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Published: 2007-01-19 08:04:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 5413; Favourites: 81; Downloads: 170
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Born in a cirus to a Lion and a Tiger, this fellow was due to be euthanised because no-one wanted him.
Luckily the Canberra zoo have given him a good home. 
He is a beautiful creature.
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awww he's so cute hs life story was sad though
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What a handsome guy! I wonder if the tiger part of him is into swimming....then again lately lions have been filmed swimming in Africa... I dunno I'm rambling. He's cool 
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While a liger is what you get when you cross-breed a male lion with a female tiger, a tigon is what happens when you mix a male tiger with a female lion. You never see these types of big cats in the wild because lion and tiger territories don't overlap. And since male tigons and ligers are sexually sterile, there's not going to be any good reason for a circus to keep them.
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Ew. I despise damn circuses.
They should be illegal, because of their crappy treatment of exotic animals.
Glad to hear he's got a good home in a zoo, now.
That's at least better than a circus.
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Beautiful shot! :3
How big is he compared to a pure lion/tiger?
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Tigons are usually smaller or about the same size as their parents, while ligers are like twice as bog and heavy.
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Hi, he is roughly the same size as a tiger.
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I've been to canberra zoo! I think this is the very tigon that I saw...so gorgeous! They are absolutely huge compared to a real tiger or lion.
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Can I use this in a liger/tigon video I am making? It'll be about how some places (like the one this poor fella was from) abuse them and use them for money.
It will also say how some have genetic problems and thigns like that due to hybridization
If not that's okay
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Very interesting, never seen something like this before. Nice capture!
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Thank you.
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ah my gad!! so cute! and fluffy!! its one of the best creatures ever creatured!! 
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He is very nice looking. I would love to get to Canberra Zoo sometime. My mum lives in Canberra but everytime we go to visit they have plans for us.
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Thank you for your comment.
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He is a handsome old fellow hey.
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that's so sad. though, I like the way Ligers look a little bit better.
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The liger's have a bit of a mane and look more lion like.
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and are twice the size of a tigon, but I'm sure that's a miner difference xD
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Thank goodness the story had a happy ending he is such a beautiful animal. And you captured him perfectly.
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What an awesome animal - I have never seen anything like it! I am so glad he was rescued and now lives a happy and content life
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He seemed like a nice old fella.
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Awww... how cruel! Thank god the story had a happy ending!
Once again, I LOOOVE felines!!
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ITS A LIGER!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIke from Napoleon Dynamite!!!!! That is the coolest thing ever!!!
dead
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Arrrrghhh!! Its a Tigon dammit!!!
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No, I'm a beetle. . . your a llama. . .now come get some dinner!!!!
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Awww, such a sad story behind his life. Well I think he's gorgeous
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Nope, a Liger is different to a Tigon.
A Liger is the offspring of a male Lion and a female Tiger
A Tigon is the offspring of a male Tiger and female Lion.
They also have different physical characteristics.
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huh, edjumacation.. thankies
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