#tigers are just big cats

[jijniecreates]

painted a tiger 🧡

#acrylic painting #impressionism #tiger #tiger bb #white tiger #traditional illustration #traditional art #painting #tigers are just big cats #big cats #loose painting #complementary colors #animal art #animalcore #tigercore #artcore #impressionistpainting #impressionistart

[thegoldenavenger]

when your pet immortal cultivator doesn't understand the difference between a demonic lion and a righteous spiritual tiger

#kamaeteDRAWS #svsss #liu qingge #shen qingqiu #luo binghe #is there too #sqq has absolutely no fear towards lqg anymore ;v; #he has been intruding on lqg's forest for years now it's basically HIS forest too #''come on qingge! he's going to be a big cat... you're a big cat! #he's king of the jungle... this is? a jungle??'' #lqg is like: [imagining strangling a child] #lbh isnt actually a baby he just hasnt cultivated a human form #i'll explain that later #lion tiger fair

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

I was reminded by a reply that I should probably emphasize this: the Big Cat Public Safety Act literally has an exemption specifically for state colleges and universities. Why? Because there’s two schools with live mascots who live in habitats on campus, and their representatives absolutely would not have supported the bill if it had taken away their college’s cats.

Meet Mike VII at Louisiana State University:

And Leo III at the University of North Alabama:

(Leo III’s mate, Una, passed away a few years ago).

It’s tradition for these schools to have a live mascot, so the bill that *checks notes* is meant to end unethical commercial of big cats had to ensure that they’d still be allowed to have a big cat living next to their stadiums. Luckily neither school takes their mascots to the sidelines of football games anymore, but LSU actually only just stopped that practice in 2017.

These mascot cats have consistently been part of the commercial trade in big cats, although it’s unclear if they will continue to be (even though it’s still legal for these schools to buy their next mascot). Una and Leo III came from a wildlife park in New Hampshire as young cubs, and Mike VII is ostensibly a rescue but the story of the facility he came from doesn’t quite pass the smell test.

Here’s the wild thing. Under the new law, right, most entities that want to keep big cats - like sanctuaries and zoos - have to follow certain rules regarding fencing and breeding restrictions and preventing public contact in order to be allowed to do so. But state schools? Nada. They can buy, sell, and breed without any limits. They could, quite literally, run a tiger puppy-mill or start a cub petting franchise across multiple state universities and it wouldn’t be illegal. Obviously that’s a worst case scenario that’s super unlikely, but it goes to show just how odd it is that these entities have a totally unrestricted exemption. Credible zoological facilities and sanctuaries have to comply with much stricter regulations to prove they’re not exploiting the cats in their care, but for the sake of football, state colleges and universities can do whatever they want!! (sigh). It’s amazing how really specific political interests, such as the culture around football mascots, can result in carve-outs in even bills promoted specifically to create consistent regulations for animal welfare.

#big cat public safety act #college mascots #big cats #Mike the tiger #Mike vii #Leo the Lion #Leo iii #the mobile app isn’t letting me embed links but you can double check all the details about these cats on their websites #just Google their names and it’s easy to find

[beardless-bearded-vulture]

Golden tabby tiger (x)

#vulture culture #taxidermy #tiger. #big cat. #for the low low price of almost 70 000 american dollars you too can own a taxidermy tiger with a flashy color morph! #not trying to imply here that color morph breeding in tigers is a good idea. this mount is just stunning

[matoitech]

nebula doodle cuz i was thinking abt him and just wanted to Draw something

#my art #ocs #furry #anthro #saber tooth tiger #smilodon #i dunno wtf he is #sparkly blue saber tooth men dont exist irl its okay #big cat #posing has been hardddd i just fuck around

[elbiotipo]

Well, actually, Cave Lions have been registered in prehistoric art and they are remarkably different from African Lions:

More tiger-like, indeed one researcher proposed they're related to tigers. I'm sure the American Lion must have been very different too.

The Panthera genus looks similar when you look at their skeletons, you need to be an expert to tell the difference between a lion and a tiger skeleton, and indeed they still can interbreed (with sterile offspring) with each other. However, when live, they are of course, very, very different, you would not mistake a jaguar for a lion.

Had they survived the Pleistocene, besides our known big cats inside Panthera (Lion, Tiger, Jaguar, Leopard, and the often forgotten Snow Leopard), we would have gotten two more, the Cave Lion and the American Lion, and when kids learned about them in those animal picture books, they wouldn't mistake them. Two other big felines that no doubt would be part of our culture and symbolism like tigers, lions and jaguars.

In fact, they were, as attested by cave paintings, people saw something on them. Until they went extinct.

#lions #cosas mias #me estoy acordando de uno de los episodios más cipayos de Borges cuando proclama las virtudes del tigre mientras insulta a los yaguaretés #big cats #mammals #there are also lesser known tiger-like species that are extinct #but when I say 'tiger-like' I just mean the skeleton #they must have had a totally different coat and behavior now lost forever

[sorrcha]

tiger, burning bright

#art #digital art #ms paint #animal #cat #big cat #tiger #um. somehow managed to make this. yeah. #i think. im too intimidated by clip studio paint/the thought of making high-energy art right now but ms paint lets me just enjoy it #because there's no pressure to make Good Art. i just make whatever i can.. #sucks bc i want to do commissions and help friends with their personal projects but ;;; no energy for that kind of work rn aa......

