[G Larry]

Pretty clear with the “Wild wolf to domestic dog” meme, they sought to conflate adaptation WITHIN a species, with Evolution from one species to another.

[papertyger]

Pretty clear with the “Wild wolf to domestic dog” meme, they sought to conflate adaptation WITHIN a species, with Evolution from one species to another.

Has anyone ever managed to breed a dog that can't successfully mate with other dogs?

[PapaBear3625]

Pretty clear with the “Wild wolf to domestic dog” meme, they sought to conflate adaptation WITHIN a species, with Evolution from one species to another.

The various types of dogs are breeds, in that they can successfully mate with each other and produce viable offspring.

Lions and tigers have more genetic distance, with successful mating being less likely, but still occasionally producing crosses.

Horses and donkeys have even more genetic distance, and while inter-mating produce offspring (mules), the offspring are infertile most of the time, but sometimes successfully mate. Horses and zebras are more distant than horses and donkeys, and while they can produce offspring, the offspring are not fertile.

[Mr. Blond]

I accidentally caught the first 20 seconds of that episode, attempting to use wolves/dogs to introduce the topic of evolution. My immediate reaction was “Selective breeding is not evolution!”