What other Hybrids might be created?

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What other Hybrids might be created?
Topic Started: Dec 19 2010, 11:16 AM (1,272 Views)
Nimor	Dec 19 2010, 11:16 AM Post #1
Pteranodon Posts: 185 Group: Members Member #437 Joined: Nov 25, 2010 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Bulgarian Favorite Quote: " The Sandwich always falls on the side of the butter. " Murphy	I was wondering - there are some hybrids between different animals these days ( don't seem to recall any at the moment, but I know there are such ). What others do you think will come to exist?

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BaliTiger23	Dec 19 2010, 05:53 PM Post #16
Do Not Touch Anything For It May Explode And Kill You Posts: 279 Group: Members Member #139 Joined: Feb 14, 2009 Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Canadian Favorite Quote: Just sayin'.	There's also bactrian camel x dromedary camel hybrids. There was one at a zoo I went too, and like ligers are bigger than their parents species, this guy was huge. Human made hybrids include the geep (goat x sheep), but it's actually a chimera, not a true hybrid. There's also the Spider Goat, which have spider genes which allow the females to excrete spider silk proteins in their milk. The resulting spider silk fiber is said to be “more durable than Kevlar, more stretchable than nylon, and stronger than steel.” There are also experimental cases where scientists are trying to give pigs human genes so that their organs could be used in transplants without fear of rejection. Another experiment is trying to combine pig with mouse genes to try and make their excrement less damaging to the environment. No interordinal (between different orders) animal hybrids are known.



Kamidio	Dec 19 2010, 06:05 PM Post #17
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Scrublord	Dec 19 2010, 08:58 PM Post #18
Father Pellegrini Posts: 4,423 Group: Members Member #169 Joined: May 5, 2009 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: American (unfortunately) Favorite Quote: Life can seem a challenge. Life can seem impossible. It's never easy when there's so much on the line.	What's the most distantly-related hybrid known?
	My Projects: The Neozoic Redux Valhalla--Take Three! The Big One Deviantart Account: http://elsqiubbonator.deviantart.com In the end, the best advice I could give you would be to do your project in a way that feels natural to you, rather than trying to imitate some geek with a laptop in Colorado. --Heteromorph


Kamidio	Dec 19 2010, 09:02 PM Post #19
The Game Master of the SSU:NC Posts: 14,725 Group: Members Member #149 Joined: Mar 12, 2009 Nationality: Who knows?~♪ Favorite Quote: "Do you remember how many loaves of bread you have eaten in your life?" - Dio Gender: Dude	Mammoth/elephant.
	SSU:NC - Finding a new home. Quotes Steve Irwin I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it. Satoru Iwata - Heart of a Gamer Even if we come from different sides of the world, speak different languages, even if we eat too many chips or rice balls, even if we wave different tastes in games, every one of us here today is identical in the most important way: each one of us was the heart of a gamer. The Writing on the Wall You should not have come here. This is not a place of honor. No great deed is commemorated here. Nothing of value is here. What is here is dangerous and repulsive. Parasky \| 2015 You can't be 100% certain Barack Obama is currently the US president, or that the nation of Canada even exists. Dan Avidan See, what I like to do now as an adult is take all that anger and frustration and push it down deep inside of me, until it becomes a seething white core of pure hate. Dan Avidan Follow your stupid fuckin' dreams. WAA http://31.media.tumblr.com/2f7731936cac777ea7b8cb26e8ccaab6/tumblr_inline_mxz9c7XmS41qa4twn.png636,360 http://tmv.proto.jp/reblog.php?post_url= A tool to reblog my own posts. I put it here because I know I'll forget it.


BaliTiger23	Dec 19 2010, 09:20 PM Post #20
Do Not Touch Anything For It May Explode And Kill You Posts: 279 Group: Members Member #139 Joined: Feb 14, 2009 Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Canadian Favorite Quote: Just sayin'.	Too lazy to look it up, have a Wikipedia article: Hybrids between different subspecies within a species (such as between the Bengal tiger and Siberian tiger) are known as intra-specific hybrids. Hybrids between different species within the same genus (such as between lions and tigers) are sometimes known as interspecific hybrids or crosses. Hybrids between different genera (such as between sheep and goats) are known as intergeneric hybrids. Extremely rare interfamilial hybrids have been known to occur (such as the guineafowl hybrids). No interordinal (between different orders) animal hybrids are known. So interfamilial is the most distantly related you can get. The only example of that I can find is the guineafowl example given on Wikipedia.



