3 little liligers cavort at Russian zoo
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Zita, a liger, half-lioness, half-tiger, walks with her month-old liliger cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo, on June 19, 2013. The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
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Sam, a lion, walks in to the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger), and Sam are a pair, which gave birth to liliger cubs. The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
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Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger), carries her one-month-old liliger cub at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
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A month-old liliger cub walks at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
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Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger), stands with her one-month-old liliger cub at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
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Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger) licks her one-month-old liliger cub at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
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Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger), watches her one-month-old liliger cub at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
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A month-old liliger cubs walk at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
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Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger), carries her one-month-old liliger cub at the Novosibirsk Zoo on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger.-- PHOTO: AP
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A month-old liliger cub walks at Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
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Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger), licks her one-month-old liliger cub at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
Zita, a liger, half-lioness, half-tiger, walks with her month-old liliger cub in the Novosibirsk Zoo, on June 19, 2013. The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
Sam, a lion, walks in to the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger), and Sam are a pair, which gave birth to liliger cubs. The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger), carries her one-month-old liliger cub at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
A month-old liliger cub walks at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger), stands with her one-month-old liliger cub at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger) licks her one-month-old liliger cub at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger), watches her one-month-old liliger cub at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
A month-old liliger cubs walk at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger), carries her one-month-old liliger cub at the Novosibirsk Zoo on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger.-- PHOTO: AP
A month-old liliger cub walks at Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia on June 18, 2013. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
Zita, a liger (half-lioness, half-tiger), licks her one-month-old liliger cub at the Novosibirsk Zoo in Russia. The zoo is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger. -- PHOTO: AP
(AP) - The zoo in Novosibirsk, Russia's third-largest city, is home to a unique animal - the liliger. That's a big cat breed where the father is a lion and the mother is a lion-tiger hybrid, called a liger.
The first liliger was born in the zoo last year and now there's a second litter of three, all of them females.
They were born in May, and now have grown up enough to start exploring their surroundings, showing an endearing clumsy energy.
Their mother, Zita, was born in the zoo in 2004. Their father, Sam, is an African lion.
