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11 years 6 months ago #25928 by jtallen83
Replied by jtallen83 on topic What is this?
www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/black2.html


"The photos of the black tiger on this page are from the '80s phantasm movie, "Beastmaster". Surprisingly, rather than using a genuine melanistic leopard or jaguar to play the part of Ruh (pronounced 'Rrrr'), the movie directors employed a normal-coloured tiger which was then dyed black and called a panther. Quite why this done remains unexplained. Though the images do give some idea of the possible appearance of a black tiger, about two years after filming was completed, Sultan the tiger reportedly died of extreme skin problems caused by the black dye used on his coat."
There are real black tigers and other melanistic cats but this one looks like the dye job in the movie to some degree.

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11 years 6 months ago #25941 by LebbenB
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Tain't a cat a'tall. It's......A Chupacabra!

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11 years 6 months ago #25944 by Siscowet
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After studying it on a wall for a day, I am pretty sure it is a fake. The teeth are way to big, and the coat looks stitched together. It's like a bad rendition of a Sabre Tooth Tiger.

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