[fluffyfangirl]

(Guess who started playing Pokemon again, after almost two years, and decided to mix Fandoms... Soo Will Byers with an Alpha Luxray it is!)

#Will Byers #Stranger Things #Pokemon #Fanart #Digital Fanart #Luxray #Alpha Luxray #Byler #I had this idea floating around my head ever since I started playing PLA about two weeks ago #By the time I was finally sketching I realised why Luxray was such a perfect choice #Not Just because the electricity and flickergate #but it is a big cat and we've seen Tigers getting associated with Will #AND Luxray is blue and yellow. #(Also I am a sucker for Luxray because I started Pokemon with Gen4)

[manga-and-stuff]

Source: The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today Dekiru Neko wa Kyō mo Yūutsu デキる猫は今日も憂鬱

by Hitsuji Yamada

#The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today #Dekiru Neko wa Kyo mo Yuutsu #Hitsuji Yamada #Manga and Stuff #Mangacap #Manga #Art #I too would like to have a cat that's big enough to be used as a body pillow #but not like a tiger #just a really big house cat

[sad-emo-dip-dye]

I think Atsushi should just wander around as a tiger more. Like once he gets better control of his ability and is able to do a full transformation, he just stays transformed for funsies

#I just need big cat shenanigans #imagine tho #Atsushi taking a cat nap on his lunch break at the agency not thinking much about it until a client walks in and freaks out #Aku comes home from a hard day at work and all he wants to do its cuddle with his bf but he gets home and said bf is in his big ass tiger #form taking a cat nap on the rug #the lint roller memes!!!! #bsd #bungo stray dogs #sskk #bsd atsushi

[thegoldenavenger]

tiger liu qingge and shen qingqiu meetings! the first meeting was rough but now shen qingqiu is an honored guest in liu qingge's forest. liu qingge deigns to hang around his favorite cultivator and definitely DOES NOT enjoy any wayward scritches. he's an elegant spirit beast or whatever and is only indulging his favorite immortal master.air,

#kamaeteDRAWS #svsss #shen qingqiu #liu qingge #'honored guest' until sqq finds a little melanistic lion cub and brings it to lqg to #''impart some big cat wisdom? don't look at me like that qingge i'm not a tiger i can't teach him how to hunt!'' #lqg is SO MAD that sqq has just dropped a random competitor on his turf #and little binghe is like :3c #>:3c #lion tiger fair

[hajihiko]

Not fuyuhiko calling hajime 'Big Guy' in your art 😭💗 (so cute!)

he is Big he is just some Guy. He is big guy

#not an art #I am a SUCKER for pet names not even the sappy kind just like. Big guy. Little guy. Tough guy. Tiger. Boss. Buddy. #Friendly pet names said with all the affection and sincerity of My Darling Dearest.... #Also slightly inspired by Dan 'come here Big Cat' Avidan

[arcxus-of-altihex]

Alright finished this pretty boy's ref <3

#zhao ruan #original characters #ocs #tiger #//is it furry if he turns into one due to bai hu mythology ????? #//mostly he just looks like a buff guy #//wait ill reblog that #Ice³ Verse #oc ref #character design #animal oc #big cats #cats #sketch #doodle #my art

[matoitech]

some professional tall buff girls for ur dash, this is fish and chrissy. chrissys design might change a lot im not sure how im feeling abt it and fish might get some extra markings and stuff but i needed Representations of the ocs existing in my brain rn

#my art #ocs #furry #anthro #striped hyena #aardwolf #hyena #lion #lioness #maned lioness #tiger #liger #big cat #i just think weird exes r so funny always #and i love drawing muscles. those r the two things i know

[vikkiarts]

Been holding off on this for a while now, but anyway...

MY SONA TULI THE BIG SPACE KITTY IN COLOUR!!!

Tried going for something that accentuates how huggable they are, so I gave them a soft yet vibrant cotton candy palette! 💜💙💗❤💛 :3

Hope you like them! <3

#artists on tumblr #art #anthro #original character #fursona #lyntigon #lynx #tiger #lion #hybrid #or just space cat #big #fat #chubby #tall #fluffy #cotton candy #pastel-ish? #adhd creature #nonbinary #pansexual #lgbtq

[cpyclopse]

I drew me but as a pokemon trainer bc pokemon!! Also i did it last year around this time and i know ive gotten a lot better

These are all my favorite little guys!!!

[My art]

#this is an actual outfit i have and wear a lot when i go out n about #im trying to get back into drawing simpler things that dont take 15 or more hours #i feel like i barely draw but i do draw a lot but they just take so long #growlithe is my absolute favorite pokemon hes sooo cute hes a tiger puppy!! #did you know purugly is 3'3(ft) tall thats a massive cat #it reminds me of my cat merlin<333 hes a big boy hes a grey(and brown) tabby but hes sweet instead of grumpy like purrugly #growlithe #purugly #espeon #sableye #hes such a little creature <333 #pokemon #pokémon #mosss art #cpys art