EXTREMELY odd question.

[Kelly G]

I know!!!!! They're sooooo cute! I understand they can be a P.I.A. towork with, though.

 

[DuckLover179]

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Yeah, they have the attitude of the Zebra, which I've heard are very difficult. I would love to work with them later on, though.

 

[welsummerchicks]

You shouldn't ever feel embarrassed about asking a question about anything. If you take a class in genetics I wish I could take it with you as I'd love to learn more about it.

After all, remember Kevin Kline's character 'Otto' in 'A Fish Called Wanda'? The head of the jewel thief gang gives a very, very lengthy explanation of their plan to rob a bank, and 'Otto' appears to be listening intently to the entire thing, nodding seriously.

When the leader is all finished he says, 'What was that middle part about the police?'

The trouble with the lion-tiger (liger) is that the cross turns off a gene that regulates size/growth. Ligers grow to be incredibly large and heavy. It puts a strain on their joints.

Even if a lion and a tiger can be bred and have offspring, you have to kind of wonder if they SHOULD be bred, because of this serious problem I don't think it's usually a very pleasant life for the offspring. I even remember reading an article by a tiger breeder who was protesting breeding white tigers. His point was that white animals can get some serious health problems including skin cancer. So he felt we should not breed white tigers even if we could.

I'll have to look it up and see if ligers are sterile or not, I'm sort of thinking they're sterile (can't give birth to offspring).