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Ten foot tall "LIGER" - part lion; part tiger; weighs half a ton and is still growing!
Email | MAY 27, 2005 | Unknown

Posted on 05/27/2005 4:44:50 PM PDT by CHARLITE

How's this for size?

The 10ft Liger who's still growing...

He looks like something from a prehistoric age or a fantastic creation from Hollywood. But Hercules is very much living flesh and blood - as he proves every time he opens his gigantic mouth to roar. Part lion, part tiger, he is not just a big cat but a huge one,standing 10ft tall on his back legs. Called a liger, in reference to his crossbreed parentage, he is the largest of all the cat species.

On a typical day he will devour 200 lb of meat, usually beef or chicken, and is capable of eating 100lb at a single setting. At just three years old, Hercules already weighs half a ton.


He is the accidental result of two enormous big cats living close together at the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, in Miami, Florida, and already dwarfs both his parents. "Ligers are not something we planned on having," said institute owner Dr Bhagavan Antle. "We have lions and tigers living together in large enclosures and at first we had no idea how well one of the lion boys was getting along with a tiger girl, then lo and behold we had a liger."


50mph runner... Not only that, but he likes to swim, a feat unheard of among water-fearing lions. In the wild it is virtually impossible for lions and tigers to mate. Not only are they enemies likely to kill one another, but most lions are in Africa and most tigers in Asia. But incredible though he is, Hercules is not unique. Ligers have been bred in captivity, deliberately and accidentally, since shortly before World War II.


Today there are believed to be a handful of ligers around the world and a similar number of tigons, the product of a tiger father and lion mother. Tigons are smaller than ligers and take on more physical characteristics of the tiger. They have become famous cross-breed.


Look at the size of the head on this thing!




Now that's SOME cat!


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: animals; breed; liger; liontiger; mixed
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To: CHARLITE
Ten inches tall, soaking wet and pi$$ed. Love the kitty spedo.


161 posted on 05/30/2005 12:42:49 PM PDT by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: humblegunner
Adorable kitten. Is it yours?

Thanks for the photos!

Char :)

162 posted on 05/30/2005 1:35:27 PM PDT by CHARLITE (I'd like to see Hillary and Bill Clinton GET REAL JOBS for once!)
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To: CHARLITE
Adorable kitten. Is it yours?

He's partially mine.. Edgar resides over at my mother's
house where the environment is ideally suited for cats.

We have high hopes for him!

163 posted on 05/30/2005 1:46:56 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner
EDGAR?? How perfectly marvelous! That beats a Great Dane I once owned. His name was Howard!

Thanks again for the cute photos!

Char :)

164 posted on 05/30/2005 1:49:07 PM PDT by CHARLITE (I'd like to see Hillary and Bill Clinton GET REAL JOBS for once!)
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To: BinaryBoy

One of the best movies ever.

It is sweet.


165 posted on 05/30/2005 2:16:37 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: bannie

It will eventually stop when it has to die from being too big for its body to handle.


166 posted on 05/30/2005 2:19:10 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: rwfromkansas

That's really kind of sad (Not that I want it to become King Kong-esque...)


167 posted on 05/30/2005 2:28:32 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: hineybona

Well not all wild animals.

But, many are. One of the most famous examples is the panda. They look cute, but they would rip you to shreds and take your arm off if you got close.


168 posted on 05/30/2005 2:28:42 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

like that Bigfoot in Harry in the Hendersons...lol.


169 posted on 05/30/2005 2:29:36 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
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To: jwfiv

Cute baby kitty ping!


170 posted on 05/31/2005 5:22:53 AM PDT by Serb5150 (The air of London is the sweeter for my presence.)
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To: Serb5150

That liger is magnificently, hugely cute and beautiful ... good grief.


171 posted on 05/31/2005 8:40:15 AM PDT by jwfiv
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To: Dog Gone

If you let it out, it will bury its poop. Of course your yard will be as bald as a billiard ball before long.


172 posted on 05/31/2005 11:13:47 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
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