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It's the Daily Mail, sure, but even they should know better.

Did this cat breed with a dog?
Last updated at 16:18pm on 16th November 2006
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This is Mimi, the first cat to give birth to puppies, her owner claims.

Brazilian Cassia Aparecida de Souza, 18, says three of the cat’s six offspring, which were born three months after Mimi mated with a neighbour’s dog, have canine traits.

A geneticist from the Passo Fundo University plans to take blood samples from the animals to verify the claim.
Link (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=416816&in_page_id=1770)

Pardon me if I'm mistaken...but isn't The Daily Mail a tabloid?

All I noticed was the breasts in the background. Sorry, what was the topic again? :p

Isn't that one of the signs of the end times according to the Ghostbusters?

Well, cats and dogs have different numbers of chromosomes, so that in itself makes it very unlikely (in animals).

It is still possible for animals to produce offspring with different numbers of chromosomes, but, dogs and cats have evolved separately for so long it is very unlikely that they are genetically and mechanically similar enough to produce offspring.

I thought it was funnier when the Bristish shockingly discovered that animals eat ome another- even when decent people are watching!

Isn't that one of the signs of the end times according to the Ghostbusters?

Close enough. It was "Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria."

Well, cats and dogs have different numbers of chromosomes, so that in itself makes it very unlikely (in animals).

It is still possible for animals to produce offspring with different numbers of chromosomes, but, dogs and cats have evolved separately for so long it is very unlikely that they are genetically and mechanically similar enough to produce offspring.

And that's not to mention the cases of interspecies breeding (mules and ligers, for example) are exclusively (as far as I know) intergenus. Cats and dogs would be intersuborder breeding, at least two taxonomic steps up.

I thought it was funnier when the Bristish shockingly discovered that animals eat ome another- even when decent people are watching!

:D

I thought it was funnier when the Bristish shockingly discovered that animals eat ome another- even when decent people are watching!

That was not what the storey was about.

People were just grossed out about it.

This would be like a butcher walking a cow into a playground and proceeding to slaughter it in front of the kids then carve up the meat. The kids might be a bit shocked to watch the cow being butchered, particulary if they were not warned about it beforehand but that does not mean they 'discover' that cows are killed for meat.#


Note also: As far as I can see the only people who are buying the storey on the postings on the bage at the moment are American... But then a fair few are not.

I like this quite though from their comments:

No way, Biblically impossible. God would not allow it. All animals are made after their own kind.

That was not what the storey was about.

People were just grossed out about it.

This would be like a butcher walking a cow into a playground and proceeding to slaughter it in front of the kids then carve up the meat. The kids might be a bit shocked to watch the cow being butchered, particulary if they were not warned about it beforehand but that does not mean they 'discover' that cows are killed for meat.#


Note also: As far as I can see the only people who are buying the storey on the postings on the bage at the moment are American... But then a fair few are not.

I like this quite though from their comments:

No way, Biblically impossible. God would not allow it. All animals are made after their own kind.

Only in America. :rolleyes:

I thought it was funnier when the Bristish shockingly discovered that animals eat ome another- even when decent people are watching!

The British discovered that did they? what, all at once? Thats strange, I must not have been invited.

The British discovered that did they? what, all at once? Thats strange, I must not have been invited.

I think he's referring to the recent case of the pelican eating a pigeon. What was 'shocking' there wasn't the fact that 'animals eat each other', but the fact that a fish eater was eating something that, er, wasn't a fish.

But when did the facts ever get in the way of a stupid story?

But when did the facts ever get in the way of a stupid story?

Never, not on my Nationstates!

It's the Daily Mail, sure, but even they should know better.


Link (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=416816&in_page_id=1770)

When I clicked on the thread, I was betting The Sun or the Daily Mail. Not really surprised really that they don't understand that it isn't possible.

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i'm sorry but i can't help myself, must hijack thread now...

On the same site (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=416761&in_page_id=1770)

Daily Mail not quite a tabloid but they talk just about the same amount of rubbish, mixed in with some right-wing propaganda.

On the plus side, that pigeon was delicious

Daily Mail not quite a tabloid but they talk just about the same amount of rubbish, mixed in with some right-wing propaganda.

On the plus side, that pigeon was delicious

Wow, a pelican can use the internet!:eek: :p

i'm sorry but i can't help myself, must hijack thread now...

On the same site (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=416761&in_page_id=1770)

I think those Jedi are even less intelligent than the people reporting that story.

i'm sorry but i can't help myself, must hijack thread now...

On the same site (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=416761&in_page_id=1770)

What? A group of people want to turn a fantasy storey into a religion. Not like that's never happened before.

What? A group of people want to turn a fantasy storey into a religion. Not like that's never happened before.

But can you imaging Saint Lucas. During the Holy week they show all six episodes!
Someone goes against the "faith" and they are branded as sith!:D

But can you imaging Saint Lucas. During the Holy week they show all six episodes!
Someone goes against the "faith" and they are branded as sith!:D
No, they seal all copies of the first two episodes in canisters and jettison them into the atmosphere of Yavin 4.

But can you imaging Saint Lucas. During the Holy week they show all six episodes!
Someone goes against the "faith" and they are branded as sith!:D

Sounds par for the course for a lot of 'real' religions.

Wow, a pelican can use the internet!:eek: :p

Well us pelicans are more intelligent than people give us credit for

Well us pelicans are more intelligent than people give us credit for

If you eat pigeons I'd doubt that.

Like I said, it was yummy! lol

Like I said, it was yummy! lol

But riddled with disease.

I'm a pelican! Putting aside the fact that my brain is smaller than a football, I have very good medical insurance

If you eat pigeons I'd doubt that.

I don't know - a lot of intelligent people eat donor kebabs...

ewwww...

If you eat pigeons I'd doubt that.

no, only if he eats town pigeons/flying rats. Wood pigeon is quite nice

Like I said, it was yummy! lol

Colonel Tapao opens new branch of Preston Fried Pigeon.......more PFP...less KFC

Trust me, in Preston that will be considered a delicacy lol

Im predicting it will be a smashhit!

(well not with the pigeons anyway)

But riddled with disease.

Beggars can't be choosers.

True, but us pelicans happen to have very sophisticated pallats

Tabloids can be really fun sometimes. I doubt this story compares to the Weekly World News stuff however. :D

http://weeklyworldnews.com/national_stories/18

i'm sorry but i can't help myself, must hijack thread now...

On the same site (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=416761&in_page_id=1770)

2 or 3 years ago i heard something in the news about them. In a survey made in australia 1/3 of the ppl said "Jedi" would be their religion... :D i think it's quite funny...

Daily Mail doesn't count as a newspaper.

Daily Mail doesn't count as a newspaper.

no, but it sure makes mighty fine toilet paper :D

no, but it sure makes mighty fine toilet paper :D
"Ah, yes. My favourite publication. Soft, strong and thoroughly absorbent."

Far superior to the star or the times, the times is far too stiff plus it clogs up my toilet....

"Ah, yes. My favourite publication. Soft, strong and thoroughly absorbent."

don't forget to iron the paper first, or you'll end up with a black arse. :D

the story was also in "de morgen" wich is generaly considered as a quality newspaper here. it was in the funny-stupid-story-section next to a story of a guy catching a lot of grapes with his mouth or something, so i doubt if they put a lot of effort in checking the story.