世界首个白狮虎4胞胎出生The World's First White Ligers

These adorable cubs may look cute and unassuming but they are in fact the rarest of their species – and could grow to be the biggest cats in the world.
这些可爱的小家伙们虽然看起来很萌很招人怜爱，但他们却是世界上最稀有的物种，将来能长成最大的猫科动物。

The four handsome male ‘liger’ cubs are the first ever to be born from a white male lion and white female tiger, making them the world’s most unique big cats.
四只帅气的小狮虎都是雄性，由一只白色雄师和一只白色老虎配种而生，使他们成为首例白狮虎兽。

There are only around 300 white lions and 1,200 white tigers left in the world, so the cubs’ father, Ivory and mother, Saraswati, are extremely rare in their own right.
目前世界上仅有约300只白色狮子和1200只白色老虎了，所以这些小家伙的爸爸爱芙莉和妈妈萨茹阿斯瓦蒂本身自己都是珍惜物种。

But now, having been brought together at Myrtle Beach Safari in South Carolina, they have produced the first ever white lion-tiger hybrids - commonly known as ligers.
但现在，这两只白狮子和白老虎在南卡罗来纳州莫特尔滨海野生动物园产下后代，也是世上首个白色狮虎兽。

Born only six weeks ago, the young animals already weigh 15lbs and gain on average a pound in weight every day.
出生6周后，小家伙们已经重约15磅，而且平均每天都要长1磅左右。

And the boys, named Yeti, Odlin, Sampson and Apollo, already have their own personalities.
现在，野帝, 奥德林, 桑普森和阿波罗已经表现出了不同的性格。

Apollo is the smallest, who his owners say behaves more like a house kitten, purring all the time and always demanding to be stroked.
阿波罗是最小的，他的主人说他动起来就跟个家养的小猫似的，整天呜呜叫唤，渴望别人抚摩。

Yeti is the biggest and most boisterous, pushing past his smaller brothers and always wanting to be the centre of attention.
野帝是最大最爱闹的，总喜欢挤他的弟弟们，也爱表现，喜欢引起大家的注意。

The cubs’ uncle, Hercules, is officially the world’s largest cat at 922 lbs and 131 inches long and is featured in the Guinness Book of World Records.
4只白狮虎宝宝的叔叔是世界最大的猫科动物赫拉克勒斯，重922磅，长131英寸，已被纳入世界吉尼斯纪录。