“Napoleon Dynomite” was right, Ligers do exist! So do Zebroids and Camas
Chalk one up for “Napoleon Dynomite”, “Ligers“are real:
If, like me, you thought “hybrids” were limited to Prius’s with fading “Kerry/Edwards” bumper stickers then check out this mix of lion and tiger (“liger”). The photograph below shows the hybrid liger and its trainer Dr. Bhagavan Antle at a Renaissance Festival in Massachusetts, USA, October 2005.
Ligers are the most popular known among hybrid animals. Ligers are crossbreeds between a male lion and female tiger while “Tigons” are crossbreeds between a male tiger and a female lion. Ligers are the world’s largest cats. Tigons on the other hand, are prone towards dwarfism and are usually smaller than either of their parents. Male Ligers/Tigons are sterile while the females are often fertile.
Follow this link for additional animal hybrids including zebroids, camas, pizzlies, leopons, and wolphins.
Pop quiz: What is the world’s most popular animal hybrid? The mule.
tags: liger napoleon dynamite tigon zebroid Hybrid
h/t: Pointing and Giggling (and top photo credit)
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June 22nd, 2006 at 10:10 am
Napoleon was right? Wow! I guess that this gives me the green light to strap a time machine around my nuts and dial in 1988.