Originally Posted by RicoD
you guys just figured this out?
h: Ligers or Tigrons ahve been recorded to 6-7 feet while on all 4 legs.... thats crazy.....I think Ligers are bigger than Tigrons though cuz the lion gene is the dominant one....i dunno i forgot, but i saw it awhile back in the discovery channel when they had a show about hybrids
What happens is that (I'm not sure if I actually get the facts right as to which has which in terms of male/female.. but the concept is right) When you have male Tiger/Female Tiger.. one of them..let's say the female tiger has the growth cut off gene.
Same with lions. But it's the opposite. So... the male Lion would have that gene.
So.. you take the Male tiger.. and a female lion.. and it whacks out that gene... allowing the liger to grow like woha!
but all (most) hybrid animals are sterile.
The more you know.
