Cross between tiger and lion? What do you think about it?
2006-10-21 04:49:40 · 10 answers · asked by cucumis_sativus 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
It's a cross between a male lion and a female tiger. Supposedly, a liger looks like a large lion with stripe. Unlike a lion but like a tiger they like to swim and some male ligers grow manes. Female ligers can also reproduce.
2006-10-21 04:54:12 · answer #1 · answered by San Jose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry drummerbo but they do exist, not in the wild,but in captivity. And you can see actual pictures of them on the internet. You need to do a little more research.
Yes tiger and lion can breed, because they are closely related. And yes the the liger is a cross between a male lion and a female tiger. They are the largest living feline. They can weigh over 800lbs. And some individuals have been known to weigh over 1,000lbs.
A tigon is a cross between a male tiger and a female lion and they are smaller than the liger.
2006-10-21 23:43:13 · answer #2 · answered by megatron 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gee, you're getting a bunch of bad answers here; let me clear it up for you: There is NO such thing as a Liger or a Tiglon. They are made up myths. Those two breeds of cats DO NOT inter-breed. That old joke has been around for years, and is no more real than a Unicorn!
The old myth used to state that if the male was a tiger and the female a lion, it was a Tiglon. And if the male was the lion and the female a tiger it was a Liger.
But again--those animals DO NOT EXIST!!
Can I have my 10 points now, please? LOL
2006-10-21 12:01:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are such thigs as ligers, the males are sterile but the females are capable of reproducing. There was a liger farm in Colorado that got shut down a couple of years ago because of poor conditions. Most of those ligers had to be euthenized, but some went to zoos.
2006-10-21 12:28:17 · answer #4 · answered by jesraptora 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More specifically, a male lion and female tiger. The opposite cross (male tiger and female lion) is a tigon.
2006-10-21 11:54:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but the reproduction between lion & tiger is not successful as liger is infertile.
2006-10-21 14:00:44 · answer #6 · answered by apurba s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of their similar DNA, when a lion and a tiger breed, they are able to produce fertile offspring. if you've ever seen Napolean Dynamite, you've heard of a liger or a tigron :)
2006-10-21 11:52:53 · answer #7 · answered by cardsfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they have one at the San Francisco Zoo.
2006-10-21 11:57:15 · answer #8 · answered by OU812 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its nice,they're really beautiful.You can check out photo's in the link below.
2006-10-22 12:04:11 · answer #9 · answered by farhan ferdous 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tigers-animal-actors.com/about/liger/sudan2yrs.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.tigers-animal-actors.com/about/liger/liger.html&h=231&w=350&sz=16&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=CZTOYhMJg81UMM:&tbnh=79&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dliger%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D
Check out these pics of actual ligers.....Very Impressive!
2006-10-21 12:02:46 · answer #10 · answered by Andrew B. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