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Anonymous
hello /an/ heroes

i have a question... you know how cross breeding a tiger and a lion will get you either a liger or a tigon, right?

what will you get if you "cross" breed a tigon and a liger? will you end up getting some kind super mage hyper mutated cat or will you end up going back to just a tiger and a lion because of the genes?
>> Anonymous
I don't know. But I DO know that wikipedia sez: "Ligers are not sterile, and they can reproduce. If a liger were to reproduce with a tiger, it would be called a titi, and if it were to reproduce with a lion, it would be call a lili."
>> Anonymous
I know the guy who breeds 99% of the Ligers/Tigons. He's friends with my boss, and runs his wildlife park thing locally.

He gets this question a lot, apparently. And it depends on if it's a male or a female. You know Samson, that FUCKING HUEG Liger you always see ni the pictures, drinking out of the bottle? Yeah, he's like that because cross breeding the two big cats a certain way negates the gene that limits how big they get. But I can't remember if it's male tiger and female lion, or female tiger and male lion.

Anyhow, logic would state that continuing this pattern to nullify the gene restricting size would continue to give you these massive supercats. But I don't think it's something Doc's ever done before.
>> Anonymous
As far as I know, only females have a chance of being fertile. Or only the males. <.< Either way, you couldn't have a fertile liger/tigon of each sex.
>> Anonymous
>>55819
>>titi

Hahahaha.
>> Anonymous
Theoretically you could produce a fertile male tigon or liger so that the hybridization could happen, but apparently the chances are the cubs might not survive for long, if at all. Of course, knowing how common infertility is among male ligers and tigons, it's likely we'll never know.
>> Anonymous
I saw a doco on tv, the big guy had a Lion dad and a Tiger mum, and the big guy is a boy and he is sterile.

I didn't know they could breed them all different ways, I just saw the big about the big boy.
>> Anonymous
True Fact: Ligers cannot stop growing.
>> Anonymous
>>55923
True fact-- I already fucking stated that. But thanks for stressing the issue.