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Are ligers real? Where can I find some liger pics?
So, I watched Napoleon Dynamite (starring Jon Heder) and was wondering about the liger thing. Do ligers exist? If so, how are they any different from regular lions and tigers? Do the male ligers have manes like male lions or are they more like tigers?
Can anyone supply some liger pictures too if ligers are real?
Also, how in the world can a lion and tiger breed if this is true? I mean, they're totally different big cats, right?
Any information about ligers is highly appreciated, even if it's just an article explaining the joke or myth.
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The film Napoleon Dynamite really sparked an interest in ligers, it seems. Jon Heder, the actor who played Napoleon, studied animation in college and drew his own imaginary liger for the movie actually!
Big cats generally stick to their own so these amazing hybrids don't occur naturally in the wild. They're the product of captive breeding programs actually. They were much more common in the late half of the 19th century, during the boom of traveling circuses and sideshows.
Technically, a liger is the offspring of a male lion and female tiger. They can weigh up to a 1,000 pounds and stretch 12 feet long. They can have both stripes and spots, and if the liger is male, even a small mane.
Lions and tigers are very closely related. Much like leopards and panthers, they share the same genus--Panthera--meaning they have enough genetic material in common to make breeding possible.
For more information about ligers, including photographs of ligers, see:
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hahahah yesss theyre realll.
They just have to be specially breeded, and are extremely uncommon.
Here is a pic:
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Yes, ligers are real, but are rare:
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There you go =]
--Jack
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