Quite an unusual biology picture

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Quite an unusual biology picture

#85846 by Nev
Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:26 am

I knew you could crossbreed a donkey and a horse and get a mule, but this just blows me away:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Zeedonk_800.jpg

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#85853 by SineSwiper
Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:01 am

I think the horse family is capable of about as many different breeds as dogs, but we haven't experimented with them as much because they are bigger and more expensive.

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#85885 by Kupek
Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:03 pm

SineSwiper wrote:I think the horse family is capable of about as many different breeds as dogs, but we haven't experimented with them as much because they are bigger and more expensive.

This is easily verifiable. Find out how much genetic diversity there is - the reason we can such a variety with dogs is that they have a very large amount of genetic diversity within the species. Humans, as a counterpoint, have very little.