Nimor	Dec 26 2010, 11:38 AM Post #21
Pteranodon Posts: 185 Group: Members Member #437 Joined: Nov 25, 2010 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Bulgarian Favorite Quote: " The Sandwich always falls on the side of the butter. " Murphy	Intra-specific, interspecific - very small differences in letters, but bigger in reality.



Adman	Dec 26 2010, 11:59 AM Post #22
Totally not lamna Posts: 3,898 Group: Members Member #375 Joined: Sep 2, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: The Great Atlantic Steppe Favorite Quote: “I dont leran from no one“ -Archeo	Fakey Dec 19 2010, 09:02 PM Mammoth/elephant. That is just speculation by scientists. It hasn't been created yet so therefore, we can't be certain if the hybrid will exist or not.
	Projects and concepts that I have stewing around Extended Pleistocene- An alternate future where man died out, and the megafauna would continue to thrive (may or may not include a bit about certain future sapients) Inverted World- An alternate timeline where an asteroid hit during the Barremian, causing an extinction event before the Maastrichtian. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and notosuchians make it to the present, along with a host of other animals. Badania- Alien planet that has life at a devonian stage of development, except it exists in the present day. Ido- Alien world where hoppers (derived flightless ballonts) and mouthpart-legged beasts are prevalent. Leto- Life on a moon orbiting a gas giant with an erratic orbit; experiences extremes of hot and cold. The Park- ??? Deeper Impact- a world where the K-Pg extinction wipes out crocodilians, mammals, and birds; squamates, choristoderes, and turtles inherit the earth. World of Equal Opportunity- alternate history where denisovans come across Beringia and interact with native fauna. Much of the Pleistocene fauna survives, and the modern humans that end up crossing into North America do not overhunt the existing animals. 10,000 years later, civilizations exist that are on par with European and Asian societies. The Ditch- Nothing is what if seems..


Adman	Dec 26 2010, 12:01 PM Post #23
Totally not lamna Posts: 3,898 Group: Members Member #375 Joined: Sep 2, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: The Great Atlantic Steppe Favorite Quote: “I dont leran from no one“ -Archeo	Fakey Dec 19 2010, 09:02 PM Mammoth/elephant. That is just speculation by scientists. It hasn't been created yet so therefore, we can't be certain if the hybrid will exist or not.
	Projects and concepts that I have stewing around Extended Pleistocene- An alternate future where man died out, and the megafauna would continue to thrive (may or may not include a bit about certain future sapients) Inverted World- An alternate timeline where an asteroid hit during the Barremian, causing an extinction event before the Maastrichtian. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and notosuchians make it to the present, along with a host of other animals. Badania- Alien planet that has life at a devonian stage of development, except it exists in the present day. Ido- Alien world where hoppers (derived flightless ballonts) and mouthpart-legged beasts are prevalent. Leto- Life on a moon orbiting a gas giant with an erratic orbit; experiences extremes of hot and cold. The Park- ??? Deeper Impact- a world where the K-Pg extinction wipes out crocodilians, mammals, and birds; squamates, choristoderes, and turtles inherit the earth. World of Equal Opportunity- alternate history where denisovans come across Beringia and interact with native fauna. Much of the Pleistocene fauna survives, and the modern humans that end up crossing into North America do not overhunt the existing animals. 10,000 years later, civilizations exist that are on par with European and Asian societies. The Ditch- Nothing is what if seems..


BaliTiger23	Dec 26 2010, 12:54 PM Post #24
Do Not Touch Anything For It May Explode And Kill You Posts: 279 Group: Members Member #139 Joined: Feb 14, 2009 Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Canadian Favorite Quote: Just sayin'.	Nimor Dec 26 2010, 11:38 AM Intra-specific, interspecific - very small differences in letters, but bigger in reality. Intraspecies - existing or occurring within a species Interspecies - existing or occurring between species Agreed, but that's what wikipedia uses, and that's what every other website I have found uses. shrugs



lamna	Dec 26 2010, 01:09 PM Post #25
Posts: 21,140 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	Mammoth hybrids are perfectly possible. Elephas is much more closely related to Mammuthus than Loxodonta, and they have produced hybrids in the past. All we need now is some well preserved mammoth spooge. Or a living cow mammoth. Pity Elephants are so rare and take so long to breed. I should like to see what an Adult Elephas/Loxodonta hybrid looks like.
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