A while back, my sister forced me to draw her a liger while we were on family vacation. I thought it was so gosh darn ugly that I promised to make her a new one when I got home. Months passed by without even a thought about ligers. Finally, my brother’s 25 birthday came along and he said the only thing he wanted for his birthday was a picture of a liger. When I told my sister, instead of laughing, she demanded that I make her liger picture as well. What came from the two demands were these pictures.

(c) Miriam Westover 2009

(c) Miriam Westover 2009

After these were completed, I thought I was free from liger demands until my sister’s birthday came around. The only thing she wanted for her birthday was a plush liger. Once again, I set out to create. I turned a cat pattern into a liger by adding a mane and stripes. She loved it.

The special music series that I have developed for Fordmodels.tv continues with this interview I did with Stones Throw recording artist James Pants. The music in the video comes from his forthcoming records The Seven Seals, which will come out 8 December 2009 on Stones Throw. James Pants cites amongst other sources the Book of Revelation as inspiration for the album’s darker themes. The album artwork to The Seven Seals by artist Liger is a sort of William Blake meets Winston Smith visual amalgam. Liger’s original album artwork will be up for auction at Ebay following the December release of The Seven Seals. The record itself is brilliant both in concept and execution. Its sound is much closer to his excellent Ice Castles than Welcome, but is nonetheless wholly James Pants.

Check out the Liger.

This comes from an interesting documentary that is also worth seeing:

Source.

I don’t want to spoil it for you, but Oliver was no humanzee.

I also need to tell you that this film includes some adult content.

I’m not going to post the Stalin’s Ape Men documentary, because it’s a giant let down. It turns out that Uncle Joe didn’t want to breed an army of ape men. The Soviet government just wanted to prove that man and chimp had a common ancestor.

Essa foto é  muito fofa, e definitivamente a imagem do dia, da semana e talvez até do mês!

Para quem não sabe, liger é o cruzamento de uma leoa com um tigre.

O zoológico de Shenzhen, na China é o único do mundo que possui ligers!

Preparem os “óóó”!

Que graça!

Fonte: Portal R7

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So, has anyone collected all of the Tiger themed items that were floating around this weekend?. I was able to collect 7 of the possible 8 items. I only need the Tiger Tank, which is the best of the items out there. I would love to get one of these items. Are there any jobs or fights that may produce this item besides just luck? With its 18 Attack and 43Defense, this item ranks high when going to battle.

I also love the Liger. It is an awesome looking beast with a strong 45 Attack and 12 Defense. I collected nly one  of them on the weekend and would love to have more. I love how the game is coming out with these themed weekends and allowing the mafia to get stronger.

I also  would like to see the special items that you purchase as your Mafia gets larger to have a little more kick. As you get further along in the game, these items do not even rank in your arsenal for fights. I guess it is still kinda cool to pick them up for only 10k, but make them “special” already Zynga.

Let me know what Tiger items you all picked up over the weekend. I hear a rumor that you are only allowed to pick up 33 of these special items, not that I am even close, but I would like to know the truth of it.

El legendario Jushin "Thunder" Liger en México (septiembre 2009) / Foto cortesía CMLL para Súper Luchas

CMLL – Arena México. Viernes 25 de septiembre. 20:30 horas. Boletos disponibles en el sistema Ticket Master.

Resultados:

• 1) Stuka Jr., Flash y Metro vencieron. Arkángel, Skándalo y Loco Max.
• 2) CAMPEONATO NACIONAL LIGERO: Pierrothito© venció a Pequeño Eléctrico. Reteniendo el título
  
• 3) LOS HIJOS DEL AVERNO (Mephisto, Texano Jr. y Hefesto). vencieron a Volador Jr., La Máscara y Toscano.
• 4) Torneo la Gran Alternativa:
• Primer Grupo: Héctor Garza y Ángel de Plata sobre Averno y Pólvora. Yujiro y Okumura vencieron a Toscano y Rouge. Yuyiro sustituyó a Semental y Toscano a Shocker.
• Segundo Grupo: Místico y Ángel de Oro avanzan sobre Atlantis y Camorra. Mr. Niebla y Tiger Kid vencieron a Blue Panther .
• Primera semifinal: Yujiro y Okumura vencieron a Héctor Garza y Ángel de Plata.
• Segunda Semi Final: Místico y Ángel de Oro vencieron a Mr. Niebla y Tiger Kid.
• Final de la Gran Alternativa: Yujiro y Okumura vencieron a Místico y Ángel de Oro, llevándose el torneo de Gran Alternativa.
• Campeonato Mundial de Peso Completo CMLL: Último Guerrero©, venció a Jushin “Thunder” Liger. Último Guerrero retiene el título Completo del CMLL.
  

