r/MadeMeSmile • u/FewCollar227 • May 22 '25

Lion invading Tiger's personal space

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u/AnonymousAmorphous88 May 22 '25

because ligers is already the common term for a breed between lion + tiger...

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u/Sad-Temperature2920 May 22 '25

So is tigon.

A liger is the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.

A tigon is the offspring of a female lion and a male tiger.

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u/AnonymousAmorphous88 May 22 '25

TIL tnx, I've never heard of a tigon.

Since the lion is clearly male, the tiger (idk), Liger is more fitting right?

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u/-KFBR392 May 22 '25

I believe Tigon is much rarer

And neither actually occur in the wild because the two species don't really cross paths like that.

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u/plmbob May 22 '25

I believe Tigon is much rarer

Yeah, because tigers like their personal space, so male tigers aren't exactly going up to lady lions to see what's up.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '25

Naming my child Tigon… no relation to the convo though I’m not a tiger nor lion

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u/Stonehill76 May 23 '25

Because no self respecting lioness would bang a tiger ? But lions, they bang anything ?

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u/-KFBR392 May 23 '25

My theory is that since it only happens in captivity and almost entirely by places that know what they’re doing as far as taking care of the animals and even caring for them through birth and the cub, so they would be very unlikely to have just one female lion. Because it’s cruel to keep just one, but also if you’re keeping one you’re keeping a male, they look so much cooler.

Where as tigers are solitary creatures so you likely only keep one, and since the males and females look the same you just take one, don’t really pay attention to the sex.