Big Beasts

Yay! Dorky animal post...

So, Mercy did let me write about one of my favorite animals; the liger. It's something I share in common with Napoleon Dynamite.

When someone asks, "what's the biggest cat," you probably say lion or tiger. In fact, people have been debating over which is bigger: lion or tiger?

Well, actually, it's both! Meet the liger--a mix of lion and tiger. 

Ligers weigh 1000 lb to 1500 lb. Pretty big! The average tiger only weighs about 500, and lions rarely get beyond 600. At birth, the mother tigress needs a C-section.

Not to get these big beauties mixed up with their cousin, the tion:




Tions have a tiger father and lioness mother, while ligers are the other way around. There is also a big difference in size between these two. Tions weigh only 400 lb.


"It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed...bred for its skills in magic."

--Napoleon Dynamite



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~ Susanna