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minus-squareluves2spooge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoIt depends if their progeny can reproduce. A male donkey and a female horse can make a mule but mules are sterile.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoNot that simple. Brown bears and polar bears produce fertile offspring, as do bison and cattle, and the false killer whale with a bottlenose dolphin. (Far from an exhaustive list) It’s generally a useful definition but it isn’t a “rule”.
It depends if their progeny can reproduce. A male donkey and a female horse can make a mule but mules are sterile.
Not that simple. Brown bears and polar bears produce fertile offspring, as do bison and cattle, and the false killer whale with a bottlenose dolphin. (Far from an exhaustive list)
It’s generally a useful definition but it isn’t a “rule”.