Last night at dinner with some friends, the boyfriend brought up ligers and I've spent this morning looking at pictures and reading about them online. Wow - what amazing animals. I've always been a fan of the Tiger and other big cats (although I'm less a fan of Lions). Ligers grow to be larger than either lions or tigers. They love to swim and have both spots and stripes.
That's it, I've declared the Liger my new power animal. Watch out! Mrow.
no way it's really that big! I refuse to beleive. Where can one go to see a real-life Liger? Asia or Africa?
Posted by: pinky the first | June 09, 2006 at 10:24 PM
And don't forget the liger's counterpart, the tigon, which is the crossbbreeding of a male tiger and a female lion.
Impressive yes, but you might want to reconsider the liger as your power animal. Since tigers and lions are geographically distinct in the wild, liger offspring will only result from artificial mating arrangements in captivity. And the 'Vescent ain't nobody's captive.
Posted by: Will Campbell | June 10, 2006 at 11:37 AM
Yes, Will, that's true. Although I was born in capitivity, I don't live in a cage.
Posted by: heathervescent | June 12, 2006 at 10:14 AM
I have to admit the first time I heard of Ligers was in the movie Napolean Dynamite. I thought it was just another fictional creature like the Jackalope.
After looking at this picture and reading the Wikipedia entries on them, as well as Tigons, these are some impressive big cats.
It is sad that they suffer so many health complications, as well as depression as a result of their inbreeding.
Nevertheless, their image no doubt conjures up beauty and pure magnificent power.
Posted by: Tony Herrera | June 12, 2006 at 03:15 PM
i totally thought that ligers were pretend. they are huge!
Posted by: leahpeah | June 13, 2006 at 11:53 AM
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I think one was running loose in Westlake village last year, a pet. Lions & Tigers rarely "hook up" in the wild, try Florida or Texas, they have loose pet laws.
Posted by: Smitty | June 13, 2006 at 10:31 PM
Ligers do indeed exist. The famous (at least regionally) King Richard's Faire in Carver, Massachusetts features a troupe of big cat trainers that have a Liger. I saw the show in person and the liger sitting down was taller than it's female trainer standing. The cat was massive. The trainers were very strict about people not watching from the nearby treeline, as the cat was apt to spring at "prey" items it thought were hiding in the bush. Considering that the whole troupe put together probably could not have stopped it, we took the warning very seriously. Good thing it was only a juvenile. Yeah, you heard me.
Posted by: Stan | July 24, 2006 at 08:39 PM