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Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion'
#18709331 - 08/15/13 02:13 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/-chinese-zoo-tries-passing-dog-off-as-lion--180952559.html
The People’s Park of Luohe in the Chinese province Henan has an amazing “African lion” on exhibit for spectators. But the most amazing fact about this proud creature is that it’s actually a dog, not a lion. As Agence France-Presse reports, the hoax was exposed when the dog, a Tibetan mastiff, started barking.
According to the state-run publication Beijing Youth Daily, a mother and son heard the unexpected sound coming from the alleged lion during a recent visit to the zoo.
The paper says the zoo has been replacing exotic species with substitutes, including placing two rodents in a snake’s cage, a white fox in a leopard’s den and a common dog in a wolf’s pen.
“The zoo is absolutely cheating us,” the visitor, Sharon Liu, told the paper. “They are trying to disguise the dogs as lions.”
Liu and other zoo visitors reportedly paid 15 yuan ($2.45) for the chance to see the dog and other substitute animals up close.
And this is far from the only case of animal impersonation in China. There have also been recent reports of Chinese zoo officials painting dogs black and white to make them look like pandas.
Liu Suya, chief of the zoo’s animal department, told the paper that the actual lion has been temporarily sent to a breeding facility.
"The wolf is somewhere else in the pen and the dog is a pet,” another zoo official told the Oriental Daily. “The African lions will be back. They went to another zoo to breed."
The zoo’s head also told the paper that the signs outside the African lion cage would be changed until the actual lion returns.
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: AWS] 2
#18709344 - 08/15/13 02:17 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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This takes cheap Chinese rip-offs to an entirely new level. Damn.
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Now look at this ferocious tiger!!!
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: AWS]
#18709466 - 08/15/13 02:43 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Funniest. Shit. Ever.
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: Niffla]
#18709489 - 08/15/13 02:48 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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lololololol fucking china.
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: AWS]
#18709498 - 08/15/13 02:49 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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I saw the pic and instantly thought of NWlight.. Think I've been on the shroomery too long.
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: Niffla]
#18709501 - 08/15/13 02:49 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
Niffla said: Funniest. Shit. Ever.
Are lions anywhere OTHER than Africa?
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: memes]
#18709505 - 08/15/13 02:50 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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That doesn't even look like a lion
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: 245willow19]
#18709514 - 08/15/13 02:51 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Esekon Kelly said: That doesn't even look like a lion 
Thanks for clearing that one up. I don't think anyone knew that.
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sVs said:
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Esekon Kelly said: That doesn't even look like a lion 
Thanks for clearing that one up. I don't think anyone knew that.
No problem, bud.
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I'm wondering what they replace in the cafeteria...
no it chicken, you eat!
mmmm... I dunno
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: JohnnieYen]
#18709545 - 08/15/13 02:58 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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it's called a Chao Chao. probably the coolest looking dog i've ever seen.
i would have totally been convinced that that was some sort of mythical creature if i didn't have google too
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: Envix]
#18709549 - 08/15/13 02:59 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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This is just too good
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: Envix]
#18709563 - 08/15/13 03:01 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Damn that's a creative hustle...damn it china..
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: Bill_Oreilly]
#18709603 - 08/15/13 03:08 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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I approve of this thread.
My avatar is in reference to a guy in south america that was selling ferrets on steroids as toy poodles
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: NWlight]
#18709644 - 08/15/13 03:16 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm gonna get one of those (tibetan mastiff) someday. They've been domesticated longer than any other dog! IIRC at least.
My sister has a "newfoundland"
Which is just another type of mastiff
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: pcplease] 1
#18709871 - 08/15/13 03:54 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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chinese tarantula
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: Shroomslip]
#18709962 - 08/15/13 04:15 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Shroomslip said: I saw the pic and instantly thought of NWlight.. Think I've been on the shroomery too long.
Ha me too. this story is almost as funny as the poodle/ferret story
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: AWS]
#18710007 - 08/15/13 04:28 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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What do they do when the lion starts barking?
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Re: Chinese zoo tries passing off dog as an 'African lion' [Re: Murph]
#18710015 - 08/15/13 04:29 PM (10 years, 6 months ago) |
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Murph said: What do they do when the lion starts barking?
they whip him and say bad doggy
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