Tony the Tiger does not think offers of sex from furries are… very enticing. (Thought we were going to say grrrrrrreat, didn’t you? We’re better than that.)

The striped cereal mascot has been besieged by furries’ randy replies since at least last year, and multiple media outlets picked up on the trend in November.

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But Tony isn’t tolerating the unwanted sexual attention anymore, Gawker reports. As of late, the big T has been on an apparent furry-blocking spree — including the accounts of professed furries who say they’ve never even tweeted at Tony.

I don't even think I've ever tweeted at @realtonytiger, did they just go and block all furries? XD pic.twitter.com/4U2OXme82Y — RAWRlie on the MTA (@KinielCat) January 26, 2016

When asked why Tony gets so much attention from the furry community — while other cartoon animal figures like Smokey Bear go unnoticed — Twitter user Mouse of Habsburg, who had previously tweeted erotic requests at Tony, told HuffPost that the whole thing was somewhat of an inside joke.

@The_H_Train When I was growing up, Frosted Flakes ads were everywhere on kids' TV, and Tony was in all of them. I never saw Smokey. — Mouse of Habsburg (@favoritemouse) January 26, 2016

@The_H_Train I think some people decided to have their fun with the account for that reason (his being such a well-known figure), and then — Mouse of Habsburg (@favoritemouse) January 26, 2016

@The_H_Train it snowballed from there and became an inside joke among the fandom that we're all into Tony the Tiger. — Mouse of Habsburg (@favoritemouse) January 26, 2016

That said, furries on the internet aren’t the only ones who see Tony as more sexualized than your average cartoon tiger. A Vice writer in 2012 called Tony a “Michelangelo-built tiger-man,” noting his optimal shoulder-to-hip ratio.

Contact the author at Hilary.Hanson@huffingtonpost.com

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