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Q: Ligers cannot reproduce what does this tell you about lions and tigers?
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Were do lygers come from?

Ligers are cross-breeds from tigers and lions Ligers are cross-breeds from tigers and lions


Do ligers live in captivity?

yes. ligers are part tiger, part lion. Lions and tigers would not meet in the wild, only in zoos. yes. ligers are part tiger, part lion. Lions and tigers would not meet in the wild, only in zoos.


Do ligers migrate?

You people are morans you dont even know that ligers migrate there just like tigers and lions ask do lions migrate and find out then


What offspring do tigers and lions produce?

Ligers or some people call then tigons but it's most commonly used as ligers.


How can you save the ligers?

you shouldn't want to it is cruel to breed tigers and lions together


Do ligers only occur in captivity?

Yes (they are because they are lion and a tiger together and lions and tigers are carnivores)Yes, the liger is mainly carnivorous, but ingests grass as well, usually to aid in digestion.


Is a liger a mammal?

Yes. Lions, tigers, and their hybrid cats (ligers) are all mammals.


Are ligers going extict?

yes because lions and tigers dont mate that often


Are ligers endangered species?

It's hard to say, but not really really. Since ligers are hybrid animals, cross between a lion and a tigress, and do not oocur in the wild as a viable species, they cannot be considered under any listing. And as long as there are tigers and lions, there can always be new ligers.


Are lions the biggest type of cats?

No, tigers are the biggest big cats on earth, but if tigers become extinct, lions will be the biggest. Ligers are Hybrids of male Lions and female Tigers, They do not have the restrictive growth gene their parent have and can grow to almost twice the size of their parents


Why do ligrs have bigger ttubs?

Ligers grow bigger than lions and tigers. Ligers are the biggest of the big cat species. Furthermore; it is not only the weight of the ligers which is bigger but also their body lengths, heights, body structures and organ sizes are also almost twice bigger than lions and tigers. This only happens in ligers that they are being able to grow bigger than the sizes of their parents. No other hybrid big cat is able to grow this much bigger as ligers. But why ligers are bigger especially when they are the offspring of the lions and tigers? What are the possible factors and reasons for their such a huge size? There are a lot of theories, facts and explanations about ligers becoming so much huge and this article tends to extract all the factors contributing to the huge size of the ligers


Do ligers live in the wild?

No they only live in captivity because lions and tigers don't come together in the wild.