BussyGyatt@feddit.org to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds 100% real but is made up?message-squaremessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down113
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds 100% real but is made up?BussyGyatt@feddit.org to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square68linkfedilink
minus-squareBussyGyatt@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 days agoyou can tell species apart really easily! if they mate and produce offspring theyre in a species. its that simple!
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days ago*offspring that itself is fertile. Otherwise e.g. horses and donkeys would count as one species.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoWhat about grolar bears and pizzly bears? They’re fertile. Does that make polar bears and grizzly bears the same species?
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoAccording to this definition, yes.
you can tell species apart really easily! if they mate and produce offspring theyre in a species. its that simple!
*offspring that itself is fertile. Otherwise e.g. horses and donkeys would count as one species.
What about grolar bears and pizzly bears? They’re fertile. Does that make polar bears and grizzly bears the same species?
According to this definition, yes.