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Why do ligers grow a lot?

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Something happens in that unnatural combination of parents, which seems to turn the gene that regulates growth off.

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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 stop growing?

they grow throughout their whole life


How long is a Liger?

Ligers grow on average 10 to 12 feet long


What do ligers do on their free time?

Ligers have a lot of free time to do the things that they like. They enjoy eating. They also enjoy playing in the water, and napping.


How big can ligers grow?

Male ligers can be up to 800 pounds and are about 11 ft long. The biggest liger ever found in africa was estimated to be about or a little over 1200 pounds.


How come Ligers get so big?

Because they have a mutation in the DNA, that makes them grow until they die.


What is the size of the liger?

About as big as tigers or lions. Ligers can grow much bigger than either, up to 800-1000 pounds. They can weigh 705 lb (320 kilo) on average, the maximum size for them is 900 lb (408 kilo). They can grow 10 ft (3.1 meter) from head to tail. ligers can grow to be 16 to 19 feet long. Ligers grow between 10 to 12 feet in length, and can be between 360 and 450 kg in weight. They grow bigger than both Lions and Tigers. Male ligers do not stop growing for as long as they live. Hercules the Liger weighed about 700 lb. I think he's still alive. Ligers are the largest animals, in the extant felines group. At adult size, generally these ligers reach ten feet in size, and weigh around seven - hundred pounds.


Do ligers eat other ligers?

yes ligers do


Who are predators to ligers?

Ligers don't have predators, but people can somtimes kill ligers, and leopards sometimes get into fights with ligers, and can sometimes end up killing the ligers for their food that they were fighting for. But sometimes ligers can win and the leopards will die.


what do ligers do in the wild?

There are no wild ligers.


How do you get info on ligers?

You get info on ligers by going on Wikipedia and looking up Ligers on the internet.


Are ligers vegetarians?

No, ligers are carnivores, meaning they eat meat. Ligers are not naturally occurring in the world and the only ligers in existence were born in captivity.