Quotes of the day

Here’s the “Money Quote” from the article:

Hybrid-formed species are usually extremely difficult to detect because of their close physical resemblance to their parent species, he said.

Actually, they are not that hard to detect. And this is not new to science. “Animal Husbandry” as well as biology experts have known about this type of breeding throughout recorded agricultural history.

Interbreeding within biological subfamilies such as bovines, (eg: bison and domestic cattle) is well known. But interbreeding between distinctly different biological subfamilies, (Cows, camels, horses, cats, just doesn’t work, etc).

Attempts to try and hybridize between these types of sub-species or sub-families are generally defined by the concept Chimera (generally considered unnatural monsters).

These types of cross breeding are generally man influenced, not something that naturally occurs on a regular normal basis.

Bison and cattle interbreeding is not a natural occurrence unless man forces the Bison and cows together in close quarters, and even then it often takes artificial insemination to make the process work. Same with camels and llamas, or horses and donkeys. Yes, they can and do interbreed, but it generally requires some level of unnatural intervention by man. However, in a natural setting these various animal “breeds” (or any wild animal group) general carve out territories and keep to their own, rarely if ever mixing blood lines.

Try and breed a cow and a camel, or a llama and a horse, or a chimp and a human. It just doesn’t work. It doesn’t work in nature and it doesn’t work in a test tube.

Lawrence on March 16, 2007 at 10:14 AM