Arena México 18 de septiembre 20:30hrs. 76 Aniversario del CMLL.

La función del 76 aniversario ha iniciado.

Resultados:

• 1- Dark Angel y Lady Apache vencieron a Hiroka y Amapola (11’09”).
• 2- Pequeño Olímpico, Eléctrico y Bam Bam ganan en dos al hilo a Pierrothito, Pequeño Warrior y Pequeño Damián. (10’13”) Bam Bam salió en camilla.
• 1ª) Guillotina de Bam Bam a Pierrothito (5’51”).
• 2ª) Crucifijo de Eléctrico a Pierrothito (4’22”).
• 3- El Sagrado, Hijo del Fantasma y Máscara Dorada vencieron a Sangre Azteca, Misterioso II y Dragón Rojo Jr. (13’03”).
• 4- La Máscara, Volador Jr. y Sombra vencieron a Los Hijos del Averno (Averno, Mephisto y Hefesto)
• 1ª) Powerbomb de Mephisto a Sombra; Super Devil’s Wings de Averno a Volador (4’36”).
• 2ª) Campana de La Máscara a Averno (3’21”).
• 3ª) Code Red de Volador a Averno (7’49”).
• 5- Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Tetsuya Naito, Yujiro y Shigeo Okumura vencieron a Último Guerrero, Atlantis, Black Warrior y Héctor Garza en 11’23”.
• 1ª) Súplex alemán de Naito a Garza (3’02”).
• 2ª) Atlántida a Okumura; moonsault de Garza a Naito (2’12”).
• 3ª) Brainbuster de Liger a Guerrero (6’09”).
• 6- MÁSCARA CONTRA CABELLERA: Místico venció a Negro Casas en 25’14”.
• 1ª) Quebradora de estomago de Místico (4’33”).
• 2ª) Casita del Negro (6’30”).
• 3ª) Swanton Bomb de Místico (14’11”).
• Al final de la lucha Místico reconoce la calidad del Negro y reta al Felino por las máscaras, ambos de hacen de golpes.

Previo:

Después de muchas especulaciones, está listo el cartel de los 76 aniversario de la empresa mexicana de lucha libre, la seria y estable presenta un programa donde en la lucha estelar caerá una máscara o cabellera tras una rivalidad de años: Místico y Negro Casas

La lucha semifinal muestra un encuentro en relevos atómicos donde los implicados lucharan por el honor de su país en lo denominado México vs Japón, siendo Jushin “Thunder” Liger la gran figura invitada. Cabe decir que  hay grandes ausentes, como Atlantis, Felino, Mr. Niebla, Blue Panther, Terrible, Texano Jr., Máximo, Mascarita Dorada, entre otros. Sólo la ausencia de Villano V estaría justificada.

Los boletos están prácticamente agotados.

• Liger en entrevista, previo a la función de aniversario.

Yep, that’s right.  Safari.  We found a safari parkin Pine Mountain, Georgia (which is located square in the middle of nowhere) and did a weekend trip with the grandparents a few weeks ago.  We had a blast!  It is the kind of park where you drive through and the animals are roaming about, most of them coming up to cars and harassing people for food – only the approved food you buy from the park though, you don’t want to make the animals sick!  There were several different varieties of cattle, buffalo, deer, and pigs, as well as zebras, giraffes, and other more exotic animals.  The park has vans available to rent for the drive starting at about $7, which I highly recommend.  You can take your own car if you want, but the animals REALLY get up close and personal, and as the sign at the rental stand says – renting a small van is cheaper than a good car wash.  Also, the rental vans have bars across the windows (at least in the back) which can come in handy when a large smelly creature is in search of a tasty treat you are holding back for the next animal!

There is also a more zoo-like section where you can see potentially dangerous animals in pens and cages.  They had monkeys, alligators, rhinos, bears, lions, tigers, even ligers (half lion, half tiger, and absolutely huge)! 

