Is it possible for a tiger and a lion to have kids?  NO BS PLEASE?
142368
Yes. A cross between a male lion and a female tiger is called a liger. Alternatively, a cross between a male tiger and female lion is called a tigon. In modern times, such crosses have resulted as a result of human intervention.
1145734
Not in nature but in zoos and animal parks they are breeding ligers and tigons.  Ligers are the largest cat in the world.  Such a strange place the US is, 2 people who love each other can not legally be married but it's okay to breed a liger.
1069568
Ligers and Tigons are sterile from birth, so there would be no offspring.  However, if one were to unlock the secrets behind genetic recombination, you could sample DNA from both animals and possbly splice a new, third hybrid ... perhaps a Tigron.  Sadly, natural pathways for an enhanced hybrid from these two creatures is impossible.
466573
i know what the problem is.... you got a PANDA, pandas don't mate very often... a tiger is better, but if you're really into bears i suggest a polar bear instead of the panda... they are not as cute but they mate more...
441624
A group of animals is living in an area - foodsource = nuts. The ones with good crushing teeth will eat lots, reproduce and pass on the crushing design gene. Any with ripping design etc would be unsuccessful in gaining food and thus wouldn't reproduce and pass on the ripping gene. Eventually all members of the species have crushing teeth. Survival of the fittest etc. A lion with blunt teeth would not live long enough to pass on the genes
12648
I don't believe this is possible. If I remember correctly from my undergraduate education, the big cats (Lions, Tigers, Leapards, etc.) are actually more closly related to domistaced dogs than domesticated cats. Of course we know that cats and dogs can't mate, so I'm sure the big cats couldnt' mate with their smaller cousins.
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Well you see, as yet, no one has ever been able to find any real historical proof of the existance of this couple.  Sure, there have been all kinds of interpretations of various discoveries, that this or that "must mean" something else.\n\nBut this is a great question, as it simply points out a fact:  Genetically, how did one couple spawn so many different races?\n\nThere was an earlier question on this subject, where it was pointed out that even in the bible there are references to the existance of others, outside Eden, with whom those cast out must have mated.\n\nAt any rate, there must be other factors involved.\n\nThis being the case, then Adam and Eve can be supposed to have whatever genetic and racial characteristics you want to assign.  Who could proove otherwise?
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"Most mammals have promiscuous mating systems; however, in the case of the lion, promiscuity is prevented by the complex pride unit.  Within a pride, lions are promiscuous, but since the pride limits the number of females and males available for mating, lions are termed as being polygynandrous.  This means that each male mates with multiple females and each female mates with multiple males.  Nearly all reproduction in lions is done by the resident prides.  So, if you’re not in a pride…you’re not mating (Bertram 1975).  Mating within a pride is first come first served.  Since there is no dominance hierarchy amongst males or females, no mate selection is found to occur (Viljoen 2003)."\n\n"Females go into heat year round, and give birth to a litter of 2-4 cubs after a gestation period of 110-120 days (Appx. 4 months). "
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You have the possiblity of having a Liger or Tigon depending on which is the male and which is the female. \n\nA Tigon is the hybrid of a male tiger and a lioness. The tigon is not currently as common as the converse hybrid, the liger, however in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tigons were more common than ligers.\n\n\n\n\n\nYou'll find the link I provided of particular interest.
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Danged interesting.  I will look into this.  I have said myself that the future belongs to the best breeders of any species.  Why are the pandas and white tigers endangered and the racoon and rat thriving? Adaptability and reproduction.  It's like WHO do you think are going to inherit the earth? The little WASP couple in the gated community with one or two perfect little lily white children or the Mexican couple with eight kids who will live anywhere and do anything to survive?  Whose kids are going to be the most capable of adapting and thriving? The robust little peasants or the little hot house plants?
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I dont' think so.... but the bond between mother and child can be truely amazing... anything is possible. But I think that is one of the things that falls under enviornment and nuturing.
981130
Not clear at all.  Search the link for "pantherines".
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Yes, they certainly can.  It doesn't usually happen but they would produce healthy offspring.  The resultant animal is called a wolf-dog.\n\nThere is very little genetic difference between any dog and any wolf, coyote, or jackal, etc., so little, in fact, that genetic tests cannot tell how much wolf is in deliberately bred wolf-dogs. The domesticated canines and their wild cousins CAN interbreed. However, pedigrees on Malamutes and Siberians are available back ~20 generations (to the early 1930s at least) and these dogs are not wolf crosses -- Malamutes are Malamutes, Siberians are Siberians.
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I can assure you that this is absolutely not biologically possible.  Members of different species cannot reproduce and produce viable offpsring together, according to the classical definition of a species.
744860
Well, that would require two eggs with the same half set and two sperms with the same half set.  That in itself, I think is highly unlikely, especially for two eggs.  Then to have the two identical eggs to be released in the same cycle and the two identical sperm to be released in the same ejaculation and meet up with the two eggs.  I'd say that's as close to impossible as you could get without actually being impossible.
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Yes, if they both have a blue ressesive gene in each one of their genetics. If this is the case, there is about a 1 in 4 chance of having a blue eyes baby. Of course, many babies are born with blue eyes and their eyes darker within days.
617173
Pigs and humans: no.\nChimps and humans: maybe.\n\nHonestly, the scientific jury is still out on whether or not humans are able to crossbreed with apes.  Rumours have cropped up within the scientific community for years, but no definitive cases have presented themselves.  Check out the link below for some interesting reading on the topic.