I’ve already gone and confessed my love for oversized beasts. But I had no idea that Napoleon’s favorite animal, the LIGER (”bred for its skills in magic”) was one such critter.
With all respect to Mssr. Dynamite, ligers are quite a bit more substantial than the anemic-looking fellow in a wig that he sketched:
Ligers are giants, about 40% larger than either a lion or a tiger. They don’t exist in the wild — mostly because of geography, but also because it doesn’t behoove either species genetically to make a hybrid. Only we mad scientist humans make ‘em.
Here’s Hercules, a liger who earns his name. 10 feet long, 900 pounds, eats 20 lbs. of meat each day — nearly as much as me. And God help us all, he’s still growing. This isn’t photoshopped:
So if you’ve been wondering about Christmas gifts for me, I’ve just given you a hint. (Hint about the hint: it involves getting me a liger.)
25 responses so far ↓
1 Luke M on May 19, 2008 at 8:13 am
Beautiful Liger.
Say, Bill Corbett, that was you at the Coulton show in San Diego! Many hearts are aflutter over at JoCo’s site in the wake of this ultracool moment in geekdom. (As you may imagine, the Corbett and Coulton fan bases have a huge amount of overlap.)
Video here:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/Boltstriker/videos/2/
2 MikeP on May 19, 2008 at 8:16 am
As it happens, I’m currently overstocked at my liger-breeding facility, and would be happy to supply you with a top-quality liger free of charge.
Unfortunately, the world governments with their “laws” and “treaties” prohibits the free movement of these majestic, fuel-efficient beauties across national borders. So unless you want to drive up here and try to smuggle your free liger back across the border in the trunk of your car, I’m afraid I can’t help you.
Perhaps I can ship you something smaller, like a Ratbit or a Crowgeon, or perhaps a lovely Beavyote?
3 Bill Corbett on May 19, 2008 at 8:24 am
Yeah, that was good sweaty fun. I’ve been a fan of JoCo’s music for a while. What a nice guy. Had a lovely time out with him, Mike, Bridget, Paul & Storm, plus Conor and his girlfriend Lauren afterwards.
The next day was spent rehydrating and licking large blocks of salt.
4 Barry on May 19, 2008 at 8:38 am
There’s also such a thing as a pumapard:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumapard
(Or, if you prefer, Pyoomapard….)
5 Rob T Firefly on May 19, 2008 at 8:52 am
Nothing wrong with having a little tamper in God’s domain every once in a while.
6 Ariel "Digits" on May 19, 2008 at 8:58 am
The sad thing about them is how SICK the poor animals are….
7 Tim on May 19, 2008 at 9:36 am
Bill, I’m sure your daughter already has a somewhat larger, far more invisible liger.
8 Dan Noutko-Kennedy on May 19, 2008 at 9:39 am
Bill,
Did you say ligers are behooved? Do you want the offspring of some trollopy tiger who has been lyin’ about lyin’ with lions?
9 Red Tape on May 19, 2008 at 10:02 am
Bill,
Forget the Ligers. If you like crossbreeds, its all about Wolfdogs (Wolf/Dog mixes).
http://tinyurl.com/5vr46v
While I admit that a wolfdog doesn’t have the impressively large size that a liger does, they are at least legal in most states and don’t cost nearly as much in food, vet bills, etc.
10 Red Tape on May 19, 2008 at 10:17 am
Bill,
Forget the Ligers. If you like crossbreeds, Its all about Wolfdogs.
http://tinyurl.com/5vr46v
While they aren’t as large as Ligers, wolfdogs do have a few things going for them. First, they don’t cost nearly as much in food and vet bills. Second, you can actually take them with you to various places without causing people to panic. And third, they are legal in most states.
11 Ben on May 19, 2008 at 10:34 am
Would you settle for Eartha Kitt?
12 ahmad on May 19, 2008 at 10:41 am
So funny you should mention that. I was watching an MST3k actually ( the incredibly strange creatures who stopped living …) and for some reason went to wikipedia and looked up the movie, one thing led to another and I am on the liger webpage. There’s actually another animal called a tigon, a hybrid cross between a male tiger and a female lion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigon.
What was the breed behind Ortega I wonder?
13 R.A. Roth on May 19, 2008 at 11:37 am
I recommend crossbreeding a chimp with a gorilla. Tada! A Gimp! There is nothing quite as amusing as making light of people with physical infirmities. Because they are easy to run away from.
Randy
14 SarahCanuck on May 19, 2008 at 11:53 am
HOLY. I never knew the things were so huge. Geez, I’m glad they can’t propagate.
15 ms chii on May 19, 2008 at 1:22 pm
ah the joys of cross breeding. frequently leading to sterility. but i gues it means they can get it all night long. oh wait. they are destined to be a lonely stared @ breed.
16 RemmieBarrow on May 19, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Imagine the size of the litter box you would need for that cat.
17 Ninjew on May 19, 2008 at 4:13 pm
To hell with the litter box.
Bill is gonna potty train this cat so he can finally get some use out of the Composting Toilet he got from Mike last Christmas…
18 Take5 on May 19, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Welcome to my field. I love animal genetics. You know, you can cross any two animals from the same family. For example, if you decided that crossing a raccoon with a red panda was a good idea, well, more power to ya. But you potentially could. It’s really fascinating stuff. I could go on forever about it.
19 Shamalama on May 19, 2008 at 10:01 pm
You mean like a Bulldog and a Shitzu? budhum chyaaa!
20 Neb on May 20, 2008 at 12:37 pm
I have many cats in my life. I love cats. I can’t imagine why anybody would want or need to breed a kitty that huge! Cats like to play…that one could kill me with an accidental pat on the head! And the food bill terrifies me…
Good looking critter, but the thought of what it would take to maintain an animal like that in a comfortable way is awfully daunting.
21 Amanda on May 22, 2008 at 3:28 am
Went to a big cat sanctuary this spring. Although a cool idea, in reality, ligers and tigons never stop growing (just like Glen Manning) and have an equally short life span because of it. One of the male species actually can breed one generation but its offspring are sterile, which kind of defeats the purpose. So what starts off as a cute little best of both worlds quickly becomes a gigantic monster that no one wants anymore. (just like Glen Manning.)
22 Rachel on Aug 29, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Dang thats heeeeuge.
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