If you've seen Napoleon Dynamite, no doubt you remember this conversation:

Deb: What are you drawing?
Napoleon Dynamite: A liger.
Deb: What's a liger?
Napoleon Dynamite: It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed... bred for its skills in magic.

I always thought that was so funny that he was living in his little imaginary world. Well, guess what? Ligers exist! For real! Check it out!


Not only that, but there are also other hybrids:

Liguars, Liards, Tigons, Tiguars, Tigars, Jaglions, Jaggers, Jagupards, Leopons, and Leguars, baby!

What the...? Now maybe you all know this and are thinking "d'uh, John...", but I'm pretty freaked out here. :)

It kind of reminds me of when we went to the zoo and Zakcq said he wanted to see the Capibara, and said it was basically a huge giant guinea pig. We all didn't believe him, until we went and saw one in all its glory.