Did this cat breed with a dog?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:15 pm

Sounds like Ripley's Believe It or Not Stories...................that is interesting...................

zinkyusa · Post by **zinkyusa** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:42 pm

The one on the left looks like Hammy!:wah:

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:34 pm

a new breed of animal then? what will they be called? cogs? dats? dottins? cuppies?:-3

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:38 pm

All I see is this cat's head. Where is the rest of it?

And what about the part with not messing with Mother Nature. Inter-species procreation? What is next? :sneaky: :p

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:07 pm

Since we can't see the body, it looks like they're just holding two pups next to a cat. Exactly how small was this dog that she supposedly mated with?! Unless we're talking chihuahua, I highly doubt that happened. And is that even possible anyway to breed a dog and cat?!

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:10 pm

RedGlitter;461915 wrote: Since we can't see the body, it looks like they're just holding two pups next to a cat. Exactly how small was this dog that she supposedly mated with?! Unless we're talking chihuahua, I highly doubt that happened. And is that even possible anyway to breed a dog and cat?!

tigers and lions have been know to interbreed? so maybe this could be possible? who knows......

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:18 pm

Aren't tigers and lions all members of the cat family though? Cats and dogs are different species. ???

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http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/m ... e00349.htm

http://wiki.cotch.net/index.php/The_des ... l_remain_X

And on "Yahoo Answers"

Cats and dogs mating ... "there are both prezygotic and postzygotic barriers to this type of hybridization. That is to say, you probably couldn't get them to mate, and, even if you could, the sperm and egg would not recognize each other and fuse. And, if, by some miracle, you managed to pull this off, there are enough genetic differences (different genes, different chromosome organization, different number of chromosomes, etc) would be so many developmental problems that there is no chance it could survive to term."

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Anyway, a cat giving birth to a few gorgeous little puppies seems highly unlikely.. But by all means let's wait for the dna tests!!

Rain · Post by **Rain** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:44 pm

I saw a Cabbit once. Strange animal. The people mated their cat with a rabbit and only one of the offspring survived. They even named it Cabbit. This animal had back haunches like a rabbit but the front was like a cat. It would take 2 steps and then hop... 2 steps and hop... The head was like a cat but the nose was odd and the ears were longer than a normal cat. I asked them why they didn't show the media and they said they didn't want their pet to be all disected etc. I don't blame them.

Yes, there's Ligers and Tions, and don't forget the Mules. But this? I'd have to see more to believe it.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:56 pm

Here's a PBS bit about interbreeding of lions and tigers

Tigons and Ligers

The lines between two species are traditionally drawn when they cannot reproduce successfully. These images of a male lion, tiger, "tigon," and "liger" seem to confuse the issue. Although they rarely meet in the wild, lions and tigers are still so closely related that they are able to interbreed, and in captivity they occasionally do. But successful interbreeding is the key, and the hybrid offspring are usually sterile and short-lived.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/libra ... 52_02.html

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There's an interesting bit about horses and mules in here

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/m ... e00349.htm

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:29 pm

here is a site that explains why it is impossible for cats and dogs to interbreed. http://www.messybeast.com/marten-cat.html

it's pretty interesting. according to this article. animals often kidnap other breeds young. this might explain why the myth of interbreeding gets started.

LilacDragon · Post by **LilacDragon** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:45 pm

When I was very young, we had a pomeranian that we bred and a cat that we bred one week apart.

The dog died in labor, leaving us with 4 puppies to tube feed. One puppy died when it was two days old.

Cat had kittens about a week after the puppies were born. One day, shortly after the kittens were born - while my mom was feeding the puppies - the cat came and took the puppies away from my mom as she finished.

The cat fed and raised the pups as her own and they thrived. Of course - the first bark was rather comical! The pup looked so confused about the noise that came out of his mouth. The pups also couldn't understand why they couldn't climb curtains while their littermates could.

(One of these pups went on to be a consistant high in trial obedience dog in the early seventies.

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As for the picture of the puppies with the cat - seems to me that some people will claim just about anything to get in the paper.