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Lion + tiger = liger.The result of that equation is a 10-foot-long, 900 pound freak of nature named Hercules that is fast becoming one of Miami’s hottest attractions.”It’s not something you see every day,” said big cat breeder Dr. Bhagavan Antle.狮子+老虎= liger.the的结果，认为方程是一个10英尺长，九百磅怪胎的性质，命名为大力神表示，正在迅速成为一迈阿密的最热门的景点。 “这不是你看，每天”说，大型猫科动物育种博士巴嘎万安特尔。 The spawn of a daddy lion and a mommy tiger, Hercules is a rarity indeed - just one of about a dozen ligers in the world, said Antle.菌种一个爸爸和狮子妈妈的老虎，大力神是一个罕见的，实在-只是其中的大约1 2名l igers在世界上说，安特尔。

“They are not very common,” added Dr. Patrick Thomas, curator of mammals at the Bronx Zoo. “他们是不是很常见，补充说： ”博士派屈克托马斯，馆长哺乳动物在布朗克斯动物园。 “They don’t mate in the wild.” “他们没有伴侣在野生环境” 。

Antle, whose liger has been wowing crowds at Miami’s Parrot Jungle Island attraction, said Hercules was a happy accident: “We just happened to have a male lion and a female tiger in the same compound and they fell in love.”安特尔，其狮虎兽已wowing人群在迈阿密的鹦鹉岛丛林中的吸引力，说，大力神是一个愉快的意外： “我们刚刚发生了有一男狮子和老虎一女在同一个大院，他们深深爱上了” 。

Hercules sports his father’s mane and his mother’s stripes.大力士体育他父亲的鬃毛和他母亲的条纹。 He roars like a lion and swims like a tiger (lions loathe the water).他注重成果的年度报告一样，狮子和游泳一样，老虎（狮子讨厌水） 。

“He’s already bigger than his parents and he’s still growing,” Antle said. “他已经大于他的父母和他的仍在增长， ”安特尔说。 “I expect he’ll be 12-feet long and weigh 1,000 pounds when he’s fully grown.” “我期待着他将12英尺长，重量一零零零英镑时，他的全面成长” 。

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