Scientists now believe that interspecies sex influences evolution more than previously thought, according to an article published yesterday on NationalGeographic.com.
An increasing number of studies have proven that two separate species can mate to produce a third sexually-viable species. The process is called “hybrid speciation” and the recent studies have been proven with insects and fish.
Biologist James Mallet of University College London in the United Kingdom said that 10 percent of animals and 25 percent of plants are currently known to hybridize.
“In the past people have often viewed hybridization as a mistake,” Mallet said in the National Geographic article. “But this is probably not an unnatural phenomenon.”
And, he said, “sex with another species may be very occasionally quite a good idea.”
Last April, A grizzly-polar bear hybrid was discovered in the Canadian Arctic — after it had been fatally shot.
And on this season’s American Idol, the world’s first panther-human hybrid was identified.
But scientists all agree that the most amazing discovery to date is this pussy cat-human hybrid discovered in Columbus, Ohio. It goes by the name of Gerrit.
Human and feline DNA appears to mix very well.
So far, tests are inconclusive on which of Gerrit’s parents banged a house cat.
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