Meet Yeti, Odlin, Sampson and Apollo – four of the world’s rarest big cats!
These adorable brothers are ligers, hybrids of a lion and a tiger. Ligers are extremely rare. There are only about 1,000 of them in the world, and most of these animals live in captivity.
Yeti, Odlin, Sampson and Apollo are even rarer than other ligers. They are believed to be the first white ligers in history!
The brothers’ parents are Iʋory, a white lion, and Saraswati, a white tiger. White lions and tigers are almost as rare as ligers: there are only 1,200 white tigers and 300 white lions in the world.
Iʋory, Saraswati and their cubs lie next to the TIGER. Sanctuary in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
This sanctuary has successfully bred ligers before. One of their ligers, Hercules, is the largest cat in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Hercules weighs 922 pounds, but despite his large size, he is still a sweetheart who loves to play with his handlers and his new nephews.
“I went a day without seeing them and they seem to have doubled in size. “It’s like someone is inflating them with a tire pump.”
Liger cubs love to swim like tigers and are sociable like lions. They also have their own unique personality traits. Apollo is the smallest of the four, and also behaves more like a house cat. The little animal loves to snuggle with his caregivers and be petted.
Yeti is the most boisterous of the four and always wants to be the center of attention. He is also the largest of the four cats: Dr. Antle thinks he may end up being even bigger than his Uncle Hercules.
By the time they are two years old, Dr. Antle believes all four cats will be at least 10 feet tall and weigh about 750 pounds. It’s hard to imagine these tiny animals getting so big!
These four liger cubs are truly unique. Check out the video below to see the adorable cats in action!
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