I had the honor to meet Patrick, of the Shambala Preserve, about 7 years ago, and then again about two years ago. It blew my mind becuase I'd been having ligers in my dreams for years, but everything I read made no mention of them.

For those that don't know, a liger is when a gentleman lion and lady tiger become friends. They don't occure in the wild, but there have been a couple dozen born in captivity. The 440 pounds specimine I mentioned would be a little one. Patrick is almost 900(!!) pounds, and he doesn't have to strain to put his front paws on the top step of a 12' step ladder and look his handler in the eyes, but he is supposed to be big even for a liger. And he's getting midlife paunch. :P Ligers also don't mule out, and breed true- there is a park in India that has second generation ligers. And they are all supposed to be really mellow, but when you are that big, what's going to stress you out?


Edited by ironsraven (07/27/05 11:26 PM)