Ligers and Tigons and Bears, Oh my!

[Mrs. Revlis]

It's amazing what strange things you'll learn while wasting time at work! Did you know that Tigers and Lions can crossbreed? Yep. The results are either a Liger or a Tigon.

Ligers get to be HUGE and are the product of a Lion father and a Tigress mother.
All About Ligers

Tigons are very small and are the product of a Tiger father and a Lioness mother.
All about Tigons

They also have other cross-breeds. Whoda Thunkit?

 

[Bdygrd4u]

...just when I thought I cornered the market on wasting office time...

 

[HillsRider]

Good reading for a slow Friday at work!!!

 

[Revlis]

 

[Lucky34]

Wow... how'd a thought... the things we learn on the internet.....
Those look like sweet animals

 

[stkr00]

All I can say about the "Liger" is....... Nice Kitty

Those things are HUGE.

Mrs.Revlis, get all of your surfin done now, cause with the new job coming, you'll have to lay low for a while.

 

[DAB]

I saw a Liger on Jay Leno's show. I didn't blame Kate Winslet for running away.

 

[r1R00KIE]

Kind of weird that the big Liger photographed has an "estimated weight of 800-1200 lb." Can't they get a bit more of an accurate weight than that? I also wonder why they get so big since tigers usually go in the 500 lb range while lions go in the 400 lb range. Weird that the two crossed would make 800+ lb. offspring.

 

[DAB]

Kind of weird that the big Liger photographed has an "estimated weight of 800-1200 lb."  Can't they get a bit more of an accurate weight than that?

You try getting one of those to sit on a bathroom scale...

 

[PACIFICBUSA]

Yep....saw one of those on a show.

Those fuggers are huge...huge all around. One dude stood on a ten foot ladder...and held a treat out. Was really suprised when the fugger got up on his hind legs and was able to reach the dude on top of the ladder.