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April 28, 2005

Tiger Thoughts - Part 2

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macosxtiger-box.jpgSome fun with the Wikipedia entry for Tiger:

Tigers ordinarily overpower their prey from any angle, usually from ambush, and bite the neck, ordinarily breaking the prey's spinal column or windpipe, or severing the jugular vein or carotid artery.
Whew. Insert your own joke about Tiger hunting Longhorn here.

Tigers (Panthera tigris) are mammals of the Felidae family, one of four "big cats" that belong to the Panthera genus.
"So there's this panther in an Apple Store, and he goes up to the Genus Bar, and..." (Sorry, I wandered into Joy of Tech pun land for a second there.)
Tigers are predatory carnivores.
Apple? Predatory? Don't be silly.
Most tigers live in forests and grasslands (for which their camouflage is ideally suited).
Is Tiger a Mac OS pretending to be a UNIX system, or a UNIX system pretending to be a Mac?
Of all the big cats, only the tiger and jaguar are strong swimmers, and tigers may often be found bathing in ponds, lakes and rivers.
OS X Panther was just treading water, I guess.
Tigers hunt alone, and their diet consists primarily of medium-sized herbivores such as deer, wild pigs, elk and buffalo, but they will also take larger or smaller prey if the circumstances demand it.
Adobe is probably too big to swallow, though, especially after acquiring Macromedia.
Humans are probably the tiger's only predator, often illegally killing tigers for their fur or their penises, falsely believed to be aphrodisiacs.
No comment.
From the destruction of its habitat, to the poaching for the fur, tigers have decreased in size and have been placed in the endangered species list.
Endangered? Don't be silly. It's been several years since Apple was even beleaguered.
Other than the human, the tiger is at the top of the food chain.
Good news for the OS X marketing team. Make it so!

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