Try getting pet insurance for this!

August 29th, 2007

With the weather so good over the Bank Holiday weekend, I spent most of it with the family outdoors in various parks. Aside from “can I have an ice cream” the most oft-asked question was “when can we have a pet dog” - a discussion that seems to rear its head with ever-more frequency. Having teased them about the labradoodle (a cross between a labrador and a poodle, of course) I then said that I would be prepared to get a liger (a cross between a lion and a tiger) since it would help keep next door’s cat away. I didn’t actually think such a thing existed but, you know, t’internet’s a wonderful thing, and as you can see this hybrid animal really does exist.

Lest you think I present this only for amusement (for liger-louts?) let me also point you in the direction of this article which clearly sets out how this type of cross-breeding would be extremely unlikely in the wild. Perhaps we’ll just get a gerbil.

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