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Re: Liger!

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Originally Posted by DanielBCR
I am strictly opposed to any such hybrid animal. On another forum I am on, I have said zealously that hybridizing is bad. In my opinion, this is an example of humans sticking their noses where they don't belong and playing god/god-like-figure. This is one reason that humans are contributing to one of the largest mass-extinctions in the history of earth. Say a liger got out. Think of the environmental consequences of the tiger's of lion's habitat. Tigers are already disappearing rapidly. We don't need a catalyst for its destruction.

-Daniel
What sort of "environmental consequences" are you thinking of? Extreme crossbreeding? That's not a problem. Hybrid animals (ie chimera) are sterile. For example, a mule. The mule hasn't caused "environmental consequences" AFAIK....

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