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Is there any animal, closely related to humans that a human can breed with? (lemmy.ml)

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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

There's a documentary called Revenge of "Billy the Kid" that doesn't go into too much detail, but might answer your question.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0102783/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No.

The biological definition of a species is “a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring” (in other words, the offspring need to also be able to reproduce; there are instances, such as mules, where two species reproduce but the offspring cannot themselves reproduce)