I would have to agree with Napoleon Dynamite in that the Liger is “”pretty much my favorite animal” as well.

Lira, a three-month-old liger cub has become a bit of a celebrity in the Russian city where she’s kept as a pet. The cub currently lives with her trainer, Pavel Zabelkin, in a flat in the eastern Russian city of Yekaterinburg. Pavel’s parents work with wild cats in a circus in a nearby city.

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