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Would one of you mind telling me where the Tiger mascot came from?
Posted on 12/7/10 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 12/7/10 at 3:44 pm
Anybody know the history on that one? tia
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Posted on 12/7/10 at 3:45 pm to Mayhaw Jelly
War for Southern Independence. The Louisiana Fighting Tigers.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 3:47 pm to Mayhaw Jelly
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Tiger is the largest living member of the cat family. It has a graceful build. The reddish yellow coat with black stripes gives it a royal look. Its ears are black on the outside and each of them has a prominent white spot on it. The scientific name of tiger is 'Panthera tigris'. The origin of the cat family from what we know today is Siberia. From there, they migrated down south as the climate became colder. Tigers are found in Siberia, Manchuria and the Asian continent. In Asia, India and Malaysia are the two prominent countries where tigers live. The Indian tigers, the Royal Bengal tigers are the most graceful animals found in Sundarban in Bengal.In India we had over forty thousand tigers in the beginning of the 20th century. Today it is very sad to note that the statistics are much lower. The reasons for tigers becoming an endangered species are uncontrolled felling of trees resulting in the shrinkage of the habitat of the tiger, decrease of preys, increase of poaching for its beautiful skin.
The tiger lives in varied habitats: open jungles, humid evergreen forests and mango grove swamps. Its diet consists mainly of deer, antelopes, gaurs and wild Aggies.
This post was edited on 12/7/10 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 12/7/10 at 3:50 pm to Mayhaw Jelly
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Anybody know the history on that one? tia
Washington Artillery.
Formed in New Orleans in 1838.
Their insignia:
Both the Louisiana Tigers of Wheat’s Battalion and the Washington Artillery first gained fame at the Battle of First Manassas on July 21, 1861. Major David French Boyd, first president of LSU after the war, had fought with the Louisiana troops in Virginia and knew the reputation of both the Tiger Rifles and the Washington Artillery.
Thus when LSU football teams entered the gridiron battlefields in their fourth year of intercollegiate competition, they tagged themselves as the “Tigers.” In 1955 LSU’s Fourth-Quarter Ball Club expanded the name “Tigers” into the current nickname, “Fighting Tigers.”
Washington Artillery
Posted on 12/7/10 at 6:15 pm to Mayhaw Jelly
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Would one of you mind telling me where the Tiger mascot came from?
Mike VI
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Great Cats of Idaville, Ind.
Posted on 12/7/10 at 6:33 pm to Mayhaw Jelly
well, ya gotta start with a male tiger 
Posted on 12/7/10 at 6:57 pm to Mayhaw Jelly
Posted on 12/7/10 at 7:06 pm to Mayhaw Jelly
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Anybody know the history on that one? tia
Posted on 12/7/10 at 7:09 pm to Mayhaw Jelly
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Anybody know the history on that one?
Speaking of history of mascots... What the hell is an Aggie?
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