On Tuesday, May 4, 2004 at 11:01:47 AM UTC+10, Emma wrote:   
   > A guy I know swears blind that a Norwegian scientist [he can't remember the   
   > name] studied lions for years, and decided that lions are more closely   
   > related to canines that other wild cats.  I pointed out that the ability to   
   > successfully mate with tigers [to produce tigons & ligers] means that they   
   > are extremely closely related [genetically] with felines, and not at all   
   > with canines [liolf, anyone?]  So - has anyone heard of this?   
   > Unfortunately, this guy seems to accept some ULs without question, and isn't   
   > really someone you can argue with.  I just want the info for me.  I did try   
   > googling for it, but came up nowegian lion-dogs, instead.   
   >   
   > Emma   
      
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