<h5>Understanding ligers and tigons.</h5><p>Have you ever wondered what would happen if a lion and a tiger had a baby? Well, the answer is ligers and tigons!</p><p>A liger is born when a male lion mates with a female tiger, while a tigon comes from a male tiger and a female lion.</p><p>These hybrid animals don’t exist in the wild because lions and tigers live in different parts of the world, so they don’t meet naturally. Instead, they are usually bred in zoos or wildlife parks.</p><figure class="image"><img alt="Liger 2.jpg" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/newsahoot.appspot.com/Liger_2_bd30183120.jpg"><figcaption>A liger in a zoo. Photo by Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain.</figcaption></figure><h5>Features of ligers and tigons!</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/newsahoot.appspot.com/Tigon_37890d9386.jpg" alt="Tigon.jpg"><figcaption>A tigon. Photo by BASHIR_ZADJALI / Flickr.</figcaption></figure><p>Ligers are huge—much bigger than their lion and tiger parents! They can grow as tall as a small bus and weigh up to 900 pounds. They have a mix of tiger stripes and faint lion spots.</p><p>Tigons, on the other hand, are smaller and have features from both parents, like a lion’s mane and a tiger’s stripes.</p><p>The health of ligers and tigons can vary. Some of them have health problems because of their mixed genetics, while others are perfectly healthy.</p><p>Interestingly, some female ligers can even have babies! In 2012, a female liger in a Russian zoo had cubs with a male lion, and they were called liligers.</p><h5>Population and habitat of these hybrids!</h5><p>Ligers and tigons are very rare and are mostly found in privately owned zoos. There are only about 100 ligers in the world, and the number of tigons is even smaller.</p><p>While these animals are fascinating, they also make us think about the ethics of breeding hybrids just for human interest.</p>

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