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Thread ID: 19241 | Posts: 2 | Started: 2005-07-21
2005-07-21 14:30 | User Profile
As noted above (in text that seems to have been taken directly from a February 2005 Daily Mail article), Hercules was the result of an accident rather than deliberate breeding. He is three years old, stands 10 feet tall on his hind legs, and weighs about 1,000 lbs. (At maturity he is expected to reach 12 feet in length and weight about 1,250 lbs.) He eats about 20 lbs. of meat (beef or chicken) per day, and he can consume up to 100 lbs of food in one sitting.
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2005-07-21 15:13 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Gabrielle]As noted above (in text that seems to have been taken directly from a February 2005 Daily Mail article), Hercules was the result of an accident rather than deliberate breeding. He is three years old, stands 10 feet tall on his hind legs, and weighs about 1,000 lbs. (At maturity he is expected to reach 12 feet in length and weight about 1,250 lbs.) He eats about 20 lbs. of meat (beef or chicken) per day, and he can consume up to 100 lbs of food in one sitting.
Check them out. [url="http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/liger.asp"]http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/liger.asp[/url][/QUOTE]
IIRC, Britannica points out that like the mule, the cross breed liger tends to be sterile. The "tigon" which is male tiger female lion, is apparently more often fertile. It seems difficult to find a definitive scientific answer, likely due to the rarity of both cross breeds.
Super cat is an unlikely new species, absent significant genetic engineering.