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Did the Ligers Ever Exist In The Wild? “How Fast a Liger Can Run?” “Bigger, Faster & Stronger”

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BIG QUESTION

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How Many Ligers

Exist in the World?

All the ligers in the world are living in captivity. None

of these ligers live in the wild. Ligers are a result of a

cross breeding program in between a male lion and

female tiger. Since all of these ligers are living in

captivity, it can be highly easier to evaluate exactly

how many ligers exist in the world. However, there are

some conflicting reports about the exact numbers of

ligers.

According to the most recent reports e.g. Xinhua news

agency China, there are only 8 ligers in the world. But

this is not true at all. One report in 2008, published in

the Daily sun stated that there are nearly 100 ligers

living in the world. Normally, all the news agencies

and even the animal welfare organization says that the

numbers of ligers living in the world are around 20 to

30. Which report should we trust then?

Ligerworld.com has conducted a survey and found that

the exact numbers of ligers are near to 100.

Alone in United States, there are about 30 ligers

in the world. In China, there are about 20 ligers

living there. These two countries make up

around 50 ligers. Russia, Korea, Germany,

England, Italy, South Africa and France all have

more than 2 ligers each in their zoos. A graph

below shows the numbers of ligers in the world

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Numbers of Ligers in Different Countries

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HISTORY OF LIGERS

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Ligers have a very rich history. At least they are

almost 2 centuries old in terms of their historical

records. The data indicates that the first liger ever

born in the world was during 1824. All of these

ligers were the parts of the intentional breeding

programs. The experimenters just wanted to check

about different possibilities. The result came in the

form of ligers and it would have satisfied them to

a certain extent.

The reports also indicated that the first liger in the

world was born in India. Ligers are not born in the

wild. The liger which was born in 1799 in India

had its painting as well. Therefore, the painting

evidence indicates that first ever liger offspring

occurred in the sub-continent soil which currently

include Pakistan and India.

This would also indicate the fact that this would

have happened under the ruling of the British in

India. It is not possible because of the basic fact

that tigers and lions have never shared any

territory in the world. At least it indicates that

the concept was there and people were actually

aware of the fact that what would result from a

cross breeding of the lions and the tigers.

From the 1700s, the event of 1799 was the most

notable. Apart from that all the rest of the

historical traces about the ligers were well

established in the 1800s. Therefore, 19th

century

could be considered as the hallmark for the

historical evolution of the ligers on earth.

DID LIGERS EVER EXIST IN THE WILD?

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It is unlikely to observe lions and tigers living and

hunting together at same plains. Tigers live in dense

jungles while lions in open plains. Most of the lions

in the world are in Africa. Africa has the largest

population of the lions. Similarly, most of the biggest

population of the tigers resides in Asia and in the

Siberian region of Russia. There is hardly a chance

that these two cats mate in the wild and produce their

off-springs as ligers. Is there ever a place where there

is a chance a tiger and lion can encounter?

The answer exists within a place named as Gir in

India. This is a place, where the tigers’ and lions’

territories are specifically overlapped. Therefore, in

finding the wild ligers, the best chance can be to find

it in that place. But there is no evidence of ligers

there. However, people do have stories that ligers

use to roam in these areas, hundreds of years ago.

But there has been no real evidence of it. Therefore,

a forensic evidence research is needed to explore it

requiring a massive budget.

Skeletons of big cats have been founds which

are believed to be as big as ligers. The Great

American Lions and Saber Toothed Tigers are

very common examples. They also weighed

more than 1000 pounds. One school of thought

suggests that it is highly possible that one of

the species might would have been ligers and

ligers did have existed millions of years ago.

SPEED OF THE LIGERS

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There are conflicting reports about the speed of the ligers. But this even these

conflicting evidences confirm that ligers are capable of speeding from 40 to 50

miles per hour. A liger expert Dr. Bhagavan Antle, who has an experience of

more numbers of ligers including world’s famous liger Hercules, says that

ligers capable of speeding up to 50 miles per hour. He says that despite having

huge body, the overall body structure of the liger is built to support the weight

and speed of the ligers. Ligers are very fast. Even tigers are as fast as 50 miles

per hour.

However, Dr. Antle has once also stated that one of his liger named as Samson

was capable of running 60 miles per hour. This is a very fast speed for a liger.

If this speed is correct, this can make the liger the second fastest mammal on

earth as well after Cheetah. Ligerworld.com has evaluated the speed of

different mammals as shown in the chart below:

LIGERS: MANE & MANELESS

Ligers are the hybrids of male lions and female tigers.

Lions possess big manes which help them as a guard

against any aggression of other predator usually

another big lion in the wild. Tigers do not have that

shield. They do have small puffs around their head.

Since manes are absent and present with a ratio of

tiger mother and lion father, therefore, theoretically it

is highly possible that their offspring ligers may or

may not have manes.

According to the research project of the

ligerworld.com, it has been concluded from the

evidence of the pictures and from the advice of the

experts that some ligers have manes, while others do

not have them at all. It should also be noted that just

like male lions only the male ligers have manes, while

there was no evidence about the mane’s presence

among female ligers.

Another important finding is that some male ligers do

not develop manes early on in their lives. But they

may develop mane at the later stages of their lives.

Even most importantly, the manes of the ligers are not

that much heavier as that of the African lions. The

manes of the ligers look more well groomed as

compared to the African lions who have bushy kind of

manes.

In the picture below are the two different ligers. Both

are the male ligers but one liger has a mane while the

other liger does not have a mane. Even most

importantly, the liger on the left side is younger and

lives in China in Habrin. The liger on the right side

has no mane at all. Even the world’s famous male

liger Hercules does not have the mane. His trainer Dr.

Antle stated that he might develop it after some years

when he will be more than 7 years old.

WORLD’S FIVE BIGGEST LIGERS

SHASTA THE LIGER (LIGERWORLD’S 5 GREATEST)

Shasta a female liger from United States have a big name. She has earned this

cliché of being biggest because of her biggest age record. Shasta holds the

record for living more than 24 years. Shasta has also proved wrong many

speculators who speculate that ligers do not live long.

Hercules the Liger (LIGERWORLD’S 5 GREATEST)

Hercules is a male liger that lives at world’s famous Parrot Jungle Island at

Florida in United States. Hercules is one of the world’s most famous liger in

the world. Hercules weighs more than 900 pounds. This weight makes him the

world’s biggest non-obese liger. Hercules’s cliché of being greatest is on the

basis of his appearance on the Guinness Book of World Records.

Sinbad the Liger (LIGERWORLD’S 5 GREATEST)

Sinbad the liger is a brother of Hercules and it also lives at the Parrot Jungle

Island at Florida in United States. Sinbad is also among world’s greatest liger

because it is the tallest liger in the world. Sinbad has also appeared in National

Geographic’s Program “The Ultimate Cat” and on Discovery Channel as well.

Sinbad also weighs more than 900 pounds.

Nook the Liger (LIGERWORLD’S 5 GREATEST)

Nook is also one of the greatest ligers in the list of the ligerworld.com. We

believe that it hold the all time biggest liger in the world. It is believed to

weigh 1600 pounds. But there is another trait which also surely makes him the

greatest liger and that is his age. Nook is the only male liger in the world that

has lived for more than 21 years before it was euthanized.

Rocky the Liger (LIGERWORLD’S 5 GREATEST)

Rocky is one of the most ferocious liger in the world. No one dares to go

inside its cage; even if someone dares to he will probably kill that person. He

has already killed one of its trainers. Rocky’s ferocious behavior is because of

his poor manhandling and ill-treatment by its previous owners.

5 BIGGEST TRAITS OF LIGERS

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First of all ligers are the biggest cat species in

the world. They weigh more than any other

cat. Their highest weight ever recorded is

1600 pounds.

Secondly, ligers are also the biggest carnivore

animals in the world. Bears might be key

contender but they are omnivores. Ligers in a

one single sitting is capable of eating more

than 100 pounds.

Third, ligers are very long in their lengths as

well. Among the big cats tigers are usually

considered long. But ligers are as long as 12

to 13 feet. Therefore, their length even also

makes them the biggest as well.

Fourth, ligers are so huge and big, but yet

they are very fast as well. Ligers are as fast as

50 miles per hours. And even some sources

indicate them that they run as fast as 60 miles

per hour.

Fifth, ligers are easier to tame and train than

tigers and lions. Male lions when they grow

older they become ferocious. Ligers on the

other hand have a very mild personality.