New genetically enhanced pet...

It's been around for a few years, but hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves yet in my opinion.
The Liger is a cross-breed between a lion (male) and tiger (female) and is the largest cat breed on the planet.

This is Hercules, born and bread in the Institute for endangered species in Florida, USA.
Hercules is now three years old and weight about 500kg (about 1,100 pounds) and when he stands on his back legs he measure a little more than 3 meters (10 feet) and he is still growing. He eats about 40 kilos (89 pounds) of raw meat on a daily basis; He is expected to weigh about 600 kilos (1330 pounds) and be about 3,5 meters (11,5 feet) long.
Hercules has the strength of the lion and the speed/quickness of the tiger, and when he goes all out he has a max-speed of 80 km/h (50mph). As that wasn't enough, he can also communicate with both lions and tigers...

Lol, complete nonsense, good one though

what's the point of cross breeding that thing though? just a waste of meat...

and who are those people wearing those gay-looking outfits one of them seems to be molesting the Liger

WTF???? Is that thing REAL???

It's actually true... I was a little sceptic at first also, but it is infact true.

Here's the site where I got the original story from:
http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/s ... 81,00.html

If you still don't belive it I guess you can just google it...

one of them seems to be molesting the Liger

He's giving that tiger a reach around.

So it's like a mule...
But, ummm, with big cats...
Like a cat-mule...
Don't mind that....

Man, that's a robot! Only thing I can say is... Shaq Tiger!

what's the point of cross breeding that thing though? just a waste of meat...

As it turns out, it wasn't monitored or even meant to happen. At least that's not what the officials say (:twisted:), but it was merely a result of natural love...
They have had had tigers and the lions in the same enclosure for a long time, and so they have gotten used to each other, which resulted in some pretty cool but also disturbing interracial lovin'.

And about it being like a mule, not quite. A mule doesn't have the ability to reproduce, although the Liger has though (More evidence that it will sooner or later take over the world... ).

Man, that's a robot!

Its more believable that its real rather than a robot.

Hehe, what an explanation, it's a robot.

I saw this thing on the Discovery Channel, it's pretty cool to see a new breed in our lifetime, we could tell our grandkids (if we have kids that will have them) that we knew when they first came on earth.

Another thing on I've had on my mind, why don't they try to reproduce a sabertooth with the help of DNA cloning? It'd be so cool (and perhaps dangerous) to have extinct species back again. Anyone up for the dodo?

Ooh, I also saw a normal horse on some farm give birth to a Zebra, that was funky & cool at the same time.

I don't understand why they have to do costly things like this, like there isn't a better use for money. Liger's cool though

They didn't spend money on it. It happened because Mr. Lion & Ms. Tiger felt the heat between them & felt the sudden urge to get it on with.

That's what happens when you don't use protection, you create a monster.

It seems that they might be real

It's real.

All ligers are presumed to be born sterile. This is not unusual for hybrids. Mules are the result of breeding a horse with a donkey and are also presumed to be sterile, although there is an occasional, extremely rare, exception.

So much for taking over the species.

There's also Tigons (father was a tiger)

The names are funny. Ligers and Tigons

awwwwww how adorable

This seems very wrong to me...

This seems very wrong to me...

I agree......but those dudes r adorable

Heres one Ive heard off......one they did long time ago....Nazi + Hen.....and they ended up with a Lankyman

This seems very wrong to me...

well not quiet......we are the lords of the animals you know. lets say we exercise our rights to rule over them......and the poll about them ruling over us......hell no not in a zillion years



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and who are those people wearing those gay-looking outfits one of them seems to be molesting the Liger

ahh the gay/lesbian thing is still lingering aroud the corner......

But you're a pretty religious person, how come you support genetic engineering??

But you're a pretty religious person, how come you support genetic engineering??

first of all im not that religious.....i just do good...and i happen to finish the entire bible and got my views on God straight with no more questions ask.

second i dont support gen.engineering of some sort. i just cant find anything wrong with it... so i guess im neutral

third nowhere can you hear God said you cant touch the animals i created.
actually he made them for us to norture/eat/pet/rule and be dominate.
but there is something written about being cruel to animal.if your cruel to them you will get spank or something.(bad luck stuff like that) but crossbreading dont hurt no animals.

second thought have you guys watch the iodiots at mtv. those who were in JACK ASS sometime ago. they have this show about wildlife and pain.

Yeah, it's real.. I saw it on a CNN newsticker (my dad was watching CNN, not me, I swear). For some reason, I thought I saw that the Russians were the first to create a liger.

My friend was doing some Napoleon Dynamite impressions with a liger, and I told him there is such a thing. He told me, stfu, but I managed to convince him. That's a pretty amazing picture. I've never actually seen a liger before.

I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing about cross breeding animals. It would be bad if it has a negative impact on the food chain and evolution of animals, but good in the sense as in cross breeding food, cows, to get bigger food to feed an overcrowded population (or is that a bad thing, too?)... either way, I'm neutral about the idea of cross breeding.

but good in the sense as in cross breeding food, cows, to get bigger food to feed an overcrowded population (or is that a bad thing, too?)...

Well the cow, Belgian Blue, was geneticly developed through crossbreeding, partially to get more food from them and partially for milk (now adays it's just for the meat though). Do you think that is ok? It goes without saying that these things are not excacly like other cows and doesn't have much of a life.

Yeah, it's real.. I saw it on a CNN newsticker (my dad was watching CNN, not me, I swear)

Sure you weren't... sure...