INTERESTING FACT

Lion And Tiger = Liger

What happens when a male lion and a female tiger breed? A Liger - the largest of all felines. A liger looks like a giant lion with diffused stripes and some male ligers grow sparse manes. These massive creatures are 10 feet long on average and weigh about 700 lb (320kg). Liger love swimming - trait common to tigers but lacking in lions. Ligers have been bred in captivity, deliberately and accidentally, since shortly before World War II. The largest liger alive today is appropriately named Hercules and lives in Jungle Island in Miami.

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lol....

katty kat at 07:18PM, Jan 23rd 2009.

There is also a Tigon - when male tiger and female lion breed

Mary at 06:38AM, Jan 25th 2009.

That ish so kewl. I never thought that there were Ligers. I heard it in Napeolean Dynmaite, I don't know if I spelt it right. But I never thought it was such a thing. They're my favorite animals now, next to Tigers :)

Betty at 09:33AM, Feb 3rd 2009.

lolz....it is fat XD

hayden at 10:42AM, Feb 13th 2009.

this is funny.......ahahahaha i cant believe this is true:)

jasmine at 09:44AM, Feb 18th 2009.

I think this is the most cooliest thing i have ever seen. I wish I could be close to one of these

Tiera at 09:46AM, Feb 18th 2009.

OMG!!! that is SO awesome! i want one! i think it is too big to fit in my closet though! lol :)

Maryah at 10:18PM, Mar 9th 2009.

The MOst Amazing thing. I am Flattered by the same. Both Lion & Tiger are my Favourites and LIGER The most Now

Akashdeep Oza at 12:22AM, Mar 10th 2009.

Well,they could have named it Tilon as in Kung Fu Panda...

MD. MANJURUL ISLAM at 06:27AM, Apr 22nd 2009.

looking at your post i see that there is mostly kids commenting on this site and the whole liger thing. yall are idots learn how to spell really OMG that is such a stupid thing that you all cant do that. OMFG GROW UP!!!k

Hector at 11:50AM, Apr 24th 2009.

omg there huge and scary

Georgina at 05:38AM, Jun 1st 2009.

i think they are very scary

Alice at 11:56AM, Jun 2nd 2009.

theyre friggen hugeee !

Me at 12:50PM, Jun 13th 2009.

they said it can reach 700lbs? is that on the dairy queen diet? reading the article i was thinking of something better than both species (lion and tiger) but that thing is just a fat S@%T...
are they sterile afterwards?

Jaymoney at 02:44PM, Jun 25th 2009.

animals are really interesting

mehgan at 09:12PM, Jun 29th 2009.

Mixing lions and tigers is something completely unnatural that humans invented, many ligers and tigons have terrible genetic disorders and disabilities, they usually live hard, short lives.

Its really very sad and not cool or cute.

Kay at 05:31PM, Jul 5th 2009.

WHAT?! REALLY??!!

ran10 at 04:50AM, Jul 8th 2009.

wow amazing, lions n tigers n bears OhMy

jim at 01:49AM, Jul 31st 2009.

Ha ha! I thought they only existed on Napoleon Dynamite, but this world keeps shootin' out more species.

Anna at 02:49PM, Aug 3rd 2009.

this is cool

chales at 08:35PM, Aug 18th 2009.

Unfortunately though Ligers cannot produce offspring of their own, and therefore cannot progress as an individual species, Unless of course a further mutation happens which allows them to reproduce.