10 most amazing animal hybrids

1. Liger and tigrolev



Liger - a cross between a male lion and a female tiger, while Tigon - a cross between a male tiger and a female lion. Ligers are the largest felines the world. Tigrolvy, on the contrary, tend to dwarfism and are usually smaller than the size of their parents. Males and Leagrove tigrolvov fruitless, while females can sometimes produce offspring. The American Institute of Protected and rare species in Miami, for example, lives a liger nicknamed Hercules, whose height is 3 m.

2. Kosatkodelfin



This is a rare hybrid of bottlenose dolphin family and a small black killer whale. In captivity live just two instances - in the marine park in Hawaii. Dimensions Wholphin are somewhere between the size of the original species. He became the first hybrid Wholphin named Kekaimalu. His cross between visible even in the teeth: bottlenose dolphins have - 88 teeth from killer whales - 44, while Kekaimalu - 66.

3. Hybrid fazan



It turns out as a result of cross-breeding of golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) diamond pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) and has a unique color plumage.

4. Levopard



Levopard - is the result of crossing a male leopard with a female lion. The head of an animal like a lion's head, while the rest of the body is more like a leopard. The size larger than usual levopardy leopards, they love to climb trees and splashing in the water.

5. Polar grizli



It is a cross between a grizzly bear and a polar bear. Although genetic similarity in nature, these two types avoid each other. Recently, American hunter shot a bear in Canada, which was first detected in the wild hybrid of grizzly and polar bear.

6. Verblyulama



This hybrid of a camel and a llama. Is born as a result of artificial insemination, since the difference sizes of animals does not allow natural reproduction. In verblyulamy usually short ears and long tail, like a camel but the cloven hoof, like a llama. And most importantly - have verblyulam no hump.

7. Zebroidy



Is obtained by crossing a zebra with a horse, donkey or pony. Zebroid prefer conventional zebras, for practical reasons, for example, they are much easier to ride. However, the nature zebroid more unpredictable and difficult to deal with them. Besides hybrid zebra rarely survive more than a few days as painful born and underdeveloped. But, for example, "zebrosel", born in August 2003 in a Japanese zoo, was healthy, but not be able to have offspring.

8. Pig iron from veka



Home temvorskoy pig breeds interbreed with wild boar and get the so-called swine from the Iron Age. These hybrids are tamer than wild boar, but are not as pliable as a domestic pigs. Typically, the meat of these animals is used to make special types of meat products.

9. Sobakovolk



Dogs and wolves interbreed freely enough. Wolf - a shy animal with a particular behavior and the development of hunting instinct. Jaws he is much more powerful than that of a dog. The behavior of the dog and wolf hybrids is unpredictable. In order to tame the animal, necessarily need training.

10. Hybrids gibridovRech comes to hybrids between male tiger and a female liger / tigrolva or a male lion and a female liger / tigrolva. Recall that the female liger and tigrolva can produce offspring. Such hybrids of the second level are extremely rare and are mostly privately owned.

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