…ARE A MIX OF ANIMALS FROM TWO DIFFERENT SPECIES? A mule, for example, is born when a mare has a baby with a donkey.

…MOST HYBRID ANIMALS ARE STERILE? Nevertheless, a few of them are able to reproduce, such as the cama (a hybrid of a camel with a llama).

… ZEBRULES ARE THE RESULT OF COMBINING HORSES AND ZEBRAS? Crossbreeding, which can occur naturally, results in an animal that is similar to a horse, but with stripes on some parts of the body.

…THE BIGGEST CAT IN THE WORLD IS A GENETIC HYBRID? Hercules, a liger (a cross between a lion and a tigress), lives in a tiger sanctuary in South Carolina (United States), weighs more than 415 kilograms (kg), and measures 3.3 meters in length.

…ARE NOT COMMON IN NATURE? Animals of different species do not usually have babies together. Also, many hybrid animals do not live long since the mixed genes can lead to health problems.

SOURCES: BRASIL ESCOLA, TODA MATÉRIA, SUPERINTERESSANTE, VIDA DE BICHO, AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.

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