About Liger's

           Ever heard of a Liger? Do you know what it is? A liger is a big cat that are the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger. In other terms they are cross breads. They get different qualities from there parents. For example they are able to swim because lions can swim.
           Ligers get characteristics from both parents. They look like a big lion with tiger-like stripes that are usually light. Larger than either parent, ligers are arguably the largest known cats in the world. For example, Hercules, a liger at Jungle Island theme park in Miami weighs over 900 pounds and ius recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the worlds largest living cat.
         Ligers are hybrids that are created by human breeders in Zoos or nature preserves. There is very little chance that a Liger would be produced naturally in the wild. This is because tigers are found in Asia and Lions are found mainly in Africa.
         In the distant past, the two species had far greater ranges that might of overlapped. While it's possible that a liger may have occured naturally in the wild many, many years ago. Ligers have almost always been the result of purposeful breedung in captivity by human caretakers.
         Ligers can be traced back to the early 1800s. Historical records, including artworks from that time period, show male lions and female tigers and their offspring.