Some of the animals look a little worse for wear, and we were disappointed with the reptile show, which consisted of one iguana on a leash.  Otherwise we had a fabulous time!  Here are some of the pics from our adventure:

สัตว์ข้ามสายพันธุ์สิบอันดับแรกของโลก

Hybrid Animal

สัตว์เหล่านี้เป็นสัตว์ที่มีอยู่จริงแต่ไม่ได้เกิดจากการผสมพันธุ์ของสัตว์ตามธณรมชาติ เพราะธรรมชาติมีวิธีป้องกันการผสมข้ามสายพันธุ์อยู่แล้ว
อย่างแรกคือเรื่องรหัสทางพันธุกรรมไม่มีความคล้ายกันของสัตว์ต่างชนิด และธรรมชาติสร้างให้สัตว์แต่ละชนิดไม่ต้องการผสมข้ามสายพันธุ์
เป็นธรรมชาติอยู่แล้ว ดังนั้นสัตว์เหล่านี้ก็ล้วนเกิดจากการที่มนุษย์มามีส่วนร่วมนั่นเอง

อันดับที่ 10 Liger และ Tigon

ถึงแม้ว่าจะเป็นสัตว์ที่น่าสนใจแต่ต้องมาอยู่อันดับสุดท้ายเนื่องจาก Liger และ Tigon มีชื่อเสียงดีและเป็นที่รู้จักกันทั่วโลกอยู่แล้ว Liger เกิดจากการผสมสิงโตตัวผู้และเสือตัวเมีย ส่วน Tigon นั้น
ตรงกันข้ามคือสิงโตตัวเมียและเสือตัวผู้ Liger จัดว่าเป็นสัตว์ตระกูลแมวที่ใหญ่ที่สุดในโลกเนื่องจากยีนส์เด่นจากทั้งสองสายพันธุ์โดดเด่นมาก ส่วน Tigon นั้นกลับประสบภาวะแคระทำให้มีตัวเล็กกว่าเสือและสิงโต

อันดับที่ 9 Wolf Dog

Wolf Dog ก็เป็นสัตว์ครึ่งหมาป่าครึ่งหมาบ้านนี่หละครับ แต่ยากที่จะบอกพฤติกรรมของสัตว์ลูกผสมชนิดนี้ได้ว่าจะเชื่องเหมือนหมาบ้านหรือมีสัญชาตญาณการเอาตัวรอดเหมือนหมาป่า หรือว่าก้ำกึ่งทั้งสองแบบ

อันดับที่ 8 Iron Age Pig

หมูยุคเหล็ก เป็นหมูที่เกิดการผสมระหว่างหมูที่เลี้ยงเป็นอาหารของมนุษย์ และหมูป่าตามธรรมชาติ ผลที่ออกมาคือ Iron Age Pig จะเชื่องกว่าหมูป่าแต่ไม่เชื่องเท่าหมูธรรมดาทั่วไป Iron Age Pig มีเป็นจำนวนมากในฟาร์มเพราะเนื้อของมันพิเศษกว่าหมูทั่วไปและสามารถทำเป็นไส้กรอกชั้นยอดได้

อันดับที่ 7 Zebroid

zorse เป็นลูกผสมม้าลายและม้าธรรมดา ส่วน zonkey เป็นลูกผสมระหว่างม้าลายและลา Zony ไม่ใช่ยี่ห้อของก็อปแถวคลองถมแต่เป็นลูผสมระหว่างม้าแคระและม้าลาย ทั้งสามแบบนี้มีชื่อเรียกรวมๆกันว่า Zebroid แปลว่าเป็นลูกครึ่งม้าลายนั่นเอง

Zorse

อันดับที่ 6 Cama

Cama เป็นลูกผสมระหว่างอูฐและตัวลามะ (camel + llama) สัตว์ชนิดนี้เกิดจากการผสมเทียม เนื่องจากขนาดของตัวเป็นปัจจัยที่ทำให้สัตว์ทั้งสองชนิดสามารถผสมพันธุ์กันได้ โดยทั่วไป Cama จะมีหูสั้นและหางยาว มีขนคล้ายตัวลามะ

