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Whether Ligers are Intentionally Bred?
One of the biggest question about ligers is that whether they are
are intentionally bred or they just happen as a coincidence?

Ligers and Their Trade
This article focuses on the multi-billion dollar industry of big cats
in United States and ligers' treatment as a trading commodity.

Liger Profile: Ariana the Liger
Ariana is a female liger that lives in United States. This article states
about different traits and attributes of Ariana the liger.

Ligers vs. Polar Bear
Who weighs more? A polar bear? Or a
liger? Can a liger take on a huge polar?
All of this can be found right here.

Liger Killed its Keeper
Was it the first kill ever of a liger?
Ligers have mild personality, then
how did it happen? Did the
liger feel more territorial here?
Population of Ligers
How many ligers liver in the world?
Are the ligers as many as lions and
tigers? The maximum and minimum
possibilities of ligers' population.

Liger Vs Lions and Tigers
A comparative study to investigate the
weights of ligers, tigers and lions. Do
the ligers undisputedly the biggest cat
in the world?

         

Dr. Antle and Ligers
Dr. Antle has a huge experience with ligers. This article is a core
crux of his different views about ligers.

Can Ligers Sustain their Body Pressure
Ligers have a huge body structure. Is this structure strong
enough to make them sustain their body pressure?

Ligers and Health Issues
There are a lot of myths and claims that ligers are weaker, They are
are not healthy at all. Are all of these myths true?

Ligers and Weaker Heart
There are some speculations that ligers have weaker heart. This
article investigates that how much these speculations are true?

Ligers and Incomplete DNA
There are several fallacies that ligers have incomplete DNA.
This article investigates the DNA traits of ligers.

Ligers and C-Section
Liger cubs are so big that a tigress often dies or it has to go through
a c-section. However, evidence shows no such results.

Liger in United States' Zoos
How many ligers are there in zoos within United States. How
many live at Sanctuary. This study tries to count them.

Dave Salmoni and the Ligers
Dave Salmoni is a big cat expert. However, being an expert of big
cats does not mean that he is an expert of ligers. Here is a proof !!!

Liger Profile: Wayne the Liger Cub

Wayne is a small liger cub that lives at Salisbury zoo in
England. This article is a snapshot about this liger cub.

Liger Profile: Gobi the Liger
Gobi the liger lives in United States. Gobi is a
female liger. Gobi is more than 17 years old.

Liger Profile: Samson the Liger
A liger named as Samson used to live at an animal
sanctuary located at South Dakota. Samson died at the
age of 13.

Liger Profile: Patrick the Liger
Patrick the liger lives at Los Angeles in United States.
Patrick is a beauty at Shambala Zoo Preserve.

Ligers in the Wild?
Is it possible that ligers exist in the wild? What do the
experts say about the existence of ligers in the wild? Are
they yet to conclude any evidence?

Ligers & the Overlapping Territories
of Lions and Tigers

Is there any place in the world where the territories of lions
and tigers are overlap? Dir is one such place but is it
enough to conclude the evidence for a liger?

Ligers and Cash Inflows
Is it profitable to have ligers at zoos? Do they really
attract a lot of people at the zoos and animal sanctuaries?

Pyometra In Ligers
Are ligers vulnerable to pyometra disease? Is it more common
in ligers or in other big cats like tigers and lions etc.

Do Ligers have a short Lifespan
Many animal experts believe that the ligers have a very short
lifespan? Is it really true? Or is it just a speculation?

Eating Habits of Ligers
What are the favorite foods of liger? How much food
does a liger consumes?

Do Ligers Have Genetic Diseases?
Many experts believe that ligers are vulnerable to genetic
failures. What is the truth? What is the lie? All here !!!

Behavioral Genetics of Ligers' Parents?
Male lion and female tigers are the parents of ligers. This
article investigates their genetic behavior and lifestyle.

Size of the Ligers
How much huge are the ligers? How much they can weigh? All
here in this article!!!

Growth of the Ligers
How the ligers are being able to grow that much bigger and
stronger? Is it because they lack growth inhibiting hormones?

Ligers and their Parents' Lifestyle
How the lions live in a wild? What is tyle lifestyle of a wild
tiger? Do these diversified traits influence ligers?

