If a liger was born in the wild by lions, will that be a good leader of a lion pride?
The liger is a mixed descendant of a male lion and a tigress as we know it. With its immense height, it dwarfs its humans and beats even the Siberian tiger for the distinction as the greatest feline on earth.
The liger loves swimming like its tiger mother in terms of traits, although it is also very sociable like its lion parent. And, when a person liger is left to survive in the wild with a group of lions, those two traits will come in handy.
But here's the problem: first, one must realize that ligers are present only in captivity (especially in US zoos and wildlife sanctuaries) and not in the wild, as wild lions and tigers don't share overlapping ranges. Nonetheless, conservationists caution against raising tigers and lions, because raising potentially puts mother tigresses at high risk of bearing their humongous offspring, which could entail deliveries from C-section that may destroy children.
Third, not all ligers may live healthily, since some may experience neural conditions that contribute to decreased activity. Second, and most critically, can the immense scale of the liger help it thrive in the wilderness? If so, how then?
Wild big cats belonging to the Panthera family, such as tigers and lions, may have incredible agility, but there is a great shortage of endurance because their robust structures enable them to reach their running pace in only brief bursts, something that happens in fewer than two seconds, and the cats will die of overheating.
Because the liger is a massive cat capable of dwarfing a bear, why would it be of any difference? However, no liger has been added to the wild and spotted life of a true wild big cat to this day – as I said earlier, ligers (like other animal hybrids) are born in captivity, similar to people, a reality that doesn't render them normal.
Even, if you're going to add a liger to a wild lion pride, you 're unwittingly supporting a death penalty for the liger. We do not forget: the lions are very aggressive and will not treat the visitors, whoever they are, with compassion. Whether it's a fellow feline (such as a liger) or another, they will and do strike any unknown object who dares to venture on its turf.
