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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.

Anyone, who is honest with themselves and has seen the movie "Napoleon Dynamite," realized that the movie is the best movie since "Citizen Kane." "Napoleon Dynamite" defines a sub-culture within our youth. How else could a "delicious bass" have become the romantic gift of choice. If you don't understand the genius of "Napoleon Dynamite," have yourself checked for mental deficiencies. But I digress.

Ligers, a cross between a tiger and a lion, really exist!!! Reading through my children's May, 2006 issue of National Geographic Kids I found an article on ligers. To read the full article you will need to find an issue or wait until it is posted on their website. Presently the short blurb linked to above is all that is available.

Unfortunately, ligers do not have magical powers. Being rather sickly creatures, ligers reach a gigantic size, some being almost as large as a tiger and lion combined. They only exist in captivity. There is only a small portion of the world where tigers and lions, the necessary ingredients for a liger, co-exist, India's Gir National Forest. There is no evidence of cross-breeding in the wild.