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To: donh
Do you think this demonstrates that if you leave ostriches and hummingbirds alone that their ancestors will eventually be able to mate?

No, but their descendents might.

1,213 posted on 09/26/2005 2:49:08 PM PDT by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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To: js1138

Joking aside, I would not expect this.


1,214 posted on 09/26/2005 2:50:08 PM PDT by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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To: js1138
No, but their descendents might.

Sorry about that. So you think that Hummingbirds and Ostriches, that can't mate now, will gradually change form until they are very similar in shape, and then they will be able to crossbreed? Do you also think that marsupial wolves, and mammalian wolves would have been able to mate, if they had been on the same continent? May I assume you also suspect that the various bird families that occupy similar nitches, and are similarly sized can mostly interbreed?

1,215 posted on 09/26/2005 2:59:25 PM PDT by donh
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