T.I.G.E.R.S. Sanctuary in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is home to four of the rarest creatures on the planetfurry white liger cubs that are way too cute for us to handle.

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Source: Barry Bland/Splash News

In case you’ve never heard of a liger, they are the hybrids of a male lion and a tigress. And though ligers are already super rare, these babies aren’t just ligers. They’re white ligers.

These four cubs — named Yeti, Odlin, Sampson, and Apollo — are the offspring of Saraswati and Ivory, a white lion and a white tiger that were allowed to breed.

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Source: Barry Bland/Splash News

Unfortunately for us (and the rest of the entire universe), ligers, like most hybrids, cannot reproduce. Which makes it uncertain if we’ll ever see other white liger cubs like these cuties again.

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Source: Barry Bland/Splash News

And to top off the fact that these are likely the first ever white liger cubs, the uncle of Yeti, Odlin, Sampson, and Apollo is Hercules, another liger at the sanctuary who is actually the world’s largest living cat.

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Source: James Ellerker/Guinness World Records

Royal blood, much?

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Source: Barry Bland/Splash News

We’re pretty sure these four cubs are still living the good life at the T.I.G.E.R.S. Sanctuary, and we definitely hope the sanctuary will remember to keep us all updated (as often as possible, thank you very much).


By - grape Japan editorial staff.

Source:
Barry Bland/Splash News / James Ellerker/Guinness World Records
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