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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Liger Story Abuzz The Animal World

animal news animals, liger, ligers, tiger-lion offsprings, lion-tiger offsprings, world's largest cat of the world, largest cat on the earth, sinbad the liger, hercules the liger, tiger lion hybrid of lion and tiger, tiger lion crossbreed, hybrid of tiger and lion, ligers the top hybrid animal, in love of animal, animal lover, love of tiger, call of the wild, call of the wild animalThis information came to me at fag end of 2006 and since then I've always wanted to talk about and read about this amazing creature. I was awiting for an opportunity to write about this, but since I hadn't had an animal blog until Saturday, December 20, 2008, I couldn't write about it. If you have watched out the National Geographic Channel on December 30 2008 at 10 PM -11 PM, I am sure you know what a Liger is.animal news animals, liger, ligers, tiger-lion offsprings, lion-tiger offsprings, world's largest cat of the world, largest cat on the earth, sinbad the liger, hercules the liger, tiger lion hybrid of lion and tiger, tiger lion crossbreed, hybrid of tiger and lion, ligers the top hybrid animal, in love of animal, animal lover, love of tiger, call of the wild, call of the wild animal

I liked him... simply liked him to the fullest extent! Liger is a cross breed creature between a lion and a tiger. Documentation of ligers spans back to over hundred years... at least the early phase of 19th century, in Asia. Well, though that was believed to be an accidental mix, but after that story had a its own twist. animal news animals, liger, ligers, tiger-lion offsprings, lion-tiger offsprings, world's largest cat of the world, largest cat on the earth, sinbad the liger, hercules the liger, tiger lion hybrid of lion and tiger, tiger lion crossbreed, hybrid of tiger and lion, ligers the top hybrid animal, in love of animal, animal lover, love of tiger, call of the wild, call of the wild animalResearchers started thinking of creating ligers by cross breeding lions and tigers, when another accident set the world wide web abuzz! Hercules - the largest non-obese cat on the Earth cam into being to rule the Jungle Island in Miami. The Guinness Book of World Records recognized 900 lbs Hercules as the largest cat on Earth. When only 3 years of age, Hercules weighed 900 lbs (408.25 kg). Chyna, the trainer of the Parrot Jungle's Liger, Hercules, said that Hercules was a result of an accident... not any deliberate approach or artificial insemination. Over 11 feet tall Hercules eats about 20 pounds of meat every day. At his three years of age, Hercules was featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Anderson Cooper 360, Inside Edition. animal news animals, liger, ligers, tiger-lion offsprings, lion-tiger offsprings, world's largest cat of the world, largest cat on the earth, sinbad the liger, hercules the liger, tiger lion hybrid of lion and tiger, tiger lion crossbreed, hybrid of tiger and lion, ligers the top hybrid animal, in love of animal, animal lover, love of tiger, call of the wild, call of the wild animalHe also found a space in a Maxim magazine article in 2005.

Sinbad, another giant Liger marked his name in the world of wild! 900 lbs Sinbad is the result of a pre-planned mixing of genes of a lion and a tiger. Liger Sinbad was over 100 times the size of the domestic cats and weighes almost twice animal news animals, liger, ligers, tiger-lion offsprings, lion-tiger offsprings, world's largest cat of the world, largest cat on the earth, sinbad the liger, hercules the liger, tiger lion hybrid of lion and tiger, tiger lion crossbreed, hybrid of tiger and lion, ligers the top hybrid animal, in love of animal, animal lover, love of tiger, call of the wild, call of the wild animalthe natural weight of a tiger or a lion; he is still growing! Dr. Mahamayavi Bhagavan Antle (shortly called Dr.Bhagavan Antle) is the trainer of Sinbad. He is also the founder and director of T.I.G.E.R.S - The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species.

Let's see what a Liger actually is...

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Quick facts about History of Ligers...

A well known painting of a couple fo liger cubs had been made by the artist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772−1844), which documents the presenceanimal news animals, liger, ligers, tiger-lion offsprings, lion-tiger offsprings, world's largest cat of the world, largest cat on the earth, sinbad the liger, hercules the liger, tiger lion hybrid of lion and tiger, tiger lion crossbreed, hybrid of tiger and lion, ligers the top hybrid animal, in love of animal, animal lover, love of tiger, call of the wild, call of the wild animal of ligers even those days. Evidences of Liger cubs born in 1824 had been proved by an engraving made by G.B. Whittaker in the year 1825. Traces of Ligers could also be found in a native style 19th Century painting that depicted parents and their three liger babies along with their trainer. So Liger is nto a new story! A couple of liger babies born in 1837, had been exhibited before the King William IV and his successor Victoria.animal news animals, liger, ligers, tiger-lion offsprings, lion-tiger offsprings, world's largest cat of the world, largest cat on the earth, sinbad the liger, hercules the liger, tiger lion hybrid of lion and tiger, tiger lion crossbreed, hybrid of tiger and lion, ligers the top hybrid animal, in love of animal, animal lover, love of tiger, call of the wild, call of the wild animal December 14, 1900 and May 31, 1901 have always been a memorable day for the Liger lovers, because on these days zoologist James Cossar Ewart recieved two letters from Carl Hagenbeck, informing about details of ligers born at the Hagenbeck's Tierpark in Hamburg in 1897, along with the photographs of the liger cubs. Naturalist Mr Carl Hagenbeck was the breeder of the ligers, and came to fame by successfully bringing them up into two great giant Ligers.animal news animals, liger, ligers, tiger-lion offsprings, lion-tiger offsprings, world's largest cat of the world, largest cat on the earth, sinbad the liger, hercules the liger, tiger lion hybrid of lion and tiger, tiger lion crossbreed, hybrid of tiger and lion, ligers the top hybrid animal, in love of animal, animal lover, love of tiger, call of the wild, call of the wild animal

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Stay tuned... I want to talk more about Ligers. Till then check out these amazing Liper clips:

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1 comment:

  1. You know, it's not like I'd like to have a liger, but tose those things are so awesome!

    Ok I change my mind, I want 3!

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