Ligers as Pets?
United States is a home for captive wild cats. USA has
highest numbers of captive tigers than even in wild. But
how about the ligers and how much!!!

Liger Profile: Twin Chinese Ligers
Ping Ping and An An wer the first ever twin ligers being
born in China. This article profiles their life as 1 year old cubs.

Liger Profile: Quadruplet Chinese Ligers
In 2007, one of the tigress in the Chinese zoo gave
birth to four
quadruplet ligers. It happened first time ever in China.

Ligers and Births Record
A tigress in a Chinese zoo has given birth to record 12 ligers
over the span of 4 to 5 years. This article gives its detailed overview.

Ligers and Legal Constraints
Is it legal to breed lions and tigers for producing ligers? Or
there are government lawsuits against breeding for ligers?

Liger Cubs and Mortality Rates
Many liger cubs die whenever they are born. Is it because of
cross genetics or genetic failure? Or is it normal for a tigress?

Speed of the Ligers
Are the ligers very slow as a result of their weight? Or they are
as fast as lions and tigers? or even more quicker? All here!!!

Liger the Second Fastest Carnivore
Among the carnivore animals family which one is the fastest?
Is it the hybrid animal liger which comes at the second spot?

World's Only Liger of 1972
There was only 1 liger in the world in 1972. That liger was Shasta
the Liger. Shasta attracted thousands of visitors globally.

Highest Recorded Age for a Liger
People have a myth that ligers live very less. But they will
be very surprised to know that one liger named as Shasta proved
all such myths wrong.

Ligers and Their Recorded Ages
Ligerworld.com has investigated the recorded ages of
different adult ligers to establish average ages of ligers.

Ligers and Blindness
There is another myth about ligers and that is they are prone
to blindness. Is it really true or it is just another fallacy?

Ligers and Their Recorded Deaths
This article investigates the deaths of the ligers in the past
and the causes of their deaths.

Shasta the First Ever American Liger
Which was the first ever liger born in United States. It happened
in 1948 and Shasta was the first ever America Liger.

Ligers in the Wild
Did the ligers ever exist in the wild? Are there any possibilities
for their existence in the history? This article sifts all that!!!

Ligers and other Hybrids
Liger is one such powerful hybrid? What are the other hybrids that
exist in the world whether in the wild or in captivity?

Cubs' Growth: Ligers vs Tigers
This article evaluates the growth of the liger and tiger cubs. It
investigates which cubs grow faster.

Percentage Growth: Liger Cubs
What is the percentage growth rate of the liger cubs over different
months and days? All here in the current article!!!

Percentage Growth: Tiger Cubs
What is the percentage growth rate of tiger cubs over different intervals
of their life? This article analyzes all this!!!

Percentage Growth; Liger vs. Tiger Cubs
This article is a comparative analysis regarding measuring the liger
the percentage growth rates of the liger and tiger cubs.

History of Ligers
What is the background of the ligers? Where does the historical
evidence leads us about ligers?

Ligers' Illegality is Worthless?
Ligerworld.com concludes that it is worthless thing to declare liger breeding as illegal. This conclusion is based upon certain evidence.

Triplet Ligers in Taiwan
In August 2010, a tigress in Taiwan gave to three liger cubs. This
article is very interesting because liger breeding is illegal in Taiwan.

Information and Popularity of Ligers
This article investigates the presence of online information contents
about ligers and establishes their popularity accordingly.

News Coverage About Ligers
This article evaluates the news coverage of the ligers and accordingly
investigates which big cat receives more media attention.

Ligers & False Information Contents
This article takes into account one website which totally propogates
baseless and false information about the ligers.

Weighing Male vs Female Ligers
Undoubtedly, liger is the biggest cat in the world. But when it
comes to gender who weighs more? A male or a female liger?

Liger Profile: Nook the Liger
This article is a snapshot about a liger named as Nook, which
used to live in United States. It lived for 22 years.

Liger Profile: Sinbad the Liger
Sinbad is a famous liger that lives in South Carolina United States.
Sinbad has also appeared on National Geographic as well.

