• Question: Is it true Hybrid's (as in a mix of animals e.g. lion and crocodile) exist?

    Asked by CrazyDugge123456 to Reka, Kuntal on 11 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by Scientific Sophia 275.
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      Reka Nagy answered on 11 Nov 2016:

      I don’t think a lion-crocodile hybrid exists, as these species are a bit too different from each other. There are other animals of which hybrids do exist, and these animals tend to be pretty closely related to each other evolutionarily speaking! These hybrids are often sterile ,unable to make more hybrids like themselves, though, because of their genetics being incompatible with reproduction.

      For example, there is a cross between a zebra and a horse, it’s called a Zebroid.
      There are a few other animal hybrids, such as ligers/tiglons (lion + tiger), mules (horse + donkey), beefalo (cow + bison) or camas (camel + llama)!

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