why is it possible for a tiger and lion to mate? what is the mate of the offspring?
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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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Siegfried & Roy are Las Vegas entertainers. Their long running show of magic and illusion was famous for including white tigers.\n\nWhite tigers are Bengal tigers or tigers of mixed Bengal/Amur ancestry with pink noses, white-to-creme coloured fur and black, grey or chocolate-coloured stripes. Their eyes are usually blue, but may be green or amber. There are several hundred captive white tigers worldwide (this number increases annually), all of whom can trace their ancestry back to a white Bengal tigers caught in Rewa, India.\n\nWhite tigers are formed from an inbreeding on a mother to a son, a sister to a brother or father to a daughter.\n\nDue to the opinion that their colouration is widely considered striking, white tigers have become popular attractions in zoos and entertainment that showcases exotic animals; the magicians Siegfried and Roy are famous for using several trained white tigers in their shows. Contrary to popular belief, white tigers are not a separate species in their own right, but are a mutant form of the orange Bengal tigers.
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Sheep and goats will attempt to mate with each other but this mating usually does not result in offspring.  The outcome, when it does occur, is known as a sheep-goat hybrid.  One example is the so-called "Toast of Botswana"\nThere is also an animal known as a geep.  It is part goat and part sheep but it is produced by artificially combining the embryos of the two animals.  It is not produced naturally.
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A - because they are the same species and therfore have the same number of chromosomes, which means they can breed together.  homosapiens and chimpanzees are quite closly related but have different number of chromosomes so they cannot mate.  if they did manage to mate the offspring would be infertile, a bit like the liger, which is the offspring of a lion and a tiger.  chimps and humans have approx 97% of the same genes!!
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nope... they have a difference level of chromosomes,\n\n\nthey more than liekly could try.. but the results would be more than likely dead and birth from physical problems such as no lungs, or no heart etc..\n\ndifferent animals have maanged to mate ouside thier chromosome levels, such as the donkey and horse, and the lion and tigers (Ligers).. normally these animals do not last a full age and have birth defects.
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Science has found that while not impossible for the two species to have sex, they were too different to reproduce- it was impossible for a egg of one and a sperm of another to come together and become an embryo.
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We can never know whether animals will hybridise without trying, but in this case it seems unlikely. Crocodiles and alligators separated an awful long time ago, and the longer two branches are separated in evolutionary time the less chance of successful hybridisation.\n\nGiven that it is normal for zoo to keep crocodiles and alligators together and they have never hybridised so far it seem unlikely that breeding is possible without the use of artificial insemination.\n\n\nNo Name said :>>>> Of course, the mule is sterile, so you\n              >>>> will never have two mules to mate with\n              >>>> each other.\n\nThat isn't entirely true. Male mules are usually sterile, but there have been numerous instances of Mollies giving birth to perfectly healthy foals.
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The African Lion.   They live in large family groups called Prides.   These usually consist of a male that leads the group and has almost exclusive breeding rights with the various females in the group, and several, younger males that are not yet old enough to be a threat to his position.   when they reach that age they are usually driven out and live on their won until they can find a rpide of their own.   Most often it is the famles of the group that do the hunting, although the males are more than capable when required so to do.   It was this pride structure that added to the mystique and power of hte species and was part of how they came to be called the King of Beasts.
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you can't, it's impossible. they are not of the same species or genius let alone class. good luck trying to even get them to mate.
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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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they are born as what they are. you are exzactly right. if it is a zebra it isnt born as a horse if it is a leopard it isnt born as a lion. that dont make sence. just becuase it looks like another animal dont mean it is another animal till it getts it spots or strips
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Depends on the species... I think its either King or Emperor penguins that court each other with pebbles - if th female accepts the male's pebble then they stay together for the rest of their lives, I believe (having said that there's increasing evidence that the swan, held high as the paragon of fidelity, will cheat on its partner if it can)
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Tigers, because they are beautiful creatures and I love them so much.  I love the way their muscles ripple when they walk...I love their unique markings....I love their eyes...I love everything about them.  I think they are the most amazing animal out there and also the most beautiful.
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you got zebrinny(offspring of male horse and female zebra),zebrule(hybrid offspring of male zebra and female horse)zebu(ox with hump and dewlap)zemni(blind mole rat)zho(cross between yak and a cow),zizel(chipmunk)zonure(small south african lizard)zosterops(a small tropical bird)zumbador(south african humming bird).it was real learning for me too...answering this question..after listing all this i began thinking if getting all this was a kind of zoosophy or zoomania!!
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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.
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tiger, jaguar, Lion, panther...check the National Geographic website...
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According to the videos ive just seen, the tigers better!\n\nBut the lion wins in this one:\n\nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4318948967926803903\n\nOf course either can win really... it depends on the animal and if a mother is protecting her young or whatever.