Liger

A SAFARI wildlife reserve in the US has unveiled the world's biggest hybrid cat - half lion, half tiger - called the Liger.

Four-week-old Aries was presented to the world along with eight-year-old big brother, Hercules, at the Myrtle Beach Safari wildlife reserve in South Carolina.

A cross between a male lion and a female tigress, the two posed for pictures with Aries resting on his sibling’s huge shoulders.

Aries is expected to pile on 0.45kg per day and will be 165kg by his first birthday. But he has a long way to go to catch up with Hercules – who stands almost 183cm tall and weighs more than 406kg.

The liger project has been created by The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S.).