Yeti, Odlin, Sampson, and Apolo are the four rarest large cats in the world.

These adorable brothers are ligers, which are lion-tiger hybrids. Ligers are extremely uncommon. The preponderance of these animals are kept in captivity, as there are fewer than 1,000 in the wild.

Yeti, Odlin, Sampson, and Apolo are even rarer than the remaining ligers. They are almost certainly the first white ligers to ever be born!

Their parents are Ivory, a white lion, and Saraswati, a white tiger. Only 1,200 white tigers and 300 white lions exist in the wild, making them nearly as rare as ligers.

Ivory, Saraswati, and their progeny reside at the TIGER. Sanctuary in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

This sanctuary has successfully raised ligers in the past. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, one of their ligers, Hercules, is the largest cat on the planet. Hercules is a charming dog who relishes playing with his handlers and his new nephews despite weighing 922 pounds.

“When I miss a day of seeing them, it seems as if they have grown in stature. As if they were being inflated by a tire compressor.”

The liger cubs are as social as lion kittens and love swimming as much as tiger cubs. Moreover, they possess distinctive personality traits. Apollo is the shortest of the four cats, and his behavior most closely resembles that of a domestic cat. The small animal relishes cuddling and being petted by his caretakers.

Yeti is the loudest of the four, and he is constantly pursuing attention. He is the largest of the four cats, and according to Dr. Antle, he may grow to be even larger than his ancestor Hercules.

Dr. Antle predicts that by the age of two, all four cats will have reached a minimum height of 10 feet and a weight of approximately 750 pounds. It’s hard to imagine these tiny organisms becoming so large!

These four liger progeny are one-of-a-kind. View the video below to see the adorable creatures in action.

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