Liger Profile: Rocky the Liger
Rocky the liger lives at Oklahama animal sanctuary in
United States. Rocky also claimed the life of one keeper.

Is it legal to breed ligers in USA?
In United States of America it is legal to have exotic animals
like tigers and lions as pets. But breeding ligers
is legal there?

First Russian Ligers
When did Russia join the race to breed ligers? Russia's first
ligers (twins) and their profiles all here in this article.

Genetic Composition of Ligers
This article focuses on the biological studies which indicates
the inherited chromosomes of the ligers from their parents.

Ligers and their Teeth
This article deals with the numbers, shape, size and
hierarchy of the liger teeth and other big cats.

Liger Profile: Freckles the Liger
Freckles is a female liger that was rescued by the big cat rescue
centre in United States. Freckles has a very sad story to reveal.

Frekle the Liger Having Teeth Sugery
Freckles a female liger had a tooth decaying problem. Big Cat
Rescue centre did a teeth surgery of Freckles.

Liger Profile: Lyra the Russian Liger
Lyra is a female liger cub that lives in Russia. Lyra lives in a small
apartment at Yaketrinburg. This article gives full details about her.

Ligers of Noah's Ark Zoo in Germany
Noah's Ark zoo is a very popular destination for animal
lovers. This articles gives an overview of different ligers living there.


Is it Possible to Produce White Ligers?
White lions and white tigers are both found in the world. Have
someone ever breed white lion & white tigress to produce ligers?

Liger Profile: Rapido the Liger
Rapido the liger was the first ever Korean liger breeding program.
Rapido was born in 1997.

Twin Korean Ligers
Chris and Rapido were the two twin Korean ligers that were born
on 2007. This article gives a full overview about these twin cubs.

Biggest Liger Ever Recorded
There have been reports of ligers as big as 1000 pounds. But
what is the biggest liger ever recorded?

Triplet Liger Cubs at Wisconsin
In 2001, a tigress in Wisconsin gave birth to triplet liger cubs.
These liger cubs were Emerald, Topas and Sapphire.

Liger Profile: Zeus the Liger
Zeus the liger is a brother of famous liger Hercules and Sinbad.
This article gives a full snapshot about Zeus the Liger.

Liger Profile: Vulcan the Liger
Vulcan the liger is also the brother of Sinbad, Zeus and Hercules.
These are four quadruplet brothers together.

Liger vs. Great American Lion
Great American lions are extinct. But whether they were bigger,
equal or smaller than ligers is a key stance of this article.

Liger vs. Saber Tooth Tiger
Saber tooth ligers are also extinct. But whether the greatest cat of
today Liger is bigger than ancient saber tooth tiger?

Liger Profile: Kalika the Liger
Kalika is a female liger that lives at North Virginia animal sanctuary
at United States. Kalika is 12 years old adult liger.

Can Liger Survive in Wild?
Liger is a mammoth cat with huge appetite for food. Whether such a
huge animal can survive in wild or not is a core emphasis of this study.

Do Ligers grow all Their Life?
Ligers grow because they lack growth inhibiting genes. But do they
grow all of their life? True or not? The answer is right here.

Liger Profile: Radar the Liger
Radar is a 17 weeks old liger cub that lives at Salisbury
United Kingdom. This article profiles childhood of Radar the liger.

Ligers in United Kingdom
Radar the liger and Wayne the liger are the two liger cubs that
live in United Kingdom's Salisbury animal sanctuary.

Female Ligers vs. Lionesses
Female ligers are smaller than male ligers. This article makes a
comparative analysis in between female ligers and lionesses.

Tallest Liger in the world
Some ligers have been huge, Some weighed more. But who is tallest
among them all. It is all here in the current article.

Appearance Variances Among Ligers
Some ligers have mane, other do not have them. This article sifts
different variance aspects among ligers.

Ligers and their Stripes
This article investigates the stripes of the ligers and changes among
among them as the ligers grow older.

First Ever Japanese Liger
Ligers were produced in Japan in 1975. There were three liger cubs
being born that day. This article illustrates their lives.

Liger Cubs in France
Ligers were also produced in France as well. It happened in 1980s
when the French joined the club to have ligers in modern era.

