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Has/is there ever been a creature that reproduces with creatures of another species?
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this post was submitted on 26 May 2026
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Not really experiments carried out by humans, more of a didn't prevent it from happening.
But lions and tigers don't breed naturally, do they?
Well, no one has tried to breed them so, the hybrids thatbwe have are from lions and tigers that did it of theor own accord. If you are having problems with the logic, seek out a veterinarian. They can explain how it happens at your level.
This kind of breeding isn't observed in the wild because of them having different habitats, right? Or are there other reasons?
Pretty much the different habitat thing as far as I know.
They don't share territory currently, so no. Even before they barely shared territory, looking at some maps there is only slight overlap with the most eastern lions and most western tigers. Not sure if they shared that small overlap at the same time either.