February 20, 2004
Tigons and Ligers and Bears, oh my!
by peterbI knew about hinnies and mules, of course, but in the "everyone else probably already knew this but I just found out" department, today I learned that it is possible to crossbreed lions and tigers, creating ligers and tigons.
I don't know why this comes as a surprise to me. I knew that you could crossbreed an asian leopard cat and felis sylvestris catus and end up with a bengal cat, but I never envisioned that two cats as different as lions and tigers could crossbreed. I think they look amazingly cool, but I bet the mating procedure is fraught with peril.
Intriguingly, ligers and tigons (a liger has a male lion as a parent, and tigon has a male tiger as a parent) have very different characteristics, with ligers being prone to gigantism and tigons being prone to dwarfism.
Other interesting hybrids include breeding a serval to a caracal, a sheep to a goat, and a zebra to everything on the planet
Cats sleeping with dogs! Kids playing loud rock and roll music! WHERE IS IT ALL GOING TO END?
Posted by peterb at February 20, 2004 06:16 PM | Bookmark ThisWow. I like the Zebra crossbreeds the best. The different ways the stripes express are interesting.
Posted by John Prevost at February 21, 2004 03:58 AMcan you please send me a photo of a tigon and a liger, because I'm in love with them, and I will hopefully get one soon.
Posted by Hamdi at March 25, 2004 01:14 PMi want to know about tigons because i have to do a report about them for my home school.
Posted by antonella lorusso at April 21, 2004 08:43 AMI think it is cruel for evolution to be forced. Once this new breed begins to expand in numbers, what will come. These animals already don't have a chance at a life span of that of the lion or tiger because they are forced breed.
Posted by Future Wise at January 26, 2006 07:05 PMThe ligers and the tigons are very attractive animals. Although, their appearence is very pleasing to the eye, I don't agree with the cross-breeding of animals. Tell me more about the proccess of conception.
Posted by Dae Dae at January 26, 2006 07:14 PMyse i agree complele that lions and tigers should not be breaded together.
Posted by Brennan at May 9, 2006 07:09 PMyse i agree complele that lions and tigers should not be breaded together.
Posted by Brennan at May 9, 2006 07:10 PMdont u have anyother work,make ur wife fucked by a lion,then find what she give birth
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