A liger is the cross between a tiger and a lion.
Guinness World Records announced the latest edition of its book which includes a South Carolina liger dubbed the world's largest living feline.
Hercules lives at the Myrtle Beach Safari wildlife preserve's area known as TIGERS -- The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species. He weighs 922 pounds and measures 131 inches long and 49 inches tall at his shoulder.
See picture of Hercules with a human friend here - http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/14/SC-liger-named-worlds-largest-feline
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More pictures of ligers -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2344461/Its-tiger-lion--liger-Mother-gives-birth-adorable-rare-cubs-grow-largest-cats-world.html
More on ligers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger
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Link to this post - http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2013/09/a-liger-guinness-biggest-feline-in-world.html
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