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were (unexpectedly) born at Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary.
Please read their story:
This photo was taken by Mary just after she discovered the jaglions. In the photo are Lola, (the mom), Tsunami with her, and the dark spot in the foreground is Jahzara. It was very cold and Lola had abandoned Jahzara, who was barely breathing. Happy ending though, the kids are beautiful and healthy and will be 2 years old in April of 2008.They truly are miracle babies. |
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Jazhara
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Tsunami
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What is a
Hybrid?A hybrid animal
has parents of two different species.
A hybrid that everyone
is familiar with is the mule. A mule has a donkey father
and a horse mother. The
jaglions have a jaguar father and a lion mother. The
lion and jaguar are
different species of the same genus Panthera in the
family Felidae (which includes all cats).
A
hybrid is most often sterile and cannot produce offspring of its own.
The birth of jaglions
at Bear Creek Wildlife Sanctuary was a surprise, to say
the very least. Bear
Creek Wildlife Sanctuary does not breed animals and
does everything possible to ensure the animals do not reproduce on their
own. This doesn't always work.
In
the case of the jaglions' parents, Lola and Diablo, every precaution
was taken.
A great many people didn't think it was even possible for Lola to conceive,
but nonetheless, she was separated from Diablo each time
she came into estrus.
You
may ask why the separation wasn't made permanent. Actually, this
was attempted several times over the past few years. Lola and Diablo
have
always been together. They came to Bear Creek within weeks of one
another, were bottle fed in the same nursery and became constant companions.
It seemed only logical to house them together as they grew up. When
they
were reaching maturity, separation was attempted, only to result in
both
animals becoming very anxious and suffering depression to the point
where
Lola refused to eat. After a few attempts with the same results, Lola
and
Diablo remained together and, against all odds and the efforts of the
Bear
Creek staff, Nature prevailed and the babies were born.
Tsunami and
Jahzara might be the only jaglions in the world.
They are beautiful,
perfect, healthy and active. It seems Nature knows its stuff.
Requests
for study or research will NOT be entertained.
Go see the Jaglion
Photo Gallery 1
Go see the Jaglion Photo Gallery 2
Go see the Jaglion Photo Gallery 3
Go see the
Jaglion Photo Gallery 4 - The Move
Go see the
Jaglion Photo Gallery 5 - October 2007
Go see the
Jaglion Photo Gallery 6 - February 2008
HAPPY SECOND BIRTHDAY JAHZARA AND TSUNAMI!
April 9, 2008
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