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Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:07 am

Image

Resistance is futile...

Just look at those beedy little eyes! It's so cute! yes it is... yes it is! I just want to grab it's big poofy ears and give it a hug! All snugwy and cute! EEE! CUTE!

Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:54 am

*gasps* Must have a zonkey/zorse whatever it is!! Awwwwwww <3 I wub it so much it's so cute and snuggable and awwww

Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:07 am

Shollia wrote:*gasps* Must have a zonkey/zorse whatever it is!! Awwwwwww <3 I wub it so much it's so cute and snuggable and awwww


Zeedonk or Zonkey... *shrug*

Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:29 am

Liger! I wonder if I still have photos of them when I was in Thailand? Or was it in Korea >_> too long ago... :P Very nice looking creatures

Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:52 am

Inrun, I saw something like that when I was younger at the zoo. I want to hug him.

Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:41 am

.:Requiem:. wrote:Yeah, they're usually sterile. And they have to be in the same...why do I want to say phylum? 'Cause I'm pretty sure that's not it. They have to be...REALLY close, anyways. And it's way hard to do. ...If I still had my science notes (meaning if I would bother to go GET my science notes) I'd know...


Is it genus? I think it's genus...Let's see...Canis lupus, Canis latrans, Canis familiar...but then the dolphins and killer whales are in different genuses (genii?)...and camels and llamas are in differing genuses but the same family...so I think the requirement is, they must be in the same family.

But then that wouldn't explain why we don't see any cute little dog-fox or wolf-fox hybrids. And, also following that theory, humans could mate with chimps and gorillas...and that just ain't right.

I guess for some species the requirement is they must be from the same genus, and for others it's just the same family.

Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:46 am

King Philip Came over for Grape Soda
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

In order, of course.

Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:14 am

ChromeFox wrote:And, also following that theory, humans could mate with chimps and gorillas...and that just ain't right.


If that happens (assuming that a human volunteers, which I doubt) and the humans provide the female, I'd feel sorry for the mother who has to give birth to gorilla-sized babies x.X

Wed Aug 24, 2005 3:53 am

Didn't some guy try the freaknasty with a chimp? Isn't that how AIDS started?

Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:17 am

The Zeedonk looks too fragile.

Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:25 am

Christopher wrote:The Zeedonk looks too fragile.


It's a baby.
Baby equines look fragile.

Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:37 am

ChromeFox wrote:
.:Requiem:. wrote:Yeah, they're usually sterile. And they have to be in the same...why do I want to say phylum? 'Cause I'm pretty sure that's not it. They have to be...REALLY close, anyways. And it's way hard to do. ...If I still had my science notes (meaning if I would bother to go GET my science notes) I'd know...


Is it genus? I think it's genus...Let's see...Canis lupus, Canis latrans, Canis familiar...but then the dolphins and killer whales are in different genuses (genii?)...and camels and llamas are in differing genuses but the same family...so I think the requirement is, they must be in the same family.

But then that wouldn't explain why we don't see any cute little dog-fox or wolf-fox hybrids. And, also following that theory, humans could mate with chimps and gorillas...and that just ain't right.

I guess for some species the requirement is they must be from the same genus, and for others it's just the same family.


To breed, the rules tend to be the same genus, I do believe. For fertile offspring, they must be of the same species. However, taxonomy is just rules we make up and apply to biology, which is very complicated and doesn't exactly follow our defined rules of classification.

Wed Aug 24, 2005 4:52 am

And yet, there are cases where crossbreeds like Mules and Ligers have bred, and have had young.
It's just very rare.
Very... very... rare.

Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:55 am

ahoteinrun wrote:And yet, there are cases where crossbreeds like Mules and Ligers have bred, and have had young.

Haha... at first I read that and thought "Mules and ligers have bred?!!!" :o

Now that would be weird... a muliger :D

Wed Aug 24, 2005 7:03 am

Errr...mules are naturally sterile...?
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