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Human-Made Hybrids
Sometimes people breed hybrids intentionally, hoping to produce a hybrid that has the best qualities of both parent animals.
Mules have been deliberately bred since ancient times because they are hardier and more sure-footed than horses.
Mules are also easier to care for than horses—less likely to overeat, less susceptible to heat, and less prone to leg injuries.
Zebra hybrids, sometimes called zebroids, are a more recent type of hybrid. Zebras are wild animals that are difficult to train for riding or carrying packs
but they aren’t susceptible to the same diseases as domesticated equines. Zebroids inherit a gentler personality from their domesticated parent as well as resistance to disease from their wild parent.
Beefalo, another recent hybrid, were created to combine the traits of buffalo (bison) and domesticated cattle.
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However, buffalo are difficult to handle and can sometimes be dangerous.
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A liger, which is a hybrid of a male lion and a female tiger, looks like a supersized lion with faded tiger stripes. Ligers grow about twice as
large as either parent species, with Hercules, the world’s biggest male liger, weighing in at nearly 1,200 pounds (544 kg)!
They are usually tawny colored, like lions, but with pale bellies, like tigers. A similar hybrid, the tigon,
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However, these strange mixes can draw a crowd, and although accredited zoos avoid interbreeding the big cats,
both independent breeders and exotic animal preserves have tried their hand at making money from them.
both independent breeders and exotic animal preserves have tried their hand at making money from them.
The males of these hybrids are usually sterile, but the females are usually able to bear offspring.
Until recently, people could only obtain hybrids of similar species that might be willing to mate with each other.
Other species, while some what similar, were unwilling. For instance, even when given the opportunity, camels and llamas would rarely mate.
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As a result, the first camel-llama hybrid—the cama—was born. Scientists hope the cama will couple the camel’s hardiness and strength with the llama’s calmer disposition.