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[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago

AI or myostatin related muscle hypertrophy? Tigers are strong, but they have loose skin and don't look like that unless something is wrong.

[-] stray@pawb.social 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think they just look like that sometimes. I found a lot of images of tigers with significant definition until finding one I could identify.

This is Luca, and his profile doesn't say anything about a medical condition.

https://www.carerescuetexas.com/meet-the-animals/tigers/luca.html

You can see videos of the cats here:

https://m.youtube.com/@bigcatderek/videos

I think the lighting angle might be doing a lot of the work in the OP image.

e: I actually just want to share some tiger pictures because I like them.

[-] Kertyna@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

Why are these tigers so hot!?

[-] cepelinas@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 months ago

Probably not AI because there is an image match of this from 5 years ago.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

every once in a while my fluffy kitty looks absolutely jacked (not to that extent, but super muscly) and she weighs like 10 pounds. runs around all fuckin day chasing greebles.

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That has to be painful for them, right? My first instinct was to laugh but then I thought maybe that'd be mean to YACKED KITTY-BEAR

[-] stray@pawb.social 3 points 2 months ago

The internet says it's generally harmless, but that it can be associated with other health problems depending on what's causing it.

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