Ligers - Panthera Leo × Panthera Tigris (no scientific name and they are a hybrid)
Ligers are a result of cross breeding between a male lion
and a female tiger. They are not found
in the wild. The male lion and the
female tiger would not breed in the wild, as they more likely fight to defend
themselves and in they would avoid each other to protect themselves.
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| ligers (cross between male lion and female tiger) |
Ligers can live with both lions and tigers. The liger is a social animal. Ligers have the head of the lion and the body
of a tiger. When they are breed together
it enhances both species genes? They
about 11 feet tall and weigh about half a ton (500 kilograms). The liger shares traits both from the lion
and the tiger but the traits inherited from the lion is more. They have a muscular body and their fur is
sandy or dark yellow and there are distinctive faint stripes, which is
inherited from the mother. Other colour
is white which comes from a white tiger.
The male liger can have a mane like the lion but it is not as impressive
as the male adult lion. Sometimes there
is no mane on the liger male. The
stripes are more noticeable on their hind quarters. The liger can also inherit the spots found on
the back of the tiger’s ears along with the tufted fur around their chins. The liger has very strong and large jaws with
sharp pointed teeth that are used for tearing through flesh. The sharp claws also help them to catch prey.
If the ligers were to be found in the wild they would be a
dominant predator and the only thing that would be a threat to them is HUMANS,
but they are not find in the wild and the place where they are found are in
zoos who keep them only in order to make money.
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| liger kept in capitivity - zoo |
Ligers were breed in the 19th century when a
litter of cubs were born in Asia 1824.
No other litters were recorded until 100 years later in a zoo in South
Africa (the bastards!). The ligers have
no conservation status and they never bred in the wild. The ligers have no value to
conservationist. Thank God there are
some countries in the world that have banded the breeding of these ligers.
One of the traits that the liger shares with the tiger is
the love of swimming though it might take them time to venture into the water
as the male lion does not like water. A
liger can run at the speed of 50 mph (80kmh).
The roar of the liger can either sound like that of the lion or the
tiger, depending on the given situation at the time. Being hybrids they can have shorter lives as
they are prone to cancer and other diseases.
If the ligers were to be found in the wild they would be a
dominant predator and the only thing that would be a threat to them is HUMANS,
but they are not find in the wild and the place where they are found are in
zoos who keep them only in order to make money.
Ligers were breed in the 19th century when a
litter of cubs were born in Asia 1824.
No other litters were recorded until 100 years later in a zoo in South
Africa (the bastards!). The ligers have
no conservation status and they never bred in the wild. The ligers have no value to
conservationist. Thank God there are
some countries in the world that have banded the breeding of these ligers.
One of the traits that the liger shares with the tiger is
the love of swimming though it might take them time to venture into the water
as the male lion does not like water. A
liger can run at the speed of 50 mph (80kmh).
The roar of the liger can either sound like that of the lion or the
tiger, depending on the given situation at the time. Being hybrids they can have shorter lives as
they are prone to cancer and other diseases.
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| liger with it human pet |
The gestation period is a 100 days. The tigress of liger cubs might need to have a
C-section as the liger cubs is big when they are born. They can give before from 2 to 4 cubs. The cubes eyes are not open and they are
totally depended on the mother until they reach the age of 6 months.
The liger cubs grow very fast. The cubs weight 1.5 kilogram at birth and can
put on as much as half a kilogram per day.
By the end of their first year that could weigh 165 kilograms and by the
time they reach 3 years old as much as 320 kilograms. The liger’s cubs have darker spots on their
fur and these spots can remain when the liger reaches maturity, especially on
their undersides. Sadly many of the
liger cubs are born with birth defects and they don’t survive for more than a
week.
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| liger cubs |
When the cubs mature it’s unlikely they can breed as more
than often they are sterile with each other. The female
liger would have to be breed with a lion or a tiger. The resulting cubs would either be called a
li-liger or a ti-liger depending on the father.
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