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You can't trust Reddit
So, we've all seen this here. It is, of course, complete bullshit. Here's why:
I looked and cannot find any place that this has ever been documented. All I could find was a Quora post where expert George Schiller GUESSES the speed that lions can run and then GUESSES from that, how high he figures they could jump. He doesn't even say that he say such a jump!
So, the facts. Here's what's documented: Lions and tigers can jump almost equally high. The vertical leap record for a tiger is more than 12 feet, and the lion is just a few inches less.
Sauce: http://blog.nwf.org/2011/03/the-amazing-lives-of-leaping-wildlife/
On the other hand, this massive motherfucker is named Hercules. This 900 pound liger has been documented to leap forward over 40 feet. At least, that's what his website claims. They did not post pictures of this, sadly.
http://www.liger-hercules.com/liger-hercules-jumps-40-feet-long
LastTigerEyes
Nice, thanks for looking into that. :)
EvilKam
You deserve upvotes
mosinmonster
From this post "He doesn't even say that he say such a jump!"
crispyraccoon
So, reddit seems to have corrected a juice carton and through that you call BS on them?
crispyraccoon
Then you list 900lb Liger's forward leap and a tiger's vertical leap? This doesn't make sense.
DrRad
I just thought that thing was cool. Sorry if you didn't.
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crispyraccoon
"A lion can run for short distances at 50 mph and leap as far as 36 feet." Leap. As in leap forward as in what Reddit said. So...
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crispyraccoon
What is your argument here? OP says you can't trust Reddit, who simply corrected "Jump" (implying vertical movement) to "leap" implying(1/?)