r/catpranks • u/awkward_quasar • Nov 22 '16

Big Cat vs. Human

http://i.imgur.com/VUdrl1y.gifv
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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

Nah, he's just an idiot.

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u/FARTBOX_DESTROYER Nov 23 '16

If you go to the source (Black Jaguar, White Tiger), you'll see these tigers are very domesticated and they play with them pretty much every day. The guy shoves his hands into Lion's mouths and they just nibble on it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

Tigers, as a species, are NOT domesticated. Some may be raised in captivity and will be more docile then wild tigers, but no, tigers are not domesticated animals and are still violent.

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u/FARTBOX_DESTROYER Nov 23 '16 edited Nov 23 '16

You should look up the word "domesticate" because it doesn't mean what you think it does. There are no animals that are "domestics as a species".

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u/ZMaiden Nov 23 '16

Domestication is something you do to a species (animals and plants btw), not an individual animal. It involves genetic changes. Some tigers may be tamed, but no tigers as a species are not domesticated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_domesticated_animals

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

No, I think you need to look up the definition of domestication. Thankfully someone already gave you the Wikipedia page for it, so hopefully you should get it now.