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Why Cute Little Liger Cubs Are So Controversial
Aug 17th 2010 – 4:46PM
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(Aug. 17) -- The Taiwanese government recently confiscated some pretty cute contraband -- two newborn liger cubs. The hybrid offspring of a male lion named Simba and female tiger named Beauty were housed together in a private zoo, and now the zookeeper could be fined close to $1,600. It's illegal to breed rare, protected...
Background on liger
The liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion (Panthera leo) and a tigress (Panthera tigris). Thus, it has parents with the same genus but of different species.
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