Admire the extremely rare breed of hybrids between tigers and lions

American experts have successfully bred an African male lion with a Bengal female tiger, giving birth to four male males of an extremely rare hybrid species.

American experts have successfully bred an African male lion with a Bengal female tiger, giving birth to four male individuals of an extremely rare, unique hybrid species in the world, named after called "liger".

The special thing about the pair of lions and mother tiger is that they are all white, very rare. Statistics show that the world currently only has about 300 white lions and 1,200 white tigers.

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When nurtured together in the Myrtle Beach Safari, South Carolina, USA, the other pair of parents gave birth to the first four white lions - tigers (referred to as "liger" ) in the world. gender. Previously, around the world there were about 1,000 individuals in the world, mostly in captivity, but none of them were white.

Born 6 weeks ago, 4 male linger currently weigh 6.8kg and increase an average of 0.5kg per day. They are named after Yeti, Odlin, Sampson and Apollo.

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According to caregivers, each linger has its own personality. Apollo is the youngest, with a slightly cat-like behavior, always grinning . geez and always asking for stroking. Yeti is the biggest and most ferocious child, always wanting to be the center of attention.

The linger's Hercules, "brother", is now officially named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest individual of the cat family, with a "heavy" weight of 418.2kg and 3.3 meters long. Dr. Bhagavan Antle, founder and director of the Myrtle Beach Safari park, is confident that the Yeti will reach the size of "him" or even bigger.

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Experts said, 4 white linger is expected to reach 3 meters long and weigh about 340kg at 2 years old. At 4 years of age, their weight may be over 408.2kg. These linger tend to like to swim like tigers and like to socialize with lions.

Update 16 December 2018
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