Five-month-old baby liger Xinle (happy heart) plays at Ningbo Youngor Zoo in East China's Zhejiang province, Jan 17, 2012. As a rare hybrid offspring of a male lion and a female tiger, Xinle has the head and tail of a tiger and the body of a lion. Although tigers and lions may cross-breed, the chance of a successful pregnancy is only 1 to 2 percent, and the survival rate for a baby liger is just one out of half a million. It's estimated that there are only 20 ligers alive in the world.
2012年1月17日,五个月大的狮虎兽心乐正在浙江宁波雅戈尔动物园的兽舍内玩耍
。心乐是一只公狮子和母老虎繁衍的后代,它有着老虎的脑袋和尾巴,狮子的身体 。虽然老虎和狮子可以交配,但成功受孕的几率只有1%到2%,而小狮虎兽成活的几率只有五十万分之一,全世界只有20只狮虎兽 。词汇点津:
liger 狮虎兽