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"I wouldn't want to meet one of these..."

a liger.

[URL]http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/liger.asp#photo[/URL]

A cross between a male lion and a female tiger. Amazing.

a liger.

[URL]http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/liger.asp#photo[/URL]

A cross between a male lion and a female tiger. Amazing.

seen one of these on telly :')


come to think of it THAT ONE


i want to meet it

[URL]http://graphics1.snopes.com/photos/animals/graphics/liger3.jpg[/URL]

not all that bad still needs its bottle

blimey.

i'd love to see 10 of them let lose in a city.

That's well good.
Move over lion, we have a new king of the 'jungle'.

I don't think Ligers or Tigons have sex organs - either that or they can't reproduce.
They have done this with other species such as Zebra's and some other animal.

"50mph runner..."

Really wouldn't like one of those running at me.

Now to produce some Ligman's.

OddToe wrote:
> I don't think Ligers or Tigons have sex organs - either that or they
> can't reproduce.
> They have done this with other species such as Zebra's and some other
> animal.

I think that's right, they can't reproduce, and there's only a few animals who can mate outside-species and produce a hybrid. I believe it's a female horse and a male donkey that make a 'mule' and a male horse and a female donkey that make a 'hinny'. Oh, and when a male zebra and a female donkey mate, the hybrid is called a ‘zedonk’.

Edit; "Hinnies are difficult to obtain because of the differences in the number of chromosomes of the horse and the donkey. A donkey had 62 pairs, a horse 64. Sterility in the mule/hinny comes from the same reason...they have only 63 chromosomes. The uneven number results in an incomplete reproductive system. The male mule or hinny can and will mate, but will be "shooting blanks". It is considered best to geld (nueter)them, thus saving yourself some problems. Female hybrids may or may not go through heat cycles. There are a few very rare instances of horse/donkey hybrids becoming pregnant, but they almost always are unable to carry to term."

Yeh, I like this kinda stuff for some reason.

OddToe wrote:
> I don't think Ligers or Tigons have sex organs - either that or they
> can't reproduce.

The females can, the males are infertile though.

Male + Female = Offspring

Lion + Tiger = Liger

Tiger + Lion = Tigon

Lion + Liger = Li-Liger

Lion + Tigon = Li-Tigon

Tiger + Liger = Ti-Liger

Tiger + Tigon = Ti-Tigon