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<blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 2069938" data-attributes="member: 259">I didn't see this, but I gotta wonder:&nbsp; where are they filming the show, that staging animal fights for profit is legal?&nbsp;That said, I suspect that lions, being social animals, might be more accustomed to dominance-fighting; tigers, not being social animals, might not see the advantage in getting in a fight, and might back off pretty easily.&nbsp;It's for this reason that rabbit rescuers tell stories of rabbits totally dominating households of cats.&nbsp; Domestic cats are social animals, but not to the degree that rabbits are:&nbsp; rabbits spend much of their existence challenging and reinforcing social hierarchies.&nbsp; What seems like normal dominance play to a rabbit seems like total spazzy jerkishness to a cat, and the cat's going to think, &quot;What the heck is wrong with him?&quot; and run away.&nbsp; &nbsp;The rabbit will think, &quot;Oh yeah.&nbsp; Who da man?&quot;&nbsp;Daniel</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pielorinho, post: 2069938, member: 259"] I didn't see this, but I gotta wonder: where are they filming the show, that staging animal fights for profit is legal? That said, I suspect that lions, being social animals, might be more accustomed to dominance-fighting; tigers, not being social animals, might not see the advantage in getting in a fight, and might back off pretty easily. It's for this reason that rabbit rescuers tell stories of rabbits totally dominating households of cats. Domestic cats are social animals, but not to the degree that rabbits are: rabbits spend much of their existence challenging and reinforcing social hierarchies. What seems like normal dominance play to a rabbit seems like total spazzy jerkishness to a cat, and the cat's going to think, "What the heck is wrong with [b]him[/b]?" and run away. The rabbit will think, "Oh yeah. Who da man?" Daniel [/QUOTE]

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