can you cross a termite with a blue whale?

Question

surely a large animal that can feed on cellulose and create protien and methane gas for power has to be solution for world hunger and diminishing energy supplies

Answer 1

No:
They too distantly related.
Also their chromosome number and chromosome and shapes and gene layout, and individual genes are vastly different, so they cannot pair up in the fusion that is part of of the fertilisation reaction.

Answer 2

Why not cross the termites with humans? Then we can solve the animal exploitation problem at the same time.

Besides, who would go around the ocean collecting whale farts?

If we can potty train infants, we could probably teach them to fart in a paper sack.

Answer 3

No. Genetically they're way too far apart to produce offspring.

There are plenty of ways to help fix the problems the world is experiencing, we're just not using our resources properly or giving it enough priority. If we really wanted to, we could get rid of the problems completely.

Answer 4

no they may be too far apart genetically but there are bigger problems. First one lays eggs in the female and one is a mammal. second how are you going to mate them. and finally blue whales are thousands times bigger than then a termite.

Answer 5

I am sure that it is possible to splice certain traits of any species. The primary reason termites posses the ability you are referring to is based on the bacteria it has in its gut.

Answer 6

Mayb you could cross them, but their offspring would be infertile like a mule which is a cross between a horse and donkey.

Answer 7

This is what you actually need, for the task at hand is a biogas plant, like this one:

http://www.dae.gov.in/ni/ninov02/biogas.htm

Answer 8

Okey doky...

Answer 9

What kind of stupidity is this?

Answer 10

plain and simple, no.