http://www.liger.org/naturally-produced-ligers/ Liger Pictures and Information Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:48:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.liger.org/naturally-produced-ligers/comment-page-1/#comment-2720 tamalia* Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:13:08 +0000 http://www.liger.org/naturally-produced-ligers/#comment-2720 No, I don't think so. It's just an animal that Napoleon Dynamite imagined. No, I don’t think so. It’s just an animal that Napoleon Dynamite imagined.

]]> http://www.liger.org/naturally-produced-ligers/comment-page-1/#comment-2719 pumpkinB Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:46:43 +0000 http://www.liger.org/naturally-produced-ligers/#comment-2719 From wikipedia: "According to The Tiger, Symbol of Freedom rare reports have been made of tigresses mating with lions in the wild.[3] Under exceptional circumstances it has been known for a tiger to be forced into ranges inhabited by the Asiatic Lion, Panthera leo persica, which is a different species as the tiger, Panthera tigris. This may have occurred in the Gir Forest in India where the ranges of Asiatic Lions and Bengal Tigers overlap. This combination of species in the wild however is considered improbable.[4]" Some reports have been made of seeing these in the wild, just outside of India, and the word Liger was entered into usage in the 1930's (way before napoleon dynamite was around) From wikipedia:
“According to The Tiger, Symbol of Freedom rare reports have been made of tigresses mating with lions in the wild.[3] Under exceptional circumstances it has been known for a tiger to be forced into ranges inhabited by the Asiatic Lion, Panthera leo persica, which is a different species as the tiger, Panthera tigris. This may have occurred in the Gir Forest in India where the ranges of Asiatic Lions and Bengal Tigers overlap. This combination of species in the wild however is considered improbable.[4]”
Some reports have been made of seeing these in the wild, just outside of India, and the word Liger was entered into usage in the 1930’s (way before napoleon dynamite was around)

]]> http://www.liger.org/naturally-produced-ligers/comment-page-1/#comment-2718 Stacy Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:37:50 +0000 http://www.liger.org/naturally-produced-ligers/#comment-2718 Yes, Ligers have been produced (in zoos, of course), through "normal" mating of a lion and tiger. Ligers have been known in zoos since the late 1800's, long before artificial insemination technology was available. Also, the roles of zoos have changed quite a bit since then. It used to be popular to have oddities in zoos that would attract paying customers, but these days zoos are more about breeding and preservation of endangered species. I don't think a zoo would undergo the expensive and difficult AI process to produce a sterile animal. So yes, tigers and lions, in the absence of a partner of their own species, will have sex. I guess the "natural" order is more than about what species you are or what continent you're from. Yes, Ligers have been produced (in zoos, of course), through “normal” mating of a lion and tiger. Ligers have been known in zoos since the late 1800’s, long before artificial insemination technology was available.
Also, the roles of zoos have changed quite a bit since then. It used to be popular to have oddities in zoos that would attract paying customers, but these days zoos are more about breeding and preservation of endangered species. I don’t think a zoo would undergo the expensive and difficult AI process to produce a sterile animal.
So yes, tigers and lions, in the absence of a partner of their own species, will have sex. I guess the “natural” order is more than about what species you are or what continent you’re from.

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