seriously, can you...has anyone tried this before in scientific experiments?
2007-02-02 09:55:21 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
That would be cool. What would you call it? A cog, cag, dat or dag? No, seriously, I don't know if that is possible, I would assume it could be done somehow.
2007-02-02 09:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by mandapandaz80 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cat has 19 pairs of chromosomes, and a dog has 39 pair.
It is only when two species have the same number of pairs that they can produce an offspring, like a horse bred to a donkey will produce a mule. The horse and the donkey both have 32 pair.
2007-02-02 18:10:56 · answer #2 · answered by tom l 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no. they can't be bred togethor because they aren't the same species or in the same genus. Only animals of the same genus can produce offspring (infertile) and only animals of the same species can produce fertile offspring.
intresting fact: while the offspring of donkey's and horses are not fertile the offspring of dogs and wolves are. Why? because dogs are actually wolves! I'm not kidding. The scientific name for wolves are Canis Lupis. The scientific name for dogs are Canis Lupis Familiaris. Dogs are a subspecies of wolf!
2007-02-02 18:14:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They make great friends but they know that anything more than that would screw up their friendship.
Oh, it's been tried but there were never any offspring. Genes won't work together.
If such things were possible think of the little half sheep and half man out in the hills.
2007-02-02 18:55:22 · answer #4 · answered by bluebonnetgranny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they can have sex, but nothing will happen, they are too different, it's like if a human does it with a kangaroo. Nothing will happen, right? The same with two any different animals.
2007-02-02 19:01:50 · answer #5 · answered by Shelly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya there called dots . But they dont live very long either
2007-02-02 18:15:57 · answer #6 · answered by nicole f 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it has been tryed, and cross-breeding the two does not produce any offspring. So, no.
2007-02-02 17:58:30 · answer #7 · answered by Twenty0ne 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no, they can't. they have a different number of chromosomes. scientifically impossible.
2007-02-03 01:03:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can have sex but they will not produce offspring. They are too different.
2007-02-02 18:03:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no they wont even breed with each other
2007-02-03 12:29:08 · answer #10 · answered by zekebrdly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