อันดับที่ 5 Grolar, Pizzly

Grolar, Pizzly　เป็นหมีที่เกิดจากการผสมพันธุ์ระหว่างหมี grizzly และหมีขั้วโลก โดยทั่วไปหมีทั้งสองชนิดมีความคล้ายคลึงกันมากแต่ทั้งสองชนิดจะหลบเลี่ยงกัน เป็นไปตามกลไกตามธรรมชาติที่จะป้องกันการผสมข้ามสายพันธุ์ที่ใกล้เคียงกัน แต่เมื่อวันที่ 16 เมษายน 2006 นาย Jim Martell พรานล่าสัตว์จากอเมริกาได้ยิงหมีตายตัวหนึ่งและพบว่ามันคือ Grolar, Pizzly นี่เป็นครั้งแรกที่พบหมีลูกผสมในธรรมชาติครับ
หมี grolar, pizzly ตัวนี้ถูกจัดแสดงอยู่ที่พิพิธภัณฑ์ Rothschild

อันดับที่ 4 Leopon

Leopon  เป็นผลของจากการผสมพันธุ์ระหว่างเสือดาวตัวผู้และสิงโตตัวเมีย Leopon มีส่วนหัวคล้ายสิงโตในขณะที่ลำตัวคล้ายกับเสือดาว การผสมข้ามสายพันธุ์นี้ทำสำเร็จที่  Koshien Hanshin เมือง Nishinomiya ประเทศญี่ปุ่นครับ Leopons มีขนาดใหญ่กว่าเสือดาวทั่วไป ชอบปีนป่ายและชอบเล่นน้ำครับ

อันดับที่ 3 Hybrid Pheasant

ใช่ว่าจะมีแต่สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนมที่สามารถผสมข้ามสายพันธุ์ได้ อันดับที่สามคือนกครับ Hybrid Pheasant เป็นการผสมข้ามสายพันธุ์ของนก Amherst’s Pheasant ลูกที่ได้ออกมามีสีสรรสดใส

อันดับที่ 2 Wolphin

Wolphin เป็นสัตว์ลูกผสมที่หาได้ยากมาก Wolphin เกิดจากปลาโลมา bottlenose dolphin ผสมกับปลาวาฬ false killer whale ปัจจุบันมีเพียงสองตัวที่เลี้ยงอยู่ในสวนสัตว์ในฮาวาย ประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา สีและขนาดของ  Wolphin อยู่ก้ำกึ่งระหว่างพ่อและแม่  ยกตัวอย่างเช่นปกติ bottlenose dolphinมีฟัน 88 ซี่ false killer whales มี 44 ซี่ และลูกที่ได้ออกมาคือ Wolphin มีฟัน (88+44/2 เท่ากับ 66 ซี่ พอดีไม่ขาดไม่เกิน

อันดับที่ 1 Ti-Liger, Ti-Tigon, Li-Tigon, Li-Liger

เป็นขอใครไปไม่ได้นอกจากตัวนี้ เพราะเป็น hybrid ตัวพ่อ เพราะเกิดจาก hybrid ผสมกับ non-hybrid คือ เสือตัวผู้กับ liger/tigon หรือ tigon/liger ตัวเมียกับสิงโตตัวผู้ก็ได้ สัตว์ชนิดนี้เป็นสัตว์ผสมที่หาได้ยากมากๆ จะถูกผสมและเลี้ยงเพื่อการศึกษาทางวิทยาศาสตร์เท่านั้น ไม่มีการนำมาแสดงในสวนสัตว์แต่อย่างใด   ด้วยความเป็นเสือ 75% หรือลูกเสี้ยวสิงโตทำให้ลักษณะของสัตว์ชนิดนี้แทบจะเหมือนเสือทุกประการ

เห็นตัวอย่างนี้แล้วคงบอกไม่ได้ว่าสัตว์ลูกผสมทุกชนิดเป็นหมันเพราะ liger/tigon ก็ยังผสมพันธุ์ได้นะครับ

Yup it’s one of those filler posts when I have nothing to do xD Hit the jump to warp through time ;D Though a little talky and shocking^^

But first for those curious and/or haven’t heard, I did finish my 0 gundam like a day or two after I got it. It’s simply amazing, the articulation is probably unbeatable in HG standards and it even rivals that of some MG. I did panel line almost everything, I’m proud that I was able to do it but I’m not really happy with the results:/ I guess practice makes perfect and I haven’t practiced enough^^

Originally I had typed a lot of crap down but it’s just too moody and thought it was a waste of everybody’s time so we’ll skip that and go for the gold. Zoids has been resurrected due to Kotobukiya after it died out ages ago. I had always played with them when I was a kid but due to unfortunate events I gave up on them. But these things have meaning to me and really started how I became interested in Mech’s like Gundam and Transformers.

