Kevin Richardson, ‘The Lion Whisperer’

Most of us have heard of, Cesar Millan, ‘The Dog Whisperer’, but who of you has heard of ‘The Lion Whisperer’? It is not a joke, Kevin Richardson plays with these big cats as if they were nothing more but small kittens. His way of interacting with them is nothing short of amazing as he literally walks with lions. Aside from lions, Richardson also works with leopards and hyenas.

Liger, the biggest cat on the planet

Have you ever seen a fully grown African lion or a Siberian tiger at the zoo? If you have, you probably know they are nothing short of huge; they dwarf even the biggest of humans. The biggest lions can weigh about 550 lbs (250 kg) and the biggest tiger species, the Siberian tiger, can weigh up to 700 lbs (318 kg). So let’s say you were to combine a male lion and a female tiger. What would you get? The answer, you would get an enormous hybrid called a liger. Ligers can weigh up to 904 lbs (410 kg), dwarfing their lion and tiger parents.