Liger Portrait
by Linda Cox
Title
Liger Portrait
Artist
Linda Cox
Medium
Digital Art - Photography
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This is an original photograph that has been digitally enhanced to create a beautiful work of art to grace the walls of your home or office.
Out of the blue one day my daughter-in-law called and said, "I have some days off. Would you like to go to Oklahoma with me and Caleb (my grandson?) Never one to turn down an opportunity to be on the go, I grabbed my ever ready bag and waited for her to get to my house. Our first stop was Tuttle, Oklahoma....you gotta be going there to get there... and a small wildlife preserve called "Tiger Safari". It was there we found the most beautiful wild cat that I have ever seen. It was a young Liger.
A Liger is the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger and is considered to be the biggest cat on earth. At maturity, a Liger can weight up to a thousand pounds and be up to 12 feet in length, twice the size of it's lion father. Since Lions and Tigers seldom ever meet up in the wild, all known Ligers have been born in captivity where accidental matings have occurred as a result of Lions and Tigers being kept together. There are no known Ligers to be living in the wild, although some years ago there were reports of a large cat roaming the jungle of India and it was said to be much larger than a Lion or a Tiger. These large animals are highly social and much more docile than their parents. They can eat up to 100 pounds of meat in a single setting. The first mention of Ligers dates back to at least the late 18th century in India where the term Liger was first coined in the 1930's
What a treat it was to see this beautiful animal, a youngster at about 2 years old and already larger than a tiger.
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September 28th, 2018
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