For most people they started off with transformers and gundams but I started off with Zoids and was crushed when I heard they made no more. But Koto picked up the torch of fire and kept running. I knew they been making them since 06 but I never really paid attention to them and since they weren’t really popular nobody really portrayed them like Gundams have been. Wicked awesome machines that were easy to build and in color. But I guess you can say I finally heard the bird sing^^

>.>…show off…

Anyways I was cruising the net and came upon Ngee Khiong and was blown away by one of the news he had. Kotobukiya….made an IRON KONG!! xD Wow I was truly in aww about this new release and have been searching the past ones as well and was rather taken back at all the awesome models they had. So I’ve decided that I will dive into this new hobby of Zoids and added a little side quest to my blog now. I don’t know if I’ll ever complete it so I’m not making any promises. This is just a spur of the moment thing but who knows it might actually work someday^^

My little quest is to resurrect Zoids and try to make it popular (at least more than it is now)^^ I know it seems kind of far-fetched but I just gotta try^^ Anime,otaku,gundam,figures probably wouldn’t have been the same if Danny didn’t step in and spread it around the world so he is basically my influence for this little stunt^^ Though I may not embrace it at all so no promises

*Please keep in mind that the line is still young and doesn’t have much models out, usually a line starts with different mechs but they decided to make a bunch of a variants of most their models, slowly making new designs. Even though the prices are a little steep the detail offered is that close to a PG. The little ones like the ligers and wolfs are closer to the price of an MG or cheaper* I’m not trying to compete them with gundams is just I have nothing to compare to ^^ Gundams Rule! Pictures below are from Hobby Search.

By the way here’s the link along with some other models to kick it off that caught my eye: Iron Kong

Ligers

Saber Fang

Command Wolfs

Tortoises

Geno’s

Now, now this doesn’t mean I’m abandoning anything, it’s a side quest, not my goal for this blog. I’ll still buy figures and gunpla and in-fact I’m having trouble on which to get when I get money^^ Nendoroid Kagamiku (whatever she’s really called) or pre-order Yume Asakura which I desperately want (I can always pre-order her later since she doesn’t come out till fall though) Me daughter needs a sister^^ Thanks guys for listening Next time is a review;D

Oh Hai!

I was randomly searching for some cute animals in the news and came across these animal hybrids.  Of course I knew about the ligon and the zorse, but the rest are amazingly new to me.  Who knew?

“Hybrid, strictly defined, an offspring that is a cross between different species, genera, or, in rare cases, families. More loosely defined, a hybrid can also be a cross between parents of different subspecies or varieties of a species.”

Wholphin – Cross between false killer whale and a bottle nose dolphin.

Liger – Cross between tiger and a lion.

Grolar Bear – Cross between grizzly bear and polar bear.

Zorse – Cross between a male zebra and a female horse.

Zonkey – Cross between a zebra and a donkey.

Jaglion – Cross between a male jaguar and a female lion.

Pumapard – Cross between a puma and a leopard.

Cama-Cross between a camel and a llama.

Beefalo – Cross between a cow and a buffalo.

You can find out more about these animal hybrids at 10 Amazing Hybrid Animals and Top 10 Hybrid Animals.

