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Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:56 pm
by Cosmo
Memento Mori wrote:Pierced monkey ears?


Bitch be crazy.

I wanted to squeeze the tiny heads on those little monkeys.

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:00 pm
by Memento Mori
Cosmo wrote:
Memento Mori wrote:Pierced monkey ears?


Bitch be crazy.

I wanted to squeeze the tiny heads on those little monkeys.


I couldn't help but think of Karl Pilkington when they showed that chimpanzee wearing a T-shirt.

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:04 pm
by Sputnik
Saber toothed tigers were definitely not around 360 million years ago. That's 100 million years before dinosaurs appeared :lol: That's a good way to start their genetic experimentations.

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:04 pm
by Captain Kinopio
Breeding a Sabertooth :lol:

Quality documentary. The chimp owners were strawberry floating mental, I would have gone no where near that bigger one, totally irresponsible to let something like that wander about freely.

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:05 pm
by Tomous
I didn't quite catch the sabre-tooth tiger bit-how were they going to do it?

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:05 pm
by Sputnik
I dunno, as much as I don't like the idea of caged animals, they do have a point about breeding the rare ones for conservation.

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:09 pm
by Igor
Tomous wrote:I didn't quite catch the sabre-tooth tiger bit-how were they going to do it?


Sticking a tiger and a lion in a cage and leaving them to it, I think.

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:10 pm
by Preezy
I've got 2 different lizards in my garage, gonna leave them to it and hopefully if my science is right we'll have a velociraptor in a few weeks.

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:14 pm
by Tomous
Igor wrote:
Tomous wrote:I didn't quite catch the sabre-tooth tiger bit-how were they going to do it?


Sticking a tiger and a lion in a cage and leaving them to it, I think.



That would give you a liger or a tigron depending on which species is male and which is female.


Don't see where the sabre tooth would come from....

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:15 pm
by Tomous
Preezy wrote:I've got 2 different lizards in my garage, gonna leave them to it and hopefully if my science is right we'll have a velociraptor in a few weeks.



:lol:

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:17 pm
by Johnny Ryall
They all seemed to have the best intentions but they're all horribly misinformed.

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:19 pm
by Tomous
Johnny Ryall wrote:They all seemed to have the best intentions but they're all horribly misinformed.



And completely blind to how unhappy some of those animals clearly are.

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:19 pm
by Igor
I have a Pepperami and some slightly off cheese in my fridge - I wonder what'll happen if I leave them in there for a few months?

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:24 pm
by blackoutHERO
Jo Exotic was a good guy who cared for the animals and looked after them. The others were strawberry floating mentalists.

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:25 pm
by Preezy
blackoutHERO wrote:Jo Exotic was a good guy who cared for the animals and looked after them. The others were strawberry floating mentalists.

Hmm, was still slightly exploitative of him to carry on breeding animals that he couldn't really afford...

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:25 pm
by Sputnik
Tomous wrote:
Igor wrote:
Tomous wrote:I didn't quite catch the sabre-tooth tiger bit-how were they going to do it?


Sticking a tiger and a lion in a cage and leaving them to it, I think.



That would give you a liger or a tigron depending on which species is male and which is female.


Don't see where the sabre tooth would come from....


I thought they were going to selectively cross breed the various large cats they have there until they end up with something resembling the old sabre-tooth. Like they'd keep breeding the tigers with the largest fangs with the most agile leopards and so on.

Don't see how they can realistically be successful with that without having a few thousand individual beasts and at least 10 generations time, but whatever. Plus they'd end up with a new species of feline, not the real sabre-tooth.

Or maybe they found some real sabre-tooth DNA and want to inject it into a zygote or something.

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:27 pm
by Tomous
Sputnik wrote:
Tomous wrote:
Igor wrote:
Tomous wrote:I didn't quite catch the sabre-tooth tiger bit-how were they going to do it?


Sticking a tiger and a lion in a cage and leaving them to it, I think.



That would give you a liger or a tigron depending on which species is male and which is female.


Don't see where the sabre tooth would come from....


I thought they were going to selectively cross breed the various large cats they have there until they end up with something resembling the old sabre-tooth. Like they'd keep breeding the tigers with the largest fangs with the most agile leopards and so on.

Don't see how they can realistically be successful with that without having a few thousand individual beasts and at least 10 generations time, but whatever. Plus they'd end up with a new species of feline, not the real sabre-tooth.

Or maybe they found some real sabre-tooth DNA and want to inject it into a zygote or something.



One minor flaw in their plan is I think a lot of cross breeding produces infertile offspring....

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:27 pm
by Fatal Exception
Genetics aren't really a hill billy's strong point.

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:38 pm
by blackoutHERO
Preezy wrote:
blackoutHERO wrote:Jo Exotic was a good guy who cared for the animals and looked after them. The others were strawberry floating mentalists.

Hmm, was still slightly exploitative of him to carry on breeding animals that he couldn't really afford...


He was more carrying on because he was 'rescuing' the animals from other owners. I don't agree with private owners but I don't think he should get a bad rep or hassled by PETA.

Re: NEW - Louis Theroux - BBC 2 - 9pm TONIGHT

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:40 pm
by Tomous
blackoutHERO wrote:
Preezy wrote:
blackoutHERO wrote:Jo Exotic was a good guy who cared for the animals and looked after them. The others were strawberry floating mentalists.

Hmm, was still slightly exploitative of him to carry on breeding animals that he couldn't really afford...


He was more carrying on because he was 'rescuing' the animals from other owners. I don't agree with private owners but I don't think he should get a bad rep or hassled by PETA.



He was breeding them because he can make most money from them when they're young.

If it was a sanctuary and it was purely for rescuing animals he wouldn't be breeding them at all.

And of course he should get a bad rep from PETA-they're clearly not kept in good conditions.