Ligers?!?!?!? Tigons?!?!?!?!?

Every now and then something gets under my radar. The cross-breeding of lions and tigers, to create a liger (or a tigon) is one of those things. I am using this photo without permission, so enjoy it:

My buddy Mark sent this and I couldn't believe it, so I followed a link to the Daily Mail and I learned:

• his name is Hercules (of course it is!)
• he is the offspring of a male lion and female tiger
• he is the largest of all the cat species
• he stands ten-feet tall
• he eats 20 pounds of meat per day and can eat 100 pounds at a sitting
• he is 3-years-old and weighs over 1,000 pounds AND he is not finished growing
• his birth was accidental and was the "result of two amorous big cats living close together at the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, in Miami, Florida . . . "
• he can run 50mph
• he likes to swim
• there are also tigons (male tiger bred with a female lions)

Wow! Absolutely amazing.

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Some links:

Free Dictionary Listing

Lairweb

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