TIL that ligers (the offspring of a male lion and female tiger) are the largest big cat because, unlike lionesses, female tigers do not possess growth-limiting genes to counter the growth-maximising genes of male lions. britannica.com Submitted by argh-ok t3_11829gm on February 21, 2023 at 12:26 PM in todayilearned 108 comments 4,456
Barlakopofai t1_j9gigcy wrote on February 21, 2023 at 7:59 PM These ligers look significantly less inbred than the ones I'd see when I was a kid. Permalink 1
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