
If you saw Napoleon Dynamite, you'll remember his favorite animal is a
liger, half lion half tiger. It turns out that there has been a real liger attack! At Safari’s Wildlife Sanctuary in Oklahoma, 32 year old Peter Getz has been mauled by a liger and is now in critical condition after the attack. A "liger" for those of you not familiar with genetic experimentation, is a half tiger, half lion, and they’re truly frightening because of how enormous they are. It's unclear why combining male lion DNA with female tiger DNA results in a creature who is much bigger than either species. But sometimes the results can be deadly, as a volunteer at the Wagoner County wildlife sanctuary in Tulsa, Oklahoma, learned yesterday.
Here is an actual Liger:

- Get the
Napoleon Dynamite Liger Ringtone, and remember that drawings of ligers are much safer than the real thing!
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posted by Sophie Bell @ 8:28 AM