November 17, 2006: Ordinary folks visit dolphins

They try. Sometimes succeed in their attempt at trying, without consent.
They also rape their own.
One of the few animals that practice war & kill for fun.

[ajaccio]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

...This (xoB/WaPo) shot is allegedly of a cat who was impregnated by a dog and has now had dog-like kittens. People are investigating the claim, but I am already willing to put any amount of money on the side that this is a hoax....

Hmm. Poor kitty looks like she's been beat up...! I think this is just another one of those inter-species nursing sessions that we've all seen before. Cute idea, but dang that cat took it hard from something!

[Ibby]

Dolphins are at least as 'human' as chimps are, just a bit of a different shape.

They also regularly take gay partners for life, which totally wins my respect from them.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Ibram

Dolphins are at least as 'human' as chimps are, just a bit of a different shape.

They also regularly take gay partners for life, which totally wins my respect from them.

Chimps will suddenly turn on a baby of the troop, batter it, pull it limb from limb and eat it. Grim, but it is nature.

[Ibby]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Chimps will suddenly turn on a baby of the troop, batter it, pull it limb from limb and eat it. Grim, but it is nature.

Like I said, pretty human...

[lumberjim]

i've always thought of foxes as cat/dog crosses. they have the traits of both.

[SeanAhern]

I think cats and dogs are impossible to breed together because they have dramatically different numbers of chromosomes. Cats have 19 pairs, while dogs have 39 pairs. As a point of contrast, humans have 23 pairs. If you can't pair up the chromosomes in some way, there's no way for a zygote to form.

From wikipedia:

Viable hybrids between species are possible regardless of chromosome number differences provided the gene combination in the hybrid allows for embryonic development to birth. Large differences in chromosome number, however, would make hybrid bitches so poorly fertile as to be essentially sterile. Male hybrids would be sterile due to a phenomenon called Haldane's Rule. The lack of genetically verified fox/dog hybrids indicates that viable embryos are not formed.)

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

i've always thought of foxes as cat/dog crosses. they have the traits of both.

I though foxes were a cheerleader/model hybrid.

Oh, you meant....furry......4 legged.....nevermind

[Undertoad]

Blood tests debunk cat-puppy claim

SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's cat-puppy mystery has been solved.

Blood tests refute a Brazilian woman's claim that her cat had given birth to three puppies, geneticist Adil Pacheco said Tuesday.

Cassia Aparecida de Souza, 18, from a poor neighborhood of Passo Fundo in southern Brazil, said last Friday that her cat Mimi had given birth to the three puppies as well as three kittens, which did not survive.

"People who aren't experts often imagine things," said Pacheco, director of the Institute of Biological Sciences of the University of Passo Fundo. "All the facts contradict her."

Pacheco, who was asked by a local newspaper to conduct a chromosome test to check the spectacular claim which gained wide media attention, said mammals sometimes nursed the young from another species.

[Shawnee123]

"People who aren't experts often imagine things," said Pacheco, director of the Institute of Biological Sciences of the University of Passo Fundo. "All the facts contradict her."

Yeah, more like:

"People who eat peyote often imagine things," said Pacheco, director of the Institute of Biological Sciences of the University of Passo Fundo. "All the facts contradict her."

[Ibby]

But... which are they?

Are they cats or dogs?

I'm gonna assume dogs.

[CaliforniaMama]

"People who aren't experts often imagine things," said Pacheco, director of the Institute of Biological Sciences of the University of Passo Fundo. "All the facts contradict her."

Yeah, but these critters aren't imagined, they're real! They had to come from SOMEwhere.

So no, she's not dumb, just a fraud.

Sigh.

[Happy Monkey]

A stray could have had a litter on her property, and then been run over when foraging, and her pet could have "adopted" them.

But fraud is more likely.