Re: ridecamp-d Digest V00 #221

[MBlanchrd@aol.com]

In a message dated 02/09/2000 11:45:17 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
ridecamp-d-request@endurance.net writes:

<< Reproduction can occur between some species. Lions and tigers (and probably
 most members of the cat family), Zebras and horses, cayotes, wolves, and
 dogs, cattle and bison, and I am sure a large number of others.  A number of
 links have been discovered, but not every link that shows the complete >>

Yes, sir, reproduction can occur....but only in the animals that are crossed 
in the first place. In other words, a cross between a lion and a tiger 
results in live cubs, BUT the cubs are hybrids, and cannot themselves 
reproduce. Same deal with zebras and horses, coyotes and wolves, (dogs...dogs 
ARE wolves, Dunc.) and  cattle and bison. All the resulting young are 
hybrids, just like a cross between a horse and a donkey results in a hybrid, 
sterile mule.

Michelle 
MBlanchrd@aol.com