Dear Art,
 
This is not entirely true, it might be for mammals, but it may be that a
hybrid can produce offspring, when it mates with one of the "parent"
species.
 
Gijs C. Kronenberg
 
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> Van: MR ART WEIL <[log in to unmask]>
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> Onderwerp: Re: Species
> Datum: donderdag 22 oktober 1998 6:06
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> Dear Andy;-
>     Species wont go away just because we want it to. The best I can
> come up with is the description by Roger Dunn:  Species is "---a kind
> of life that can have grandchildren. For example, the horse is a
> species  because it can breed with its kind and have little horses.
> And these can have more horses. The horse can also breed with an ass,
> but the result---a mule-- is only a hybrid and not a species. It can
> have children rarely and grandchildren never."
>             Art