# Did anybody see the liger this morning? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-see-the-liger-this-morning/290735 "2005-02-18T16:49:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-see-the-liger-this-morning/290735/21 "2005-02-18T23:02:09Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Hmmm… I wonder what other types of animal cross-breeds are possible. I think there would be possibilities with different types of bears (not sure that they’d be too exiting though). We were once given two [turkens](http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Turkens/KevBuffNN.JPEG) (a turkey crossed with a chicken to produce one big effed up chicken) which intrigued me to no end in school. One of our neighbors had a [geep](http://www.ifgene.org/geep.jpg). A whale and a dolphin produce a [wolphin](http://www.hotspots.hawaii.com/Wolphin.html) (though in Mississippi and Alabama they’re legally counted as black). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-see-the-liger-this-morning/290735/22 "2005-02-18T23:03:24Z")
So would a human + monkey hybrid be a honkey or a monkman? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-see-the-liger-this-morning/290735/23 "2005-02-19T01:24:52Z")
just saw the liger on cnn anderson cooper 360. what a beautiful cat!!! he does have very faint tiger stripes, stronger stripes on his back legs, nice tawny colour from the lion side, little lion freckles on his face. his human said he is an interesting mix of both parents. he has the lion’s social side, he likes being around people and being touched, he has the tiger’s more laid back side, instead of the lion’s more male aggressive side. he eats about 25 lbs of chicken or beef with vit. and min. suppliments per meal. he could eat up to 100lbs of food a day easily, but would really pack on the pounds, and be unhealthy. his teeth are a mix of lion and tiger, i don’t think i would want to be on the nibbling end of them. he has 3 siblings. here is the website that shows one of the other ligers that hercules’ human works with. [http://www.tigers-animal-actors.com/index2.html](http://www.tigers-animal-actors.com/index2.html) the main site is [www.tigerfriends.com](http://www.tigerfriends.com) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-see-the-liger-this-morning/290735/24 "2005-02-19T01:29:12Z")
yes, they can reproduce, if they repro with a lion the cubs are lili, if they repro with a tiger they are titi. when the tiger friends site opens, it has a tiger chuffing sound. boy, did my furry girls heads and ears swivel. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2005, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-see-the-liger-this-morning/290735/25 "2005-02-19T07:14:58Z")
On a similar note about cross species nomenclature, I’m a gay man who is currently being lobbied by a gay female couple to father their child. I haven’t made up my mind, but if I decide affirmatively would our child be a fagbian, a homosesbian, a sapphomo, or what exactly? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-see-the-liger-this-morning/290735.md?page=1)