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Denninmi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-11 05:43 PM
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So, George Stephanopoulus said "There are more tigers in American neighborhoods than ..."
Edited on Thu Oct-20-11 05:45 PM by Denninmi
...in all of the wilds of Africa." At the top of the ABC 'World News' broadcast tonight. :wtf:



Really George, really? I know you're just reading it, but perhaps someone should fact check things a little better? :rofl:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://blogs.ngm.com/on_assignment/2008/08/index.html&h=315&w=455&sz=143&tbnid=q5fWvXRqi8qDiM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=130&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dtiger%2Brange%2Bmap%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=tiger+range+map&docid=ZBRdLYvVFXimlM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=C6SgTvbNKO74sQLgpLicBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CC4Q9QEwAg&dur=1618


Of course, technically, he wasn't wrong. I bet there are more Kangaroos in the United States than in all of Greenland, too.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-11 07:39 PM
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1. A tiger? In Africa?
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Mendocino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-11 08:59 PM
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3. Why this idiot still has a paying job is beyond me.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-11 08:07 PM
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2. well, maybe more Bengal tigers here than in Africa


:D
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-11 09:04 PM
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4. Aren't tigers in Asia?
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-11 09:18 PM
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5. He's right, you know. I have just as many tigers in my back yard
as live in Africa.


:eyes:
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-11 09:20 PM
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6. There Are Definitely Some in Detroit
Or so I hear.
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