BussyGyatt@feddit.org to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds 100% real but is made up?message-squaremessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down113
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds 100% real but is made up?BussyGyatt@feddit.org to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square64linkfedilink
minus-squareBussyGyatt@feddit.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month 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-up2·1 month ago*offspring that itself is fertile. Otherwise e.g. horses and donkeys would count as one species.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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.