Is it Possible to Produce Black Liger?
There are no naturally occurring black lions and black tigresses.
But is it still possible?

Are Ligers Sterile?
There are many claims about sterility of the ligers. How much extent
these claims and true and to how much extent fasel it is all here.

Male Lions vs Male Ligers: Behavior
What are the key variations in between male lions and male
ligers? This article evaluates the maximum.

Rajani Ferrante and Ligers
Rajani Ferrante has an experienced of raising four famous ligers
which include Hercules, Sinbad, Zeus and Vulcan.

Chris Heiden and Ligers
Chris Heiden is a big cat expert. He understands their behavior and
regularly studies their behavioral aspects as well.

Ligers and Ethics
This articles establishes whether it is ethical or unethical to
breed for ligers.

Liger Cubs: Malinka & Leloo
Malinka and Leloo are the two famous ligers that are 9 months old.
They live at Miami Florida.

Liger Profile: Oden the Liger
Oden is a liger cub that lives in United States of America. Oden is
2 months old and lives at Jungle Zoo Island in Miami.

Ligers and Cruelty
Ligers are being bred with pleasure but later they become the victim
of cruelty here is a proof of that.

Liger Profile: Hercules the Liger
Hercules is a very famous liger. It has also appeared on National
Geographic and also in the Guinness World Records.

Ligers' Population by Countries
Which country has most numbers of ligers? Does USA lead among them
all? What about the other countries?

Ligers vs. Wildebeest
This article is a comparative analysis in between the wildebeest and ligers.
This study analyzes their weight comparisons.

Ligers vs. African Wild Buffalo
Will a single powerful liger be enough to take down an African
Wild Buffalo? Does a Liger really capable of taking it down?

Ligers vs Bisons
Bisons are big bulls. Whether a single liger is capable of taking down
such large bulls or not is a key query of this article.

Ligers vs. Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus is a massive bull. It weighs more than 6000 pounds.
Does a liger a real contender for taking it down?

Ligers vs Gaur
Gaurs are the biggest cattle on earth. Among the cow family they are
the biggest. But are they big enough for the ligers?

The Word "LIGER"
What constitutes the word liger? When did it emerge?

Ligers' Biggest Traits
What are the maximum traits of ligers? What makes it reaching the
highest levels of optimization? Just few points to indicate it.

Ligers and Genetics

 
According to the biological studies, each mammal species has two copies of genes. One copy is inherited from the father, while the other copy is inherited from the mother. Usually they are also termed as Chromosome X and Chromosome Y. In the case of the ligers the X chromosomes comes from the lion, whereas; the Y chromosomes come from the female tiger.

Liger in ChinaSpecial Thanks to[lee.peter113] for allowing this picture to be published on ligerworld website

However, in some cases, a mammal inherits only one gene which comes under the context of the genomic imprinting. Among the mammals, genomic imprinting is less than 1 percent. Therefore, there is a very little chance of genomic imprinting to occur. Genomic imprinting can happen among the hybrid animals as well, but this percentage can be assumed as similar to that of happening in the true species themselves.

The same concept is true about the ligers as well. They do not result from the genomic imprinting but they carry chromosomes of both the tiger and lions. Ligers have chromosomes from the father’s side, and the other chromosome from the mother’s side. In simple words they are from male African lion and from the female tiger to produce a liger. This distribution of the chromosomes among the ligers gives them a trait of stripes of tiger and lion like physique. Some studies state that hybrids have incomplete chromosomes. This can only be possible if the male and females have different numbers of chromosomes.

A liger comprises of a total of 38 chromosomes. 19 of these chromosomes come from the lion (the father of the liger), whereas; 19 of other chromosomes come from the tiger (the mother of the liger). These two mixture of chromosomes provide a blend of lion and tiger attributes to the liger. There are equal chances a liger may have positively desired attributes as well as negatively desired attributes by the breeders. Experts believe that a liger acquires a blend of tigeristic characteristics and lion characteristics which are both desirable as they are less aggressive, more agile, and highly responsive to the trainers. (Specific Conclusions of Bhagavan Antle).

 

Sources and References

Panther Experts. Available at [http://www.pantherexpert.com/ligers.html].

 
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