Liger Hercules.

Hercules Liger - the largest cat in the world . When the colossus stands on his hind legs, he was just a little (30 cm) falls short of a four growth.And we remember that a large African lion is less than 2.8 m Weight pussy - more than four pounds. Wild cats half of this beast.

While Hercules Liger mobile, does not suffer from obesity and bad runs. Giant has a top speed of about 80 kilometers per hour.

What kind of breed is this - Liger? It is the fruit of love of a lion and a tigress. In the wild, they do not occur: their habitats are separated by thousands of kilometers. Lions hold the African savanna, and tigers - is Azita.

As far as I know, geneticists do not cross them specifically, such as savannah. Living in captivity, zoo enclosures, in circus families, the vast reserves, big cats sometimes give birth to offspring.

Why is such a huge Ligers? It's all about the genes. Male lions have genes that promote the growth of offspring, the male half of the world's tigers  , they are less active. Therefore Liger Hercules, whose father - a lion, and my mother-tigrtsa twice outgrown their parents, it is the largest cat in the world. And if love happens between a tiger and a lioness, the light appears tigrolev or tigon . And it is not as big and more often, less than their ancestors.

Worldwide, there are about a dozen Liger: only 1-2 per cent of different species of wild cats give birth to offspring. Despite the fact that the giant cats are so graceful, like their wild cousins, they are mobile, able and like to swim and ligritsy able to produce offspring, which is not typical of other hybrids. Scientists believe that their appearance Ligers resemble extinct thousands of years ago, a cave lion that inhabited Siberia and Europe.

But back to the Liger Hercules. His appearance in the world he has to Leo Arthur and Aile tigress who had been detained in a cage at the Florida Institute of endangered and rare species. Hercules was born in 2002, healthy and strong. From its very birth of education and training is engaged Dr. Bhagavan Entl. Pussy eating 9 lbs. of meat a day, must somehow support 400 kg. weight.A video posted at the end of this article, like Hercules home affectionate kitten who, by mistake, has reached gigantic proportions. But we should not think that obedience Hercules can extend to all members of the human race.

If you believe Wikipedia, there is an even larger Liger - Sudan. I would like to see a picture of this colossus. But be that as it may, in 2006, Guinness World Records was brought the largest representative of the cat-  Liger Gegkules .