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Spitfire
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject: Cat gives birth to puppies |
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Is this the result of a cat and dog interbreeding...
The cat's owner, an 18 year old Brazilian girl states it is. She reckons that the cat mated with a dog and ave birth to 3 kittens, which all died, and 3 puppies. Blood has been taken from both the cat and the puppies to determine if they are indeed related. One scientist said that the puppies might not even be dogs but could be mutant cats.
Full story - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=416816&in_page_id=1770
IMO, this seems like some big wind up. If cats and dogs were to mate and produce offspring then surely it would have happened before now. They have both been domesticated pets and kept in close proximity to each other for a very long time. If they were able to have cappies or puppats (whatever takes your fancy) then by all rights it should have happened a long time ago. I know that tigers and lions can produce ligers or tigrons but they are two different species of cat. Seems a little fishy to me but we will just have to wait and see what the blood results say and if they are indeed puppies and not "mutant cats". |
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Clarino
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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I can't believe this made the papers. :lol:
How gullible are editors? |
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Spitfire
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| Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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Since when has the media let the facts get in the way of a good story...
Must have been a slow news day!!! |
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Green
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| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| I couldn't stop looking at the top left corner. |
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Clarino
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| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:00 am Post subject: |
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| Probably the only reason it got printed. :lol: |
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agentkgb
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| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:03 am Post subject: |
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Clarino wrote: I can't believe this made the papers. :lol:
How gullible are editors?
The editors might have just needed something to fill space. My question is: how gullible do the editors think the readers are? |
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Clarino
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| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:47 am Post subject: |
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| Based on their experience of sales, very. How depressing. |
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eynon
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| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| cats are merely evolving into a higher life-form....... :wink: |
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tech30528
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| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| You know, it's not really important if it's true or not. It's the seriousness of the allegations that really matter. Even if it's not true, it could have been true in the context of... oh, screw it. I just can't be a real reporter. :cry: |
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The Grandmaster
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| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:28 am Post subject: |
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| I call bulls**t. |
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The Grandmaster
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| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:29 am Post subject: |
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Green wrote: I couldn't stop looking at the top left corner.
:lol: now that you mention it..... |
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PricklySponge
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| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:49 am Post subject: |
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Wow, look at those two things. I could just play with them alllll daay long.
:shifty: |
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John Galt
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| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| Once speciesization occurs there are many safeguards implemented to prevent this from happening, from very physical to genetic differences to sterilization of the offspring. |
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zentrait
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| Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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John Galt wrote: Once speciesization occurs there are many safeguards implemented to prevent this from happening, from very physical to genetic differences to sterilization of the offspring.
Two different breeds of animals mating producing offspring is not uncommon...as before mentioned with tigers and lions.
In my 55 gallon aquarium, I have offspring of fish mated from two different kinds of fish...guppies and mollies... they've produced molly shaped fish that are slightly larger than the previous mollies but with a reflective rainbow skin that looks similar to a guppies. The original parents were a dalmatian molly and a fancy guppy. I believe the offspring are sterile as they have never produced offspring of their own, even with the outside influence of normal mollies and/or guppies added to the tank.
As for the OP... those puppies are nice. |
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Clarino
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zentrait wrote: John Galt wrote: Once speciesization occurs there are many safeguards implemented to prevent this from happening, from very physical to genetic differences to sterilization of the offspring.
Two different breeds of animals mating producing offspring is not uncommon...as before mentioned with tigers and lions.
Lions and tigers are both types of cat. A lion could never successfully mate with a hyena. |
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zentrait
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:40 am Post subject: |
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Clarino wrote: zentrait wrote: John Galt wrote: Once speciesization occurs there are many safeguards implemented to prevent this from happening, from very physical to genetic differences to sterilization of the offspring.
Two different breeds of animals mating producing offspring is not uncommon...as before mentioned with tigers and lions.
Lions and tigers are both types of cat. A lion could never successfully mate with a hyena.
Are you an expert on that? Or are you just purveying your prowess??? :D |
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TNBiologist
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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Clarino wrote: zentrait wrote: John Galt wrote: Once speciesization occurs there are many safeguards implemented to prevent this from happening, from very physical to genetic differences to sterilization of the offspring.
Two different breeds of animals mating producing offspring is not uncommon...as before mentioned with tigers and lions.
Lions and tigers are both types of cat. A lion could never successfully mate with a hyena.
Correct. Most species of cats can mate with other species of cats just as most species of dogs can mate with other species of dogs (also applies to fish) however these hybrids are usually sterile. A dog cannot mate with a cat and produce any form of offspring. To be able to produce offsripng the parents must share a certain percent of genitic similar material (closely related in the same animal family) however cats and dogs are not closely ralated enough.
One of the definitons of species is two animals that can mate and produce repoductively viable offspring. |
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perdidochas
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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zentrait wrote: Clarino wrote: zentrait wrote: John Galt wrote: Once speciesization occurs there are many safeguards implemented to prevent this from happening, from very physical to genetic differences to sterilization of the offspring.
Two different breeds of animals mating producing offspring is not uncommon...as before mentioned with tigers and lions.
Lions and tigers are both types of cat. A lion could never successfully mate with a hyena.
Are you an expert on that? Or are you just purveying your prowess??? :D
Just basic biology. |
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cap'n queasy
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Look at this article from the same paper.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=417012&in_page_id=1770
Scary. |
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zentrait
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| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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perdidochas wrote: Just basic biology.
basically, I was just being silly... the question was rhetorical... but you get a cigar anyway. Thanks for playing. |
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