Thank You For Your Consideration,

The Graham Ten

În ultima vreme StiintaAzi v-a oferit câteva articole legate de evoluţionism. Cum teoria evoluţiei este una care nu merită să mai fie predată în şcolile din România (după cum probabil ştiţi, ea a fost scoasă din cărţile de biologie de la noi din ţară, fiind de râsul lumii şi la acest capitol), noi cei de la StiintaAzi, sau cei de la Stiinta.info, sau cei de la alte site-uri de acest gen, incercam in masura in care putem (caci suntem doar cativa voluntari) să oferim informaţii cât mai multe legate de acest domeniu. În acest articol, este vorba despre o specie de cinteze (Pyrenestes ostrinus, iar în engleză: “black bellied seed craker”) care trăieşte în Africa şi care are o trăsătura destul de rar întâlnite la alte specii. Însă înainte de asta, vreau să fac o precizare în legătură cu o confuzie pe care am observat-o la mulţi oameni. Mulţi oameni, şi mai ales mulţi din cei care contestă teoria evoluţiei au impresia că omul se trage din maimuţă. Ei bine, aceasta este o înţelegere greşită a teoriei evoluţiei. Ea nu spune că omul se trage din maimuţă, ci că oamenii şi maimuţele au un strămoş comun. Iar la rândul lui, acest srtămoş comun are împreună cu alte mamifere un alt strămoş comun, şi aşa mai departe. Deci este diferit de a spune că omul se trage din maimuţă. Maimuţele de astăzi şi oamenii sunt nişte fiinţe moderne, rezultat al evoluţiei unui srămoş comun aşa că altă întrebare destul de frecventă şi foarte naivă, şi anume că de ce în zilele de azi nu mai vedem maimuţe transformându-se în oameni, nu îşi are rostul.

Pyrenestes ostrinus, specia de cinteze a carei indivizi au doua tipuri de ciocuri

Până să revenim la specia de cinteze despre care vorbeam, trebuie să facem alte câteva precizări. Mai exact trebuie să încercăm să definim termenul „specie”. Iar acest lucru nu este aşa simplu pe cât pare. Noi observăm că animalele trăiesc în diferite grupuri iar intuitiv ne putem gandi la aceste grupuri ca reprezentând diferite specii (specie=tip←latină). Însă anumite specii pot exista în mai multe forme: de exemplu un ciobănesc german şi un chihuahaua fac parte din aceeaşi specie. Însă un ciobănesc german seamănă mai degrabă cu un lup decât cu un chihuahua, deşi fac parte din specii diferite. Ajungem astfel la definiţia biologică a „speciei”, propusă de Ernst Mayr în 1942. El defineşte specia ca fiind o populaţie ai cărei membri se pot înmulţi unii cu alţii şi produce cu succes pui viabili, dar nu se pot înmulţi cu membri ai altor specii. Cu alte cuvinte, o specie cuprinde toţi indivizii între care se pot realiza schimburi de material genetic. Nici această definiţie nu este însă una 100% completă, întru-cât se pot observa uneori hibrizi rezultaţi prin înmulţirea unor membri a două specii diferite, de exemnplu hibrizi între leu şi tigru (tigress+lion→liger).

Specia aceasta de cinteze (Pyrenestes ostrinus, sau în engl. „black bellied seed craker”) care se găseşte în Camerun, are următoarea caracteristică destul de rară. Unii indivizi ai speciei au un cioc mare iar alţi indivizi au un cioc mai mic. Astfel, fiecare tip se va hrăni preponderent cu un anumit tip de seminţe în funcţie de ciocul pe care îl posedă. Desigur că se nasc şi indivizi care au un cioc intermediar, însă ei nu supravieţuiesc aşa bine iar în populaţia adultă întâlnim preponderent indivizi cu cioc mare şi indivizi cu cioc mic. Acest exemplu de coexistaenţă a două tipuri de indivizi ce aparţin aceleiaşi specii se numeşte distribuţie bimodală (deci în cazul nostru, distribuţia bimodală se referă la faptul că aceeaşi specie conţine pasări cu ciocul mare şi păsări cu ciocul mic).

Însă de ce această diferenţă în mărimea ciocului nu ar fi suficientă pentru a spune că este de fapt vorba despre două specii diferite? Ei bine, cintezele cu ciocul mare şi cele cu cocul mic sunt considerate aceeaşi specie deoarece se pot înmulţi unele cu altele rezultând pui viabili.

Pasările cu cele două tipuri de păsări ar putea forma două specii diferite doar într-o anumită situaţie: dacă ar înceta să se mai înmulţească între ele. Atât timp cât schimbul de material genetic este posibil, cele două tipuri de cinteze, cu ciocul mare şi cu ciocul mic, vor rămâne o singură specie.

