"But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."- St. Peter. "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." - Jesus.

Friday, January 05, 2007

Correction regarding the Liger/ Лигр

According to Wikipedia

:"The Association of Zoos and Aquariums, accredited zoos frown on the practice of mixing two different species and have never bred ligers. Keeping the two species separate has always been standard procedure. However thay have admitted that ligers have occured by accident. Several AZA zoos are reported to have ligers.
The sign at the Novosibirsk zoo is ambiguous. It says: "first occurred in the Novosibirsk zoo in 2004." I am sure it is the first time a Liger has been bred at the Novosibirsk zoo, but it is by no means the first time a Liger has been bred. Have a read of the Wikipedia article, it is quite fascinating.
Napoleon Dynamite did think the animal to be fictitious though. Note this quote from the movie:

Deb: What are you drawing?
Napoleon: A liger.
Deb: What's a liger?
Napoleon: It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed. Bred for its skills in magic.

Thanks to Nathan for pointing this out.

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