'African lion' revealed to be a dog

Celticfire

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/15/4623644/china-zoo-faces-uproar-after-african-lion-revealed-to-be-a-dog

Not content with counterfeiting electronics, handbags and medicines now they're even using fake animals in their zoos...:)

dodderangler

Anyone who originally believed that to be a lion doesn't deserve a refund.
Doesn't even look like a lion.

SV

It took the dog to bark for them to realise it was a dog!?
Have they ever seen a lion in their life? Surely there's TV and Internet in China, it looks nothing like a Lion

keithclancy

SV wrote: »

It took the dog to bark for them to realise it was a dog!?
Have they ever seen a lion in their life? Surely there's TV and Internet in China, it looks nothing like a Lion

Well in fairness is there any shark that looks like Jaws ?

GastroBoy

The "lion" b@astards!!!!!!

Banjo String

You can't leave that lyin there!

It's not a lion. It's a dog.

Celticfire

SV wrote: »

It took the dog to bark for them to realise it was a dog!?
Have they ever seen a lion in their life? Surely there's TV and Internet in China, it looks nothing like a Lion

Look at you with your fancy TV and internet, you do realize that the average Chinese person is slightly poorer than you. (actually a lot poorer than you )
The people that put your fancy phone together get approx $1.50 an hour so that wouldn't leave a lot of spare cash at the end of the week to bring the family on safari.

wazky

Sure Snoop Dogg has been pretending to a dog for years, when in fact he is actually Snoop Lion.

Itwasntme.

Rubbing my hands in glee in anticipation of the puns. I tried to come up with one but sadly, I am terrible at these things. Oooh! Oooh!- The zookeepers barked up the wrong tree.

I know it's really lame but it's all I have .

The Backwards Man

The mane thing is nobody died.

GastroBoy

I was at a zoo once that had a dog, it was a Shítzu..........

Vito Corleone

Lion puns are the main source of my pride. :pac:

I ain't lion. :cool:

BeerWolf

lol!

SV

keithclancy wrote: »

Well in fairness is there any shark that looks like Jaws ?

yes?

Celticfire wrote: »

Look at you with your fancy TV and internet, you do realize that the average Chinese person is slightly poorer than you. (actually a lot poorer than you )
The people that put your fancy phone together get approx $1.50 an hour so that wouldn't leave a lot of spare cash at the end of the week to bring the family on safari.

What are you on about, calm down with the word fancy would ya?
Who said anything about a Safari

Boombastic

The 'lions' to see it were very long.

Chucken

I wonder will the dog get a new leash of life?

wazky

That dog has lost all of its pride.....

hardCopy

I love the fact that they had two rats in the snake cage and all the fuss is over the dog

Chucken

Didnt they paint a horse to look like a zebra there a while back?

dodderangler

Chucken wrote: »

Didnt they paint a horse to look like a zebra there a while back?

So Thats how they hid shergar

Ace Attorney

Lol its like something out of a will Ferrell movie, where they are trying to set up a zoo in a small town backyard or something and they take animals like horses,cats and dogs and try to pass them off as exotic animals :-D

--Kaiser--

Nearly spat water over my screen when I saw that pic. Lion indeed!

dodderangler

This reminds of the time a bloke sold off pet ferrets on steroids to look like toy poodles
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/ferret-poodle-argentina-125901615.html

Some people are idiots

BillyMitchel

Tibetan Mastiff, this dog is massive easily 200lbs + with a main just like a lion but to mix the two up you'd want to be some doughnut.

http://oddstuffmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/red_tibetan_mastiff_201123201610765778016.jpg

Celticfire

hardCopy wrote: »

I love the fact that they had two rats in the snake cage and all the fuss is over the dog

They probably ate the snake...

Akrasia

I was at that zoo, the Lion exhibit looked a bit loopine, I had a feline something was Roarng but I couldn't figure out what was the mutter

I'll get my coat

Mr Freeze

dodderangler wrote: »

This reminds of the time a bloke sold off pet ferrets on steroids to look like toy poodles
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/ferret-poodle-argentina-125901615.html

Some people are idiots

That never gets old, the picture is brilliant, looks nothing like a dog!

First time hearing about the weasel war dance though. I wonder is that what gave them away as weasels and not dogs.

limitedIQ

idk it looks a bit wine

bgrizzley

ive seen 'em at the zoo, lively brown furry things with short stumpy legs and great long noses. I don't know what all the fuss is about...

Jonny7

Sure it wasn't too long ago rich not-too-intelligent Japanese women were sold well shorn sheep instead of pure-bred poodles. Could even say they were fleeced


i'll see myself out

gobnaitolunacy

They must be some mane bastards running that zoo.

dodderangler

bgrizzley wrote: »

ive seen 'em at the zoo, lively brown furry things with short stumpy legs and great long noses. I don't know what all the fuss is about...

Thats not a nice thing to say about the Chinese.

That is priceless :pac:

bgrizzley

dodderangler wrote: »

Thats not a nice thing to say about the Chinese.

great bunch of lads though...

timthumbni

hardCopy wrote: »

I love the fact that they had two rats in the snake cage and all the fuss is over the dog

Or as the article put it.

"The snake cage, for instance, contained two large rats and exactly ZERO snakes."

:D

I love this thread.

Pang

Want this dog! Beautiful!

A white fox in the leopard den. Really?

Archeron

Wait til they figure out the giraffe is just a hamster taped to a ladder.

biko

Chinese love fakes so much they even have fake food
Fake milk, fake rice, fake buns made with cardboard instead of meat. This is fake eggs www.youtube.com/watch?v=T55tz4qwFMo

timthumbni

Archeron wrote: »

Wait til they figure out the giraffe is just a hamster taped to a ladder.

You do realise that a giraffe is simply a horse that Chuck Norris hit with an uppercut punch.

I saw a recent David Attenborough program on bbc2 in which he explained this.

Banjo String

Lol at the journal photo.

1ZRed

Gummy panda isn't a real panda either!! :eek:

wendell borton

The panda at Edinburgh zoo is actually a badger.