White tigers - facts vs fictions

The video zookeeper talks about white tigers. It is not a common animal in the wild. These animals are not healthy in the wild. White tigers are not natural animals and the video shows the facts vs fiction. It turned out that the reason for white tigers is a bad gene, not a good gene. It is almost impossible for a white tiger to survive in the wild. The white tiger can not hunt successfully because of its skin color and the animals are going to notice it from a long distance. White tigers usually have other health problems too. So yes - white tigers are very beautiful creatures but not natural at all.

Liger - rare animal

Liger facts:

-
Liger is possible result of breeding a male lion with tigress.

-
Tigon is possible result of breeding a male tiger with lioness.

-
Lions and Tigers do not exist in the same areas on Earth, this is not
something that happens in the wild. It is mainly done in
captivity.


























- Ligers are usually larger than their parents.
This fact puts the tigress at great risk in carrying the young and
may require C-section deliveries or the Tigress could even die.

-
Ligers have the best qualities of the Tiger and the best of the Lion.
Liger fact is that they like to stay in water (and this is specific
Tiger trait) but also are very social animals (specific Lion trait).

- But also these cats
suffer from many birth defects and most of the time die young.





- The head of a Liger
looks more like a Lion's head. Also the tail is more like the tail of
a Lion.

- The exact life span of Ligers is unknown. A female
Liger called Shasta, was born at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. Shasta
died at the age of 24. A male Liger – named Nook - who lived in
Valley of the Kings animal sanctuary in Wisconsin, died at the age of
21.

- For a long time both Ligers and Tigons were thought to be
sterile. But in 1943, a fifteen year old hybrid between a Lion and an
Island Tiger, was successfully mated with a Lion at Munich Hellabrunn
Zoo. Although the female cub had delicate health, it was raised to
adulthood.





































- Ligers weight about a thousand pounds (450 kg.)
each, they typically devour 50 pounds (23 kg.) of raw meat in just
one meal.

- Lion-Tiger mating occurs in captivity. Probably for
the same reason humans do not breed with monkeys like gorillas or
chimps.

- However, historically, the Asiatic subspecies of Lion
had a much greater range of inhibited areas which overlapped with
that of the Tiger. So it is possible, though unlikely, that Ligers
might have sometimes occurred in the wild.

Cute twin polar bears

Elephants - Baylor and Tupelo playing in the pool

Golden lion tamarins at Brookfield Zoo

Funny emu is running around

March of the Penguins and "Flying Penguins"

Do you know that:

Penguins can adapt to various climates.

They waddle while walking.

Baby penguins have soft feathers. Those feathers are known as down.


Penguins live in large colonies called rookeries.

Penguins spend most of their lives in water.

Penguins have the ability to walk faster than humans.


Penguins use body language to communicate with each other.

They don’t fear humans but are endangered by oil spills, water pollution, and the over harvesting of ocean fish.

Penguins have more feathers per square inch and that keeps them warm in frigid waters.


Penguins are very social creatures.

Their body is insulated with a thick layer of blubber that keeps them warm.

Penguins can hold their breath under water - for about 20 minutes.

Rockhopper penguins have very loud calls and are very noisy.

Penguins are dresses in classic white and black. They are counter-shaded for camouflage.

The baby penguins count on their parents for food until they grow up with waterproof juvenile feathers.


Penguins can leap out of water while swimming.

They pick up stones and store them in their crop. This helps them to float when they are in water.

Penguins can control their blood flow through the amount of fat in their bodies.


Here is a very funny video – BBC: Penguins April fool joke:

Alligator snapping tutle

Cincinnati Zoo animals - cooling on hot days

American buffalo and rabbit having lunch together

Lion and tiger attack dummy

Tiger and dog became friends

Penguins find a way over an obstacle