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Buffalo PLUS Cow Equals Beefalo

Jules — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:12:19 +0000

What do you get if there is a zoo keeper that needs to get more visits into his/her zoo?

Answer:

From time to time, zoo keeper messing about with nature and no one can stop them because of it being uncharted territory, legally.

These morally questionable practices such that leads to forcefully breeding two species/types of animals to produce offspring that did not go through thousands or more years of evolution so that they could better cope with environments by adapting via natural selection.
Playing God and playing Him with no expertise or ability to rectify the so many disadvantages such as being sterile, and not able to enjoy activities that all other mammals can do.

Have you heard of beefalo? No, that’s what I thought! They are low in cholesterol and fat, and apparently taste sweeter than cows and buffalo??!!

Here’s what one, a Beefalo, looks like:

Beefalo

Liger Equals Lion plus Tiger

Capes — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:19:10 +0000

What do you get when you cross breed a male lion (Panthera leo) with a female tiger (Panthera tigris)?
The Answer is: a Liger (Panthera Leogris)!

This is one of many example of human assisted breeding which usually leads to the outcome animal to be sterile or their offspring to be sterile. Ligers end up with short lifespans and it is though that they would not survive long in the wild because of diminished fitness.

UK not in Recession hints Andrew Sentence (Bank of England)

Jules — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:25:04 +0000

Dr Andrew Sentence, member of the Bank of England’s monetary committee, says UK economy appears to be growing again, i.e. out of recession. UK has joined the likes of the US, Japan, Germany, and France; all countries that have come out of recession.
The Office of National Statistics said that the economy had grown by 3 tenths of percent between July and September, which is less than expected by welcomed.