tiger attacking roy

[Ocuflox]

ok i am so sick up people on the radio saying that it was the tigers fault for attacking roy. I am from las vegas and a bio/psych major. I can tell you that it doesnt matter if the white tiger was born in captive. It is still a WILD animal. It has basic animal instincts. It would take 100s to 1000s generations using artificial selection to get a semi tame tiger. I mean seriously what do u expect to happen when you play with fire. No doubt that this was a tradegy but still come on...what do u expect when u put ur face inches away from a tiger's mouth.

 

[Lyfer]

Roy should eat that tiger.

 

[MazerRackham]

Who's been saying that on the radio? If they've been saying that they are idiots. You can never tame a goddamn tiger, no matter how nice you are to it. I mean, sometimes it's even impossible to tame regular house cats!

I am just surprised those guys haven't been chewed up before this...

 

[waylman]

can't believe there's no video of this

 

[sygyzy]

I am glad we finally have someone who is a qualified on Vegas White Tigers. Yes, people. Ocuflox is FROM Las Vegas, and he is a biology / psychology major. Combined, he is a foremost authority on show tiger attacks.

 

[Bulk Beef]

[Cartman]No Kitty!! That's a Bad Kitty!![/Cartman]

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: waylman
can't believe there's no video of this

yeah! I wanted to see it.

 

[Eli]

I agree completely.

 

[amnesiac]

Actually, on some news program they had an animal expert who said that it was possible that the tiger was *DEFENDING* Roy by dragging him away from all the "threats" it saw on stage. That would explain its actions a lot more; if an animal is bred in captivity away from other members of its species, it may consider the option of a surrogate family member -- for example, see the terry cloth surrogate monkey study.

If it was actually attacking Roy, it wouldn't have just run off with Roy's head in its mouth, I don't think.

 

[m2kewl]

tiger (mauling roy): "mmmm...taste like chikn"

 

[Jetblade]

RRRRAAAARRR!!!!

 

[Fudssa]

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: m2kewl
tiger (mauling roy): "mmmm...taste like chikn"

repost i wuz the first

There is a video of the incident....we need a press pass to view it or a haxor to get in yahoo.

 

[bothered]

After reading a book about a zoologist who spent hundreds of days trapped in a small enclosure with a tiger I can tell you a few things:

- The Tiger will not attack you if it thinks you are the dominant Alpha Male.
- Even if you are the dominant alpha male, if you invade its territory and it thinks you are a threat it WILL attack.
- If the tiger thinks you are the Alpha male, but it gets fed up with you and your alpha dominancy is not firmly established it will likely attack you.
- Yes, tiger's are animals. They follow instinct. They don't have a sense of loyalty. They don't attack, or they do, mostly based on what they believe there social status is in relation to other tigers - or in this case a human.

 

[MedicBob]

Originally posted by: waylman
can't believe there's no video of this

 

[lukatmyshu]

Did you read "The Life of Pi"? I somehow don't think that Roy would folllow the same regime that Pi did.

 

[IGBT]

Don't tease big kitties.

 

[iwearnosox]

They found out the tiger didn't do it after all.

Tigers, as it turns out, are carnivores. Why would it eat a fruit?

 

[TommyVercetti]

Did they use taser guns and what not on those tigers?

 

[BuckNaked]

I am wondering why it took the tiger this long to go after his a$$....

 

[Led Zeppelin]

Yeah, I'm really surprised this never happened sooner than it did.

 

[nodoubts2k]

Originally posted by: LedZeppelin
Yeah, I'm really surprised this never happened sooner than it did.

second that

 

[Rapidskies]

Originally posted by: bothered
After reading a book about a zoologist who spent hundreds of days trapped in a small enclosure with a tiger I can tell you a few things:

- The Tiger will not attack you if it thinks you are the dominant Alpha Male.
- Even if you are the dominant alpha male, if you invade its territory and it thinks you are a threat it WILL attack.
- If the tiger thinks you are the Alpha male, but it gets fed up with you and your alpha dominancy is not firmly established it will likely attack you.
- Yes, tiger's are animals. They follow instinct. They don't have a sense of loyalty. They don't attack, or they do, mostly based on what they believe there social status is in relation to other tigers - or in this case a human.

Ummm how do you get trapped for hundreds of days with a tiger, all the while deciphering the social system of panthera tigris, yet can't seem to find your way out of a cage?

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: bothered
After reading a book about a zoologist who spent hundreds of days trapped in a small enclosure with a tiger I can tell you a few things:

- The Tiger will not attack you if it thinks you are the dominant Alpha Male.
- Even if you are the dominant alpha male, if you invade its territory and it thinks you are a threat it WILL attack.
- If the tiger thinks you are the Alpha male, but it gets fed up with you and your alpha dominancy is not firmly established it will likely attack you.
- Yes, tiger's are animals. They follow instinct. They don't have a sense of loyalty. They don't attack, or they do, mostly based on what they believe there social status is in relation to other tigers - or in this case a human.

[/quote]

- The Tiger will not attack you if it thinks you are the dominant Alpha Male.

that one statement invalidates the next one - Even if you are the dominant alpha male, if you invade its territory and it thinks you are a threat it WILL attack.

 

[step-dawg]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
I am glad we finally have someone who is a qualified on Vegas White Tigers. Yes, people. Ocuflox is FROM Las Vegas, and he is a biology / psychology major. Combined, he is a foremost authority on show tiger attacks.

OMG. hahahaha. I don't know why, but i just found that so funny. pwned.