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You want to be able to run faster then these guys as
one would only be a small snack. These are some big pussy cat's.
On a typical day he will devour 200 lb of meat, usually beef or chicken,
and is capable of eating 100 lb at a single setting. At just three years
old, Hercules already weighs half a ton. He is the unintentional 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."
These two cats don't normally have the opportunity to breed in the wild,
as most
lions live in Africa and most tigers in Asia.
Hercules can run 50 miles an hour. Not only that, but he likes to swim,
a feat rarely heard 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.
As 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.
Look at the size of the head on this thing..
Check out the fangs - like pre-historic days For you animal
lovers......... and even those who aren't. This is pretty cool. |
