Toyger Cat: Cross Breeding
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On a typical day he will devour 200 lb of meat, usually beef or chicken, and is
capable of eating 100 lb at a single setting. At just three years old, Hercules
already weighs half a ton.

He is the unintentional result of two enormous big cats living close together
at the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, in Miami , Florida ,
and already dwarfs both his parents. 'Ligers are not something we planned on
having,' said institute owner Dr Bhagavan Antle. 'We have lions and tigers
living together in large enclosures and at first we had no idea how well one of
the lion boys was getting along with a tiger girl, then lo and behold we had a
liger. These two cats don't normally have the opportunity to breed in the wild,
as most lions live in Africa and most tigers in Asia.

50mph runner... Not only that, but he likes to swim, a feat unheard of among
water-fearing lions. In the wild it is virtually impossible for lions and tigers
to mate. Not only are they enemies likely to kill one another. But incredible
though he is, Hercules is not unique. Ligers have been bred in captivity,
deliberately and accidentally, since shortly before World War II
Today there are believed to be a handful of ligers around the world and a
similar number of tigons, the product of a tiger father and lion mother. Tigons
are smaller than ligers and take on more physical characteristics of the tiger.
Look at the size of the head on this Tigon..
For you animal and Toyger cat lovers.........and even those who aren't. This
is awesome!
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