While ligers are certainly something to marvel at, you’ll never found one outside of a zoo—they’re a man-made hybrid cross between a male lion and tigress, something that would never occur ...

Lions and tigers are two different species ... Such hybrids are called tions and ligers. Do they challenge the definition of species? Not really. The key words are "interbreed successfully ...

He also learns about Monique the ti-liger (cross between a liger and a white tiger) and discusses what would happen if Louis was caught by one of the lions.