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Ok, I am not supporting bestiality here. But, I just came to know about a Dogxim, a dog fox hybrid and I had known for a long time that horses and donkeys can breed (to produce a mule). So, I was just curious, can humans breed with any other animals closely related to us?

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So after reading the wiki, I believe the most likely successful attempt will be to mate a human with downe syndrome, with a chimpanzee. Let's get on this. I wanna see some atrocities of nature.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Umm, I don't think that's how it works.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The wiki says it's hard with chimps because we have one less chromosome than chimps. Down syndrome: "all my homes got extra chromies". They have an extra chromosome. Ergo: down syndrome + chimp = hybrid chimpmanzee.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don't think that's how chromosomes work

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de -5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Thats how down syndrome works. Look it up yourself, smart guy. People with down syndrome have 47 chromosomes instead of 46. Chimps have 48, so down syndrome people are one closer, by mutation. That means just one more mutation and we're all set.

Now start work on making a monkeyboy.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you really this fucking thick? There's more to genetic compatibility than chromosome count. Otherwise we'd be seeing human–Reeves's muntjac hybrids. Or chimp-gorilla.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you seriously this fucking thick? You think I've been serious? Lol

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, so you were just being a dick for the sake of being a dick? That's worse bro.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How is it being a dick? Because you got mad?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because it compares people with down syndrome to chimpanzees, and because it took a good faith serious discussion and made a mockery of it.

Bro, humans are compared to chimpanzees. DNA wise were almost a banana as well. You're getting butthurt on anothers behalf because of the fact that they have an extra chromosome? That's literally what down syndrome is.

[–] Mambert@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

An odd pair of chromosomes makes it harder than being off by a pair. Mules are unbreedable due to their odd number of chromosomes.

We have successfully bred with species further apart, including an alpaca and a llama.

So yes all the science points to it being possible with humans, but ethically we can't possibly do that.

And it is not one more mutation to add an extra chromosome. It's a loooot more.

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Okay, let's make this simple enough for you. Pictures, everybody. Pictures for the man with the mind of a sloth. Exhibit A. Exhibit B.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ah yes. And the man monkey in the middle! I bet that's what Bigfoot is.