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World's Largest Liger(Lion+Tiger)

Discussion in 'Movies, Music & TV' started by samtron, Apr 14, 2007.

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    Know what's a Liger? It's a cross breed of a Lion male and Tiger female...
    Read on......
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    The 10ft Liger who's still growing...

    He looks like something from a prehistoric age or a fantastic

    creation from Hollywood . But Hercules is very much living flesh and blood -

    as he proves every time he opens his gigantic mouth to roar. Part lion, part

    tiger, he is not just a big cat but a huge one, standing 10ft tall on his

    back legs. Called a liger, in reference to his crossbreed parentage, he is

    the largest of all the cat species.

    On a typical day he will devour 20lb of meat, usually beef or

    chicken, and is capable of eating 100lb at a single setting. At just three

    years old, Hercules already weighs half a ton.
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    He is the accidental result of two enormous big cats living close

    together at the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, in Miami,

    Florida , and already dwarfs both his parents.

    "Ligers are not something we planned on having," said institute owner

    Dr Bhagavan Antle. "We have lions and tigers living together in large

    enclosures and at first we had no idea how well one of

    the lion boys was getting along with a tiger girl, then loo and behold

    we had a liger."
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    50mph runner... Not only that, but he likes to swim, a feat unheard

    of among water-fearing lions. In the wild it is virtually impossible for

    lions and tigers to mate. Not only are they enemies likely to kill one

    another, but most lions are in Africa and most tigers in Asia . But

    incredible though he is, Hercules is not unique. Ligers have been bred in

    captivity, deliberately and accidentally, since shortly before World War II.
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    samtron, Apr 14, 2007 IP
  2. samtron

    samtron Guest

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    Today there are believed to be a handful of ligers around the world

    and a similar number of tigons, the product of a tiger father and lion

    mother. Tigons are smaller than ligers and take on more physical

    characteristics of the tiger.
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    Look at the size of the head on this thing.. :eek:)
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    samtron, Apr 14, 2007 IP
  3. sukantab

    sukantab Well-Known Member

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    Old picture, but thanks for sharing... It is really big.. There was a show on this Liger in NatGeo.
    And don't go near that mouth :)...
     
    sukantab, Apr 14, 2007 IP
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    mitcharr Notable Member

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    woah, never heard of that before, thanks for sharing those great pics
     
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  5. the_gallery

    the_gallery Peon

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    good post. hot chick.
     
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  6. 8everything

    8everything Peon

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    Wow... its huge.. they should name it Lyger, who knew they exsisted through cross breeding! Neat stuff.
     
    8everything, Apr 14, 2007 IP
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    Bender Peon

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    Yup! Here's the full set of Lion-Tiger hybrids:

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    getjimmy Prominent Member

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    Really big lion,never seen this kind of lion b4.
     
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    Rohit patel Prominent Member

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    Well I never seen this biger boys. :) Thanks for sharing some good pics with information.
     
    Rohit patel, Apr 14, 2007 IP
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    Thats a huge cat! I would love to have actually seen it coz I love cats
     
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    Really good whether they allow tigers or lions to be in captivity at home in any country?

    I think its highly impossible for us in India to grow a big cat since laws are very tough!
     
    Freewebspace, Apr 14, 2007 IP
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    walaaweeeyyy what a huge ligerrrr
     
    bennjoe, Apr 14, 2007 IP
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    m0rtal Well-Known Member

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    Seems like a friendly giant :)
     
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    Really huge one........Tell me was that Lion Boy and Tiger Girl married or It was a rape case.??????
    still a good example to say dont play against nature (hope many can point out what I mean;) )
     
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    EGS Notable Member

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    They look so cute!<3
     
    EGS, Apr 14, 2007 IP
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    And I thought I had a fat cat..(mine's 22 pounds)
     
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    Beautiful and Magnificent. The beauty of them is just wonderful
     
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    Wow!! it's such a huge animal. I don;t think any naturalist is going to like this human creation. Tiger and Lion belong to diffferent habitats and they could not have met in natural environment.
     
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    wow thanx for sharing, i never heard of this kind of stuffs before :)
     
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    Not at all... what is the main purpose to inbreed? :p Well.. puppies to sell... creating new food etc, but its not 100% necessary at all! Humans are manipulating natural selection and such eh?
     
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