vanessa
07-28-2004, 09:05 PM
http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/conflict.html
The image on this page does not show a lion and tiger 'fighting'. What it actually shows is a relatively routine domestic dispute which occurred after Jassass, a 250 kilogram seven-year-old male lion, and Warda, a six year old tigress weighing 120 kilograms, were introduced in an effort to produce a liger at Jordan's zoo.
Hybridisation in the wild:
It is extremely rare for any wild animal to breed with one from another species.
For instance, in the wild the Grant's and Thompson's gazelle live together happily in mixed herds. The species are very alike and only experts are able to discern one from the other. Despite this there are no known instances of these gazelle interbreeding.
The domestic dog will mate indiscriminately with another breed, but wild dog breeds, including wolves, foxes and coyotes, mate only within their own species.
Sterility in hybrid animals:
Hybrids are usually considered sterile, and sterility is a natural biological barrier against hybridisation occurring. There are rare situations where nature has proven the sterility rule not always correct and this has resulted in such beasts as li-ligers and ti-tigons.
http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/hybridisation.html
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The image on this page does not show a lion and tiger 'fighting'. What it actually shows is a relatively routine domestic dispute which occurred after Jassass, a 250 kilogram seven-year-old male lion, and Warda, a six year old tigress weighing 120 kilograms, were introduced in an effort to produce a liger at Jordan's zoo.
Hybridisation in the wild:
It is extremely rare for any wild animal to breed with one from another species.
For instance, in the wild the Grant's and Thompson's gazelle live together happily in mixed herds. The species are very alike and only experts are able to discern one from the other. Despite this there are no known instances of these gazelle interbreeding.
The domestic dog will mate indiscriminately with another breed, but wild dog breeds, including wolves, foxes and coyotes, mate only within their own species.
Sterility in hybrid animals:
Hybrids are usually considered sterile, and sterility is a natural biological barrier against hybridisation occurring. There are rare situations where nature has proven the sterility rule not always correct and this has resulted in such beasts as li-ligers and ti-tigons.
http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/hybridisation.html
:p