Acest exemplu arată că pentru a rezulta două specii dint-una singură este necesar ca fondul genetic iniţial să se dividă în două fonduri genetice care la rândul lor să evolueze separat, iar schimbul de material genetic între cele două să nu fie posibil. Acest lucru este posibil în o grămadă de situaţii: cutremure, inundaţii puternice, erupţii vulcanice şi în orice situaţie de o mare anvergură care ar putea determina divizarea unei populaţii în două subpopulaţii. Iar astfel de calamităţi cu siguranţă că au avut loc pe Pământ în trecut.

Revenind la cinteze, dacă pe viitor se va întâmpla ceva, orice eveniment care vă trece prin cap şi care ar putea limita înmulţirea dintre cele cu cioc mare şi cele cu cioc mic (nu neapărat o calamitate a naturii, ci poate doar o modificare a preferinţelor lor; adică poate se va întâmpla ceva astfel încât păsările cu cioc mare să aibă o afinitate reproductivă tot pentru păsările cu cioc mare), deci orice asemenea eveniment viitor, vor rezulta astfel două fonduri genetice separate. Iar cele două fonduri genetice izolate vor putea diverge (prin mutaţii genetice) până în punctul în care cele două subpopulaţii nu se vor mai putea înmulţi între ele cu succes, chiar dacă bariera fizică ar fi îndepărtată. Iar în acest punct am considera că cele două subpopulaţii au devenit două specii diferite. Iar când spun de viitor, nu mă refer că acest lucru se va putea întâmpla în unu, doi, trei ani, ci că ar putea fi posibil în mii, sute de mii, milioane sau chiar sute de milioane de ani de acum încolo. Deci timp este berechet.

Desigur, acest exemplu este valabil pentru toate speciile de pe planetă, care nu au neapărat o distribuţie bimodală. Însă am ales exemplul cintezelor respective, care au o astfel de distribuţie, pentru a sublinia că natura deja a determinat apariţia unor modificări în cazul acestei specii de cinteze, iar separarea lor va putea duce la apariţia unor noi şi noi modificări, rezultând în final două specii.

Articol scris de Raul Sandu. Puteti citi si comenta acest articol si pe www.StiintaAzi.ro

We took a Safari on Saturday to the Wild Animal Park in Pine Mountain, where you could drive your own vehicle through the 500 acres of musk ox, elk, camels, ostriches, deer, etc.  The musk ox were a big hit, as they would walk right up to the window expecting to be fed by hand.  These animals were tall enough to look right in the window of our F-150 SuperCrew.  I was left with quite a bit of ox slobber to clean off the truck.

In another portion of the park, they had tigers, lions and even the infamous “liger” of Napoleon Dynamite fame.

Here are some highlights:

A Random Animal

 The ever so popular Liger or Tigon. A Liger is bigger and is born to a male lion and a female lion. Ligers are the biggest cats in the world. While a Tigon is born to a male tiger and a female lion is usually smaller than its parents.

Jushin "Thunder" Liger al lado de NO LIMIT obtienen la victoria en la Arena México (11 septiembre 2009) / Photo by Rostro Oculto

El reporte completo de la visita de Liger estará disponible en Súper Luchas 331 a partir de este lunes 14 de septiembre

A vísperas del 76 aniversario, gran expectación causó la llegada de Jushin “Thunder” Liger a México, pues varios aficionados portaban máscaras alusivas al superestrella japonés, no obstante, la presentación de Liger –previo a un video—se vio apagada por Black Warrior, quien no dejó que el nipón se presentara, pues rápidamente se abalanzó sobre Yujiro. Atlantis, por su parte, castigaba a Tetsuya Naito lo cual provocó que Liger apoyara a sus compañeros. Guerrero ya lo cazaba por el pasillo, pero el japonés se percató y lo pescó con un potente súplex para después llevarlo rápidamente al ring. Naito y Yujiro hicieron presa de Atlantis y Warrior (es evidente que Yujiro y Warrior necesitan un duelo de cabelleras). Mientras esto ocurría debajo del encordado, Liger aplicó un devastador brainbuster a Guerrero para así anotarse la primera caída. Para la segunda, los japoneses seguían en su plan de no dejar hacer nada a los mexicanos, pero en un descuido, Liger y Naito patearon a su socio, y así los de casa tomaron el control. Guerrero se fue sobre Liger para regresarle el súplex en el pasillo, acomodándolo de inmediato para aplicarle su famoso sentón. Arriba, Black Warrior se llevó en rana a Yujiro, mientras Naito era vencido con la Atlántida.

En la muy rápida caída definitiva, Warrior y Atlantis salieron en topes combinados sobre No Limit, quedando arriba del ring Liger y Guerrero. Los réferis se distrajeron atendiendo los topes, y de eso se percató Liger, que le propinó un tremendo faul al luchador de otro nivel para así ganar la batalla. Burlándose, los japoneses colocaron la bandera de Japón en el cuerpo de Guerrero.

De la lucha semifinal no se puede comentar mucho, pues La Peste Negra se anotó un triunfo más al vencer a Blue Panther, Toscano y Héctor Garza cuando Casas aplicó cangrejo con cruceta a Panther. Muchos esperaban la llegada de Místico para atacar al 4:40 Casas.

Lo que sí se puede comentar respecto a esta función es que hubo tres lesionados en la noche: La Máscara salió lastimado cuando, en su match relámpago con Terrible, éste le aplicó un Styles Clash. En la tercera lucha, sinceramente quién sabe cómo, pero Rouge se lastimó el brazo y no pudo continuar la batalla, mientras que en la inicial, Starman sufrió un aparatoso golpe cuando Camorra, al intentar un tornillo, cayó con la cadera de brutal manera sobre el rostro de Starman, saliendo también en camilla. Accidentada noche, sin duda alguna.

RESULTADOS:

1. Escorpión y Camorra vencieron a Starman y Diamante (11’17”).
2. Pequeño Damián, Pequeño Nitro y Pierrothito vencieron a Último Dragoncito, Eléctrico y Pequeño Olímpico (9’07”).
3. Máximo, Mictlán y Rouge vencieron a Nosferatu, Euforia y Vangelis (12’49”).
4. MATCH RELÁMPAGO: Terrible venció a La Máscara con Styles Clash (8’59”).
5. La Peste Negra (Negro Casas, Felino y Mr. Niebla) vencieron a Blue Panther, Toscano y Héctor Garza en 10’05”.

• 1ª) Toque de espaldas de la Peste a Panther (0’29”).
• 2ª) Descalificación a la Peste por golpear a Panther con un bote de basura (4’34”).
• 3ª) Cangrejo con cruceta de Casas a Panther (5’02”).

6- Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Tetsuya Naito y Yujiro vencieron a Último Guerrero, Black Warrior y Atlantis en 13’36”.

• 1ª) Brainbuster de Liger a Guerrero; rompecaras de No Limit a Warrior (3’00”).
• 2ª) Rana invertida de Warrior a Yujiro; Atlántida a Naito (5’44”).
• 3ª) Faul y toque de espaldas de Liger a Guerrero (4’52”).

Naito y Okumura escoltan a Jushin "Thunder" Liger en el Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México (7 septiembre 2009) / Photo cortesía CMLL

Este es el comunicado oficial del CMLL sobre la llegada de la leyenda de la Lucha Libre mundial a México

Este lunes, 07 de septiembre, llegó a la ciudad de México el luchador japonés Liger, quien viene a reforzar a la Ola Amarilla con miras a la función del 76 aniversario del Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre el próximo 18 de septiembre.

Okumura y Naito fueron los encargados de recibir en el aeropuerto Benito Juárez a la leyenda japonesa, quien se mostró ansioso por reaparecer en la Arena México este viernes, cuando haga equipo con Yujiro y Naito para enfrentar a los mexicanos Atlantis, Último Guerrero y Black Warrior.

A su llegada, Liger dijo que respeta mucho a los luchadores mexicano, “Pero vengo a demostrar por qué soy una estrella a nivel mundial, he estado en las empresas más importantes donde he sido Campeón, Okumura, Yujiro, Naito y yo impondremos nuestra fuerza, primero este viernes, y luego en el Aniversario, toda nuestra furia se sentirá en la Arena México”, sentenció.

Lyger aprovechó, antes de llegar a su hotel, para admirar la iluminación del Zócalo capitalino, la cual se encuentra en todo su esplendor por las fiestas patrias.

Otra imagen a continuación

Jushin "Thunder" Liger en el Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México (7 septiembre 2009) / Photo cortesía CMLL