76K views · 720 reactions | A rare liger cub - a cross between a tiger and a lion - has been shown off at a Russian Circus. | Sunrise | Facebook

CUB CUTIE: A liger cub was seen playing with toys in his enclosure at a private zoo in Romania recently. He's a two-month-old rare lion-tiger hybrid, with a lion father and tiger mother. The two species don't normally interbreed in the wild as they live on different continents but can mate in a controlled environment, according to the zoo owner. Big Cat Rescue, an animal sanctuary, says ligers are usually larger than both parents but are more likely to die young due to birth defects. | CBS Newsp