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Now for Necron99, I see your Star Wars Geek:
I raise you a LOTR geek:
A Soylent Greens geek:
And a Star Trek geek:
I am a sci-fi geek from way back as well, grew up on this stuff, mostly because of my sister 🙂
Necron99 wrote:khat7 wrote:Love the Star Wars kitties. I’ll bet I was a Star Wars nerd before you were born Necron 😉 😆
*Strawberry Fyre
*Jade Fyre
*Fyre Garnet
http://dragcave.ath.cx/user/34664*Silver
*White
i have been around for all of them , of course i was just born when the first one came out but i quickly converted into nerd-dom . I remember meeting Darth Vader at the drive for Empire in and he scared me somthing awful
I was 18 when the first one (episode 4) came out 😆
ruffian wrote:That being said, as much as I love bulldogs I have issues with breeding them, they do have the highest infant mortality rate of any PB dog, they have high numbers of water babies and spina bifida. I much prefer people who breed them naturally and have free whelpers though. This is why I like the movement taken on by some to create the “Olde English Bulldogge”, and American Bulldogs of course.
That is what my brother in MI is doing. He breeds more for disposition than blood line. Even though I much prefer Akitas I think his dogs are great 😉
ruffian wrote:Actually it is quite a bit different, very very few pug pups, or bulldog pups are born with facial deformities like those tigers, and it is not due to in breeding, it is due to genetics, you take 2 un related pugs and breed them the pups still look like pugs, there are no unrelated white tigers. It is the same as breeding albino Doberman Pinschers though, they are all bred down from 1 dog, a male, who was repeatedly bred back to his mother, then to his daughters to get more.
That being said, as much as I love bulldogs I have issues with breeding them, they do have the highest infant mortality rate of any PB dog, they have high numbers of water babies and spina bifida. I much prefer people who breed them naturally and have free whelpers though. This is why I like the movement taken on by some to create the “Olde English Bulldogge”, and American Bulldogs of course.
I was not referencing the inbreeding problem. You start inbreeding any animal, and it’s bad news, period. The royalty of Europe proved that case phenomenally. What I am getting more to the point of, is human manipulation in creating things that are almost almost totally incapable of existing beyond human care. This goes for everything as humble as goldfish (I.E. Ranchu goldfish), to everything as designer as the “snow tiger” farce.
I understand what you are saying, but if people are breeding them to be as healthy as possible I see no real problem with it, I will never own a “pet” wolf just because it can survive in the wild.:roll:
I do own Shiba Inu which are pretty close to how they were in the wild, look wise, can very successfully kill many animals and I have no doubt that they could survive without me. My next dog will either be a Bouvier Des Flanders, an AmStaff or a rescued pittie.
Now, now. Not all us rednecks are inbred. I’m a redneck, and damn proud of it – though, my looks have been known to inspire terror instead of derision. 😛 Living in LA, I like to point out that all this drive by shooting, and robbery at gunpoint nonsense doesn’t happen in *my* neck of the woods. ‘Cause you never know who just might shoot back!
It’s interesting that people think only of rednecks as being inbred. Historically, it was all of the European royalty that was highly inbred – cousins to cousins and all that. And it was not uncommon for brothers to wed sisters when it came to ancient Egyptian royalty. Trying to keep all that “royal blood” in the family, as it were.
-Zorse, dragging this thread *waaaaaaaay* off topic.
Now back to your regularly scheduled Caturday thread.[/i]
WindstoneCollector wrote:White tigers are a product of inbreeding. Mother to son, father to daughter, brother to sister. I spent an hour or so reading up on it on the web lastnight…It is a very depressing thing to know how and why white tigers are used in the zoo/circus.
Only 1 of 4 cubs born is white. The other 3 are sold for cold cash, or abandonded. 80% of white tiger cubs are born deformed, beyond showing capability, or they die wihtin 6 months of birth. 😥 White tigers are used in circus acts because they are also mentally slower than your regular orange tiger. They are ALL born cross-eyed. And sometimes lack most all depth perception.
Yes, they are beautiful. I have always thought so, now I kinda feel sorry for them.
But their story is sorta saddening to a cat lover… 🙁
But, hey Caturday isn’t aobut the sniffles…Its about the laughter!! 😀Thanks, WSC! This was interesting reading.
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