About the coitus between tiger and lion?

missgenius: About the coitus between tiger and lion?
Some scientists have already created the animal A ,which is the child of a male lion and a female tiger.And animal B ,which is the child of a female lion and a male tiger.I want to ask that how it happened? The scientists used tubes to create the special animals or they just put a tiger and a lion together,and they will intercourse?If they did intercourse ,why?why they coitus with other species?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Shayna
Generally lions and tigers are two distinct species and under natural circumstances will not mate. In captivity lions and tigers have mated and produced offspring. Lions and tigers are close enough related where they still can reproduce together although they have different mating selections. So yes to your answer, all the scientists did was put together the lion and tiger in a cage.

Lions tend to court their mates with gifts and take many days or weeks. They live in a pride and the females choose the lion who courts them the best. Tigers on the other hand live alone and there is not enough food to support the parents and child. So the tiger mates and go their separate ways. Lions and tigers rarely come into contact with each other and do not have the same or similar reproductive styles.
For some reasons they reproduce in cages probably because food is not longer an issue.

Answer by Garrett Schick
The same way mules are made.