Speed of the Ligers

A liger is capable of gaining a speed momentum of around 50 to 60 miles per hour. This 50 to 60 miles per hour speed for a a liger, allows it to be faster than lions and equally faster to the tigers. Furthermore; ligers with this speed are only at the second spot just behind the Cheetahs which are capable of speeding around 70 miles per hour. Dr. Bhagavan Antle is measuring the speed of ligers for many decades at its Animal Preserve (The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species T.I.G.E.R.S.). He has witnessed the speed of 60 miles per hour from a liger named as Sudan the liger and also an average of 50 miles per hour speed from his other ligers as well.

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Another important fact is that all the big cats can only maintain the high speeds for less than a minute. That means it is only a matter of seconds when a tiger, Cheetah, lion or liger may hit their top speed while running after a prey. According to National Geographic their body temperature boosts significantly when they run with a top speed, therefore, when this consistent speeding scenario reaches a particular extreme, they have to put a halt on their further acceleration. Or otherwise they might be highly vulnerable to damage their nervous system. The same facts hold true for the ligers as well. They will be very fast but they will only be able to maintain this speed of 50 to 60 miles per hour for only short bursts.

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According to Dr. Antle who has a liger named as Hercules, a liger can maintain a top speed of 50 miles per hour. This will be more than 80 kilometers per hour. Now the tiger has exactly the same speed as well. Tigers’ top speed is believed to be around 80 kilometers per hour as well. Since ligers are big and long, and their jump intervals are also bigger than both of lions and tigers, it might not be justified to say that ligers have totally inherited the speed of their mothers.

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The big body is helping them to maintain this speed. On the other hand the fastest cat in the world is Cheetah which has a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour. Cape hunting dogs are also capable of reaching the top speed of around 45 miles per hour. The top speed of the lions is around 36 miles per hour. Therefore, the lions even lag behind cape hunting dogs for reaching the top speeds.

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