I’m sure we
all know what a lion and a tiger looks like. But have you ever wondered what a
half lion and half tiger animal looks like? If you are, then you’re in luck!
The very first lion-tiger cub has been born!
The new cub’s
dad is an African lion, however how this cub has turned out to be half lion
half tiger is because its mum is a liger. A liger is a cross between a lion and
a tiger, which makes her the world’s first known “liliger.” This new cub has
now been named Kiara and she was born by her mum in a zoo.
A zoo worker
called Rostislav said: “I think she has more tiger traits than lion traits.”
What would
naturally occur now is that the cub would stay with her mother for a while to
feed, however this is not the case because Kiara's
mother sadly could not provide enough milk for her so she now has to be raised
by an ordinary domestic cat to feed the hungry cub. Kiara is fed milk by her
zoo keepers every three hours to keep her belly full of milk, and she receives some
motherly love from the domestic cat that also looks after Kiara as well.
I was going to upload this story! But you would have done it better than me anyway! :)
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