Hybrids... Just a friendly Conversation please.

[Kevin565]

Its no problem. I love sharing my love for Wolf Dogs. You are correct they do require a different kind of attention. However theyre not nearly as much work as many people believe. They just need proper structure and need to know their place in the pack. I have a thread full of information about them.

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

I think some of you are getting your terms mixed up.. You're going off what you think a word means and not the actual definition of it..

hy·brid   /ˈhaɪbrɪd/ Show Spelled[hahy-brid] Show IPA
noun
1. the offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera, especially as produced through human manipulation for specific genetic characteristics.
2. a person or group of persons produced by the interaction or crossbreeding of two unlike cultures, traditions, etc.
3. anything derived from heterogeneous sources, or composed of elements of different or incongruous kinds: a hybrid of the academic and business worlds.
4. a word composed of elements originally drawn from different languages, as television, whose components come from Greek and Latin.
5. a. something that is powered by more than one source of power: a wind-solar hybrid to generate electricity.
b. a car or other vehicle that combines an internal-combustion engine with one or more electric motors powered by a battery

cross·breed   /ˈkrɔsˌbrid, ˈkrɒs-/ Show Spelled [kraws-breed, kros-] Show IPA verb, -bred, -breed·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1. to produce (a hybrid); hybridize.

ETA: I'm not trying to be a debby downer, just trying to get the topic back on track!​

 

[ChicKat]

crazyCatNChickenLady - nice clarification

In the chicken world, sex-links are considered hybrids. They are specifically taken from two breeds. eg. Black Sexlink = RIR male plus Barred Rock female (and other possible combinations) or Gold Sexlink = RIR male plus Rhode Island White female (among other possible combinations). One of the reasons that these chickens produce so many eggs is that they have hybrid vigor. One of the reasons many people don't know about them is that they aren't a "Breed"--

They are fertile, but they won't breed true.

In cattle a Herford female crossed with a Brahama Bull is an F1 hybrid, also known as 'Tiger Stripes', again an animal that shows hybrid vigor.

Back to the subjedt of the original post...I think hybrids can provide exceptional performance....if performance is what you are looking for.

 

[Kevin565]

If you dont mind me asking where did you quote this from?

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

Dictionary.com. I looked it up in my Webster paperback too before I dictionary.com'd it and it pretty much says the exact same thing.

 

[frostbite]

With most communication, specificity helps with clarity.

According to Websters, and dictionary.com,

We're ALL right!!!!!

(Congratulations, ALL!)

 

[Kevin565]

That would explain why. I thought we were going by the scientific definition which varies greatly from a dictionary definition. I dont want to come across as rude I just want to clarify because when people take biolgy they will learn a different defitinition.

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

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ETA:actually I wont bother.. Sorry guys for even stepping in. Back to my lurking cave I go..

 

[violetsky]

I maybe going off on a tangent here but we are currently in a period of
time where there are mass extinctions of different species and invading
non native plants and animals moving all over the world. Sometimes those invaders take over like
kudzu. Most people are in the conservative camp that love animals but
I have a different view. The genie is out of the bottle and close association
with mankind is a good thing for a species or a created types through hybridization
or crossbreeding. I'm pretty sure most hybrids are sterile but trying to save a
crossbred parrot or something is a lost cause in my opinion. Whatever pushes
forward will survive and if you have to go to great efforts to protect its probably
too late. With 7 billion humans on the planet there isn't much wilderness left.
I'm kind of bothered that we are even messing with deep sea creatures and
running around the Antarctic, there's just no room for delicate species. If some animal lover had decided to keep an aviary of
carolina parakeets they would not be extinct. And incidently, the quagga might be
brought back from extinction. It was discovered that some zebras had crossed with
quaggas and if someone would go to the effort of making careful crosses the quagga.

 

[Kevin565]

When using biology terms hybrids are only different species crossing. Cross breeding is considered diffedent breeds and subspecies. However this is only used when discussing biology. Most people prefer your definition when talking about livestock