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The surprising ‘belwhal’ DNA reveals beluga-narwhal hybrid
Creation Ministries International ^ | 9-19-19 | Philip Robinson

Posted on 09/19/2019 2:07:29 PM PDT by fishtank

The surprising ‘belwhal’ DNA reveals beluga-narwhal hybrid

by Philip Robinson

This article is from Creation 41(4):19, October 2019

Three unusual-looking whales were caught in Greenland by Inuit hunters in the late 1980s—unlike any the Inuit had ever seen. Each was an even grey colour, with flippers like those of belugas, and tails like those of narwhals.

One of their skulls was preserved; a DNA study has now identified it as a first-generation hybrid between a male beluga and a female narwhal—a ‘belwhal’. One of their skulls was preserved; a DNA study has now identified it as a first-generation hybrid between a male beluga and a female narwhal—a ‘belwhal’. (Some articles say ‘narluga’, but conventionally the paternal ‘tag’ goes first.) Evolutionary biologist Eline Lorenzen called it “the first and only evidence in the world that these two Arctic whale species can interbreed.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: beluga; belwhal; elinelorenzen; greenland; inuit; narluga; narwhal

1 posted on 09/19/2019 2:07:30 PM PDT by fishtank
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From article:

“So when the astonishing (to evolutionists) findings were presented to a conference in Connecticut, Lorenzen said, “You could hear a pin drop when we said it was a first-generation hybrid; they were so surprised.”

After all, millions of years of mutations ought to have made them mutually infertile; after all, evolutionists claim that humans and chimps split at the same time.

However, this comes as no surprise to biblical creationists who recognize that the split in monodontids happened only a few thousand years ago.”


2 posted on 09/19/2019 2:08:19 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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Skull morphology of (a) beluga,(b) hybrid, and (c) narwhal.

Article image and caption.

3 posted on 09/19/2019 2:09:13 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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4 posted on 09/19/2019 2:10:05 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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5 posted on 09/19/2019 2:11:11 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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Looks mis-shapen and wierd. An ocean miscegenation product?


6 posted on 09/19/2019 2:14:02 PM PDT by farming pharmer
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To: fishtank
So, once you go beluga, you never go back?

Or is it, once you get a horn...?

I'm confused.

7 posted on 09/19/2019 2:21:04 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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And we’re mighty glad to hear that


8 posted on 09/19/2019 2:34:04 PM PDT by rdcbn ( Referentia)
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Kind of surprised though, with name and all, thinking you should be more familiar with whales


9 posted on 09/19/2019 2:35:40 PM PDT by rdcbn ( Referentia)
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10 posted on 09/19/2019 2:45:41 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: fishtank; Gamecock; SaveFerris
Is anybody here a crevomarine biologist?


11 posted on 09/19/2019 2:58:23 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwqXuMPsoc


12 posted on 09/19/2019 3:59:01 PM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (Guns don't kill people. Planned Parenthood does.)
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At least it isn’t a rock lobster.


13 posted on 09/19/2019 6:37:34 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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They called it a “first generation hybrid”. That may be all there ever is. Just like mules or hinnies, most hybrids are sterile and cannot reproduce. When a male donkey breeds a female horse, a mule is the offspring. When a male horse breeds a female donkey, a hinnies is the offspring; both of which are sterile and cannot reproduce.


14 posted on 09/19/2019 6:39:45 PM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: fishtank

I guess the beluga scored :-)


15 posted on 09/19/2019 6:59:35 PM PDT by Lurkus Maximus
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A hinny is the offspring.


16 posted on 09/19/2019 7:03:59 PM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: fishtank
Why is it okay for only people of one race to kill whales?

Isn't that racist?

17 posted on 09/19/2019 8:10:05 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: fishtank

Thank explains Rosie O’Donnell.


18 posted on 09/19/2019 8:47:22 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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