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- sarazen, on 10/10/2007, -7/+179Nature finds a way.
- Albionshores, on 10/10/2007, -4/+171I know I am being pedantic but which is it; one in a million or an impossibility?
- anagoge, on 10/10/2007, -1/+168Donkey + Horse = ...mule?
I demand it be called a honkey! - ICSU, on 10/10/2007, -0/+151I'm more perplexed by the existence of the "Mules and More" magazine.
- xerus, on 10/10/2007, -5/+138"According to the magazine, 'Mules and More',"
Stop. There is a magazine called Mules and More? - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -13/+134Oh *****, then manbearpig might breed as well......
- CptCheerios, on 10/10/2007, -3/+97Last time that was said, Dinosaurs took over an island and killed 4 people.
- DeskFlyer, on 10/10/2007, -4/+77Digger, please.
- sheldonwilson, on 10/10/2007, -2/+44Hold onto your butts.
- TheRingmaster, on 10/10/2007, -0/+42This is NOT the first time it has happened
- jake8689, on 10/10/2007, -1/+41you don't want to know what the "more" is
- DeskFlyer, on 10/10/2007, -13/+47Obviously planted there by God.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+33Don't be. For some reason our PO box came with a subscription to Pig International.
http://www.wattnet.com/pigi/home.cfm - LucasKane, on 10/10/2007, -0/+31If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it's that life will not be contained. Life breaks free, expands to new territory, and crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously.
- harvinator24, on 10/10/2007, -4/+35Its the jesus mule.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -7/+36im not an expert in biology, but wtf?
i almost wonder if the whole thing is a stunt, maybe a implanted egg in the mule... but im not sure if even that is possible - dorshorst, on 10/10/2007, -2/+27one in a million...
So you're saying there's a chance! - krakhed, on 10/10/2007, -3/+26"One in a million" in the common usage is more of a turn of phrase than a mathematical statement.
- gmiley, on 10/10/2007, -3/+25Thanks that actually gave me a chuckle, dugg. ;)
- ScottoGato, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22This is going to be pretty awkward for the father. "Bitch, I thought you couldn't get pregnant!"
- HyperJack, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21You need to go to gambling school.
- DeskFlyer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule#Fertile_mules
- marix, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20This mule basically has downs. The extra chromosome which allows this beast of burden to produce offspring is similar to the production of people with downs.
- DephexTwin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19"!==" != "!="
- jus1haz2, on 10/10/2007, -3/+20are you serial?
- vaxguru, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18I'm super duper serial.
- tylerjames, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16what more could you possibly want?
- I_am_so_smrt, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17So, does this mean that hell has frozen?
- Davies, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Has anyone else noticed how ridiculous the grammar is in that article?
- Albionshores, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16do they reproduce?
- mediaphile, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15Wow. You want people to learn their own language, yet you can't even get the most basic grammar correct. The contraction "you're" is obviously too advanced for you.
- Jones82, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14You don't want to know what the 'more' is
- ICSU, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12≠
- Scheissen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11It's still not possible. The mule did not breed with another mule. The mother mule had sex with a horse, thus it is called a "More."
- cymbol, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12terrible math: it is not 1/3 and 2/3, but 1/4 and 3/4. And in this case, it is 1/4 donkey and 3/4 horse.
- seventoes, on 10/10/2007, -4/+15Its called "lol". Welcome to the internet.
- HyperJack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Most certainly. Some faster than others.
- jwolcott, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Fertile mules
Several female mules have produced offspring when mated with a purebred horse or ass. Since 1527 there have been more than 60 documented cases of foals born to female mules around the world. Mules and hinnies have 63 chromosomes that are a mixture of one from each parent. The different structure and number usually prevents the chromosomes from pairing up properly and creating successful embryos.
* Cornevin and Lesbre stated that in 1873 an Arab mule in Africa was bred to a stallion and produced female offspring. The parents and the offspring were sent to the Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris. The mule produced a second female offspring sired by the same stallion and then two male offspring, one sired by an ass and the other by a stallion. The female progeny were fertile, but their offspring were feeble and died at birth. Cossar Ewart recorded an Indian case in which a female mule gave birth to a male colt. The best documented fertile mule mare was "Krause" who produced two male offspring when bred back to her own sire (biological father).
* In most fertile mule mares, the mare passes on a complete set of her maternal genes (i.e., from her horse/pony mother) to the foal; a female mule bred to a horse will therefore produce a 100% horse foal. In the 1920s, "Old Beck" (Texas A&M) produced a mule daughter called "Kit". When Old Beck was bred to a horse stallion she produced a horse son (he sired horse foals). When bred to a donkey, she produced mule offspring. Likewise, a mare mule in Brazil has produced two 100% horse sons sired by a horse stallion.
* In Morocco, a mare mule produced a male foal that was 75% donkey and 25% horse, i.e., she passed on a mixture of genes instead of passing on her maternal chromosomes in the expected way. There are no recorded cases of fertile mule stallions. There is an unverified case of a mare mule that produced a mule daughter. The daughter was also fertile and produced a horse-like foal with some mule traits; this was dubbed a "hule". There are no reports as to whether the mule was fertile.
* A comparable case is that of a fertile hinny (ass mother, horse sire – the reverse of a mule) in China. Her offspring, "Dragon Foal", was sired by a donkey. Scientists expected a donkey foal if the mother had passed on her maternal chromosomes in the same way as a mule. However, Dragon Foal resembles a strange donkey with mule-like features. Her chromosomes and DNA tests confirm that she is a previously undocumented combination. - jklyon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10So basically Mules have the same possibility of breeding as Diggers - very, very low.
- miriclaire, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Are you taking a head count at Digg?
- Alphabet, on 10/10/2007, -4/+14The correct word should have been 'improbable'.
- Albionshores, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10"He's behind you!"
- fasda, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10I'm looking out my window flying pigs right now.
- zeromancer, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12analogous to the empty cage in the creation museum, imo.
- jlharrity, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Obviously planted there by Satan.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9No need to demand it. From now on, let's all call mules "honkeys". As it spreads, which it should, in a few decades or centuries it'll replace 'mule'.
- sherifftruman, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11I'm the father.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Get with it man, Mules and More Monthly. Great reading to follow "Ligers and Tigons And Bears, Oh My - Weekly".
- miriclaire, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10You just made me laugh out loud.
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