Have you ever heard about the liger? Yes, it is an animal. But it is not an ordinary animal. It looks pretty interesting. You will never find ligers in the wild. They can only exist in captivity. This is because a liger can be born when a male lion mates with a female tiger!

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the liger is the largest living cat on Earth. In the wild, ligers can never be born. This is because lions live in Africa and tigers live in Asia. Therefore, it is impossible for them to meet and mate in the wild.

The first liger was born in India in the 19th century. In Korea, the first ligers were born on August 29, 1989 at Everland Zoo in Yong-in. The three ligers were called “Dae-ho,” “Yong-ho,” and “Ya-ho.”

The biggest living cat on Earth recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records is a liger named Hercules. He weighs over 410 kilograms! You can see him at a theme park in Miami.

The liger has some physical characteristics of its father lion and mother tiger. It looks like a huge lion, but it has stripes similar to tigers. The head and tail of a liger looks more like that of a lion. But ligers have no mane. The behavior of the liger is also a little bit like lions and little bit like tigers. For example, it enjoys swimming like a tiger. Also, it is very sociable like a lion. The liger is a very interesting animal!