• Mongostein@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    What defines a species is whether or not the offspring of two individuals can have offspring.

    A lion and a tiger can make, however Ligras are infertile, so they’re different species.

    • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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      5 months ago

      Nah that’s not true. Haven’t you ever heard of crossbreeding flowers? Plus there’s an example very close to home in the interbreeding of sapiens and neanderthals