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windows98
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Posted: 20th Jan 2008 22:31
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what do you get when you cross a tiger with a lion

a Liger
by breeding tigers and lions together as they are very close match
they have managed too create a hybrid liger,
no actuall scietist knows why they are so much bigger than their parents,and i guess that this may be unfortunatly as big as they can naturally get although their are ways probly of wich too breed even further
but at the moment Male ligers are sterile, but female ligers are fertile and can breed with tigers resulting in ti-ligers or to lions, li-ligers. Ti-ligers are more tiger-like, having a greater percentage of tiger genes. Li-ligers are more lion-like, having a greater percentage of lion genes. The fertility of hybrid big cat females is well-documented across a number of different hybrids.

heres a video of one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cowCS_OoDSY

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gbark
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Yeah it's like pretty much my favorite animal.
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Posted: 20th Jan 2008 22:44
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Cool vid... Stupid comments left by some people claiming it's the magic of Photoshop LOL...

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Posted: 20th Jan 2008 22:52
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Oh dear...Photoshop...haha, I guess they don't pay much attention to documentaries or the news.

The Liger is an interesting result, I love on these documentaries how at peace people are with these animals, it totally contradicts the negativity surrounding predators - though these have been bred in captivity, but you know, I have a soft spot for super big cats, makes me want one of my own to hug and smother and train it to eat the neighbours...that way it's cheaper to feed.

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Posted: 20th Jan 2008 23:30 Edited at: 20th Jan 2008 23:32
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Quote: "Yeah it's like pretty much my favorite animal."

lol

Edit: you know there is a Tigon to.

If you have a male tiger breed with a female lion its a Tigon
If you have a male Lion breed with a female tiger its a liger

according to my Biology teacher anyway

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Posted: 21st Jan 2008 00:08
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So then, what's a bigon?

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Cool, I've not heard of this before. Ligers probably are a bad idea for nature though or we would have seen similar animals. This huge a predator needs a lot of food so I doubt it could survive in nature. I also wonder how fast it is, the prey they must catch to survive usually runs very fast. Cat predators have the advantage of high speed bursts, without they would not be able to hunt. Also cats need to be small enough to hide from their prey. It's not like they need to be more powerful then they are, only if they are to fight amongst themselves.

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In Dutch, the mix between a sheep and a goat is called a 'scheit', which is pronounced the same as 'schijt' which literelly translates to 'sh!t'.


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Posted: 21st Jan 2008 07:39
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Saw this a while ago, but nice find anyway.
Quote: "Yeah it's like pretty much my favorite animal"
Wasn't that in Napolean Dynamite?

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Posted: 21st Jan 2008 11:48
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Quote: "no actuall scietist knows why they are so much bigger than their parents"


They do. The growth control gene is not inherited from either parent, resulting in an animal that grows to it's naturally sustainable size. And most hybrid animals have sterile males, which is believed to be nature's way of saying "no more!"

A second generation Liger would be unlikely to be any bigger than it's parents.

It's also illegal to breed a Liger / Tigon. They are usually a result of accidental mixing in Safari Parks. In the wild they would never mix, although there are a couple of reported cases.

Oh yes...I'm a huge Panthera Tigris fan I didn't just decide to research this because I saw a thread.
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Quote: "And most hybrid animals have sterile males"

Just like when a female horse and a male donkey mates and produce a 'mule'.
Quote: "Oh yes...I'm a huge Panthera Tigris fan"

I am a big 'Cheetara' fan from Thundercats. Does that count?


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I'm a big fan of the Picon Panthers...

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That is really cool! People on youtube are well...*gets up and walks away to avoid ban*

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Okay, anyways, that is really neat and I hope that gene configurations keep popping up, as long as they aren't making an army of me, no undead breeding, thats just gross.

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