Can hybridization create new species distant from the parental species? If hybrid offspring occupy habitats that are different from the habitats that their parents live in, it is possible that the hybrid offspring will have higher fitness in the novel habitat than either of the parent species. So how are hybrids created, and why would this event occur? There are two types of hybrids (which are both self explanatory): man made hybrids and natural hybrids. Hybrids are created when two closely related species are able to breed. The best way I can explain it is through an example. Though Napoleon Dynamite was a comedy movie, Napoleon was not joking when he was saying there was a such species called the "liger." A lion and tiger hybrid. I always thought it was a joke, but these things actually exist, along with hundreds of crazy and bizarre others. Upon doing research for this blog post, I stumbled upon a fun page titled the 20 