So there really IS such thing as a liger!

[HeyManThatsCool]

But apparently it isn't bread for its magic ablities.

[GCP]

1. That's one heavy mofo

I'd hate it to roll over on me!

[HeyManThatsCool]

3. the 1 on the today show this morning was gargantuan!

The liger gets most of its strength and size from both of its parents; this makes the liger possibly the largest cat in the world! On their hind legs, ligers stand approximately 12 feet tall. At most, ligers may weigh up to 1,000 pounds. Ligers make the sound of both a lion and a tiger, although their roar tends to sound more like a lion's roar.

[Padraig18]

2. I saw that on TV today.

I remember hearing it weighed 1000 pounds.

:wow:

[kedrys]

4. Holy sheep s*@t!

That's a large slab o'cat! I thought my Socrates was big at 18.5 lbs and 2 feet long from nose to rump...

[HeyManThatsCool]

5. I guess it's the 2nd biggest cat in the world?

They said the liger is on tour now- his name is Hercules

[Solon]

6. I have a question...

Is it sterile? We know that mules are a cross between horses and donkeys, but are sterile, so I wonder if the liger is too?

[pres2032]

7. i don't think it's sterile

i think they can breed.

[RebelOne]

10. It has to be sterile. All hybrid animals are sterile.

[HeyManThatsCool]

8. One site said they were USUALLY sterile- another said

they could breed.


You should have seen about 10 of us at work today HYSTERICAL over the fact that ligers exist.

[freeplessinseattle]

9. There's a stuffed one on display at the SLC zoo

or at least there was 20 some years ago when I was a kid. I was fascinated by the display for some reason, but also really bothered. now I know why (besides the creepiness of...immortalized animals. "stuffed animals" is incorrect, but am so tired can't think of the technical term)