Some Stuff about Ligers

Liger’s aren’t just mystical creatures bread for their skills in magic like Napoleon Dynamite says.

They are actually more prone to cancer and other illnesses. They are a genuine hybrid (cross-breed) big cat spices of a Tiger mother + Lion father.

Once thought to be infertile, they are now bread in some zoos worldwide. (They don’t occur naturally in the wild. The romance just isn’t there.) A Tigon works the other way around: Lion mother and Tiger father.

This website is a fascinating resource with details, plus a reference chart that explains the the characteristics of various hybrid big cats.

A LIGER was born in South Carolina in November 2010, Click here to see a photo and read more about the one at the the Myrtle Beach Wildlife Reserve.

Thanks for visiting this site! If you like ligers, you’ll probably cool. You might enjoy other things at my site. I hope you’ll poke around, and see for yourself.

Liger brothers, and a zookeeper


Faked photo. (The Liger is pretty much my favorite animal.)

 

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Lisa Colón DeLay writes often on matters of the attending to the inner life, creating a beloved community, spiritual formation, and consciousness. She is also a designer, teacher, speaker, and host of the weekly broadcast Spark My Muse since 2015. Lisa is Latina (born in Puerto Rico) and holds an MA in Spiritual Formation and is the author of "The Wild Land Within" (Broadleaf Books) and other books.

12 thoughts on “Some Stuff about Ligers”

  4. That is one cool cat! A Liger! He should be named : “Timba” (A little bit of Tigger and a lot of Simba!)

  8. OK…since ligers remind me of Napoleon Dynamite. I’d probably name this guy NAPOLEON because it sounds noble, even though he’s named after a goofy kid in a movie.

    I’d like, uh, Quaker Summer or any book but FRESH WIN and SEX GOD, since I have those already. But I’m really into fiction lately. :)

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