Liger- Lion and Tiger cross DUW

I got an email of this amazing animal. It couldn't happen in the wild but it accidentally happened in captivity.



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My god that is a big animal... Did they take those pictures like a split second before the liger attacked? LOL. Sorry, cruel sense of humor...

They forgot to tell you that they're bred for their skills in magic ;)

They are awesome looking. I saw this a while back and I know a lot of people on the yahoo group didn't believe it was a real animal. If anyone has any doubt, here is site that owns this animal.: http://www.tigers-animal-actors.com/index2.html

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Originally Posted by lillyorchid

They are awesome looking. I saw this a while back and I know a lot of people on the yahoo group didn't believe it was a real animal. If anyone has any doubt, here is site that owns this animal.: http://www.tigers-animal-actors.com/index2.html

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Thanks for the website! They are awesome! to say the least.

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Originally Posted by Uncle Festae

They forgot to tell you that they're bred for their skills in magic ;)

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:8: YES!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Best post of the day! :P

I've seen them in person a few times....they are often at the Renaissance festival in MA. The roar really loud!

the chick in the first pic looks like a cross between....aw never mind.

wow thats big!! i think i heard of this a while back but im not sure.

If you've watch national geo recently they have a "big cat showdown" showing the different big cats from around the world...blah blah blah. They had a bit of a piece on the liger. Sheesh...its only like the coolest animal evar.;)


-Jason

Nice pics,it has actualy happened in the wild though,but very very very rarely, i seen a documentary on them a few years ago on discovery i think it was.
have you seen the documentary where the female lion who lost her cubs adopted a baby gazelle?she tried ot feed it but couldnt.i think it was on national geo.

Man thats a large creature, extremely cool!

Wow, thats awesome. I love how big the head is.

Here's a national geo article on ligers.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...04_ligers.html

The second page has a link to some other pictures...that's one biiiig kitty.

-Jason

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Originally Posted by Uncle Festae

They forgot to tell you that they're bred for their skills in magic ;)

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Dang, beat me to it! :giggle:

But yeah, wow, gorgeous and HUGE animals! I forget if a Liger is where the mother is a lion and the father is a tiger or the other way around... the Tigon is whichever is the other pairing of parents is and tends to be smaller than a Liger.

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Originally Posted by MedusasOwl

Dang, beat me to it! :giggle:

But yeah, wow, gorgeous and HUGE animals! I forget if a Liger is where the mother is a lion and the father is a tiger or the other way around... the Tigon is whichever is the other pairing of parents is and tends to be smaller than a Liger.

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Read the article in the link... it tells you the liger pairing.;)

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Since 1999 the park has bred its male lion and female tiger many times, producing about 24 cubs.

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See!

-Jason

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Originally Posted by Reptile_Man

Nice pics,it has actualy happened in the wild though,but very very very rarely, i seen a documentary on them a few years ago on discovery i think it was.
have you seen the documentary where the female lion who lost her cubs adopted a baby gazelle?she tried ot feed it but couldnt.i think it was on national geo.

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Not sure how this could happen unless you're talking about Asian lions. African lions are from Africa and no subspecies of Tiger is native to that continent.

I did see the documentary about the female lion; I was actually discussing it with a co-worker today.

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Originally Posted by Reptile_Man

Nice pics,it has actualy happened in the wild though,but very very very rarely, i seen a documentary on them a few years ago on discovery i think it was.
have you seen the documentary where the female lion who lost her cubs adopted a baby gazelle?she tried ot feed it but couldnt.i think it was on national geo.

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I saw that! I felt so bad for the little gazelle! After the show it said that she tried raising like five more but two died of starvation two got eaten by other predators and the other one got back to its mother, or something like that. Then it said she dissapeared. It was an interesting show though

it's pretty much my favorite animal...

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Originally Posted by JBallPython

Read the article in the link... it tells you the liger pairing.;)


See!

-Jason

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Well that'll learn me to comment before checking out links. :P

Wow, I knew that they existed but had no idea how Big they were!

Amazing animals! I wish I could see them in person.

Man thats crazy. :eek: i have never seen that.... Thanks for sharing..... Napolean would bust a nut!!! :8:

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Originally Posted by juddb

Man thats crazy. :eek: i have never seen that.... Thanks for sharing..... Napolean would bust a nut!!! :8:

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Dude, Napolean is the one who told them to make the pairing!! :P
Yes, they were bred for there skills and magic.

Actually I just recently saw a preview for a show on animal planet about asian lions. They are very rare, but do exist. So its possible it could happen in the wild.

Beautiful animal and I just love the faint markings.

Even if it COULD happen in the wild...I really don't think a liger would thrive. They are not built to be an ambush predator like either a lion or tiger, so in terms of stalking it would do poorly because of shear size. And as far as its running ability, I figure the bigger something is the slower it is...and we all know big cats use speed and agility to catch their prey.

I just think the size would be a major disadvantage...to power himself he would have to eat a ton of food, but it would be burned up in a short amount of time...I would think a liger would have to be a super scavenger otherwise it would starve in a wild setting.

Just my thoughts.

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Originally Posted by JBallPython

Even if it COULD happen in the wild...I really don't think a liger would thrive. They are not built to be an ambush predator like either a lion or tiger, so in terms of stalking it would do poorly because of shear size. And as far as its running ability, I figure the bigger something is the slower it is...and we all know big cats use speed and agility to catch their prey.

I just think the size would be a major disadvantage...to power himself he would have to eat a ton of food, but it would be burned up in a short amount of time...I would think a liger would have to be a super scavenger otherwise it would starve in a wild setting.

Just my thoughts.

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You guys should really listen to the Swede on this one......He's all about inter-species breeding ;)

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Originally Posted by Uncle Festae

You guys should really listen to the Swede on this one......He's all about inter-species breeding ;)

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Yep... I have dats and cogs running around all over the place!;)

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Originally Posted by Rapture

Not sure how this could happen unless you're talking about Asian lions. African lions are from Africa and no subspecies of Tiger is native to that continent.

I did see the documentary about the female lion; I was actually discussing it with a co-worker today.

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I cant remember, if it was an asian lion, it was a few years ago i saw it,but it did happen before they started doing it in captivity.
i cant rememberthe name of the woman who did the documentary on the female lion but iv seen alot of her work and she is pretty good.

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Originally Posted by BPGirl

I saw that! I felt so bad for the little gazelle! After the show it said that she tried raising like five more but two died of starvation two got eaten by other predators and the other one got back to its mother, or something like that. Then it said she dissapeared. It was an interesting show though

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yeah, it was pretty cool,i didnt hear that other stuff though,what was the name of the woman who made the documentary?

Oh by the way for those that want to know a bit more about Asiatic Lions I've found a great site with loads of info. Here's a link with their range, and in fact they are known to have been found in the ranges of tigers.

http://www.asiatic-lion.org/distrib.html

-Jason