Humans, since the domestication of animals, have crossed different species to take advantage of their qualities .The clearest example is that of the mules , the result of the union of a donkey and a mare .Some of them cross naturally because they are very similar species and others are the result of experimentation.Without going to value the ethics or not of these mixtures between species, there are some really amazing ones such as ligres and tigones.Did you know them?
10 curiosities about ligres and tigons did you know?
Hybridizations between tigers and lions began to occur in the 19th century .
1.The ligre is the result of a father lion and a mother tiger .And surpasses their parents in proportions.The male bind usually has mane.
2.Ligature is the largest feline that exists , round the 4 meters in length , and can weigh up to 500 kg .
3.It seems that the bindings grow more than their parents because that the gene that slows growth in both species is found in the lionesses and in you male stoneware .For this reason the hybrid develops much more and will grow throughout its existence since its parents do not transmit it.The only thing that stops its growth are the legs and the tail , so at the end of his life he looks a bit disproportionate.
4.Ligners are sociable like lions but les like swimming like tigers.
5.The tigon (also called tigron) is the son of a tiger and a lioness .Its size is similar to that of a normal lion and its weight is around 250 Kg .
6.Tigon's fur has stripes like the tiger but more diffuse and the mac ho also usually look mane like lions, although of a lighter color.
7.The first registered tigon is the one that in 1837 the princess of Jamnagar (India) gave her to Queen Victoria , although possibly other crosses had already been made before.
8.As much for habitat as for tigers and lions customs they do not cross naturally.It has been the human being and mainly circuses and zoos those who have carried out the hybridizations to attract more public.
9.As much ligres as tigones are in principle sterile , as all the hybrid animals, that is why no new species appear.Only some ligresas that have been reproduced and a tigona are known.An exceptional case occurred in the Russian zoo of Novosibirsk, in the one ligress and a lion were parents of 4 «liligres» .
10.Hybrid animals such as ligres and tigons live less time than the average of the specimens of each of the two species unmixed.Possibly due to the unnatural genetic combination.
What do you think of these animals? Do you think this type of experimentation is ethical?
If you have been interested in this article, you may want to read the post: White lions, messengers of the divinity that we must protect.
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