Liger Liger Burning Bright
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I have a sequence in my upcoming novel where the protagonist, Clay Golem, an 8′ blue behemoth, fights two big cats in a cage underneath the second floor office of a local mob boss reached through a trapdoor in the floor of the office. I had an idea the cats were big—like Sabretooth Tiger big—but I didn’t really have a good image of what that might look like.
Until now:
The term ‘big cat’ just got an extreme refurbish thanks to the appearance of this massive feline. Everyone meet Apollo, a lion-tiger crossbreed who just earned the title of the ‘world’s biggest cat.’
This gentle giant is a liger – a hybrid combination of a male lion and a tigress. Apollo recently gained notoriety after he took a walk alongside Mike Holston and wildlife conservationist Kody Antle, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The footage was than uploaded on YouTube and immediately went viral.
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“This big guy’s name is Apollo and he is the biggest cat on the planet. Now the question is, what would this thing eat? I believe it would eat everything in sight, anything in sight,” Mike said. I think a pack of these things would take down a herd of elephants on the regular for a snack. Such a majestic beast, and it can get up to 40 miles an hour in a couple of steps,” the ex football star added.
It helps to have a visual to refer to when I’m writing my fight sequences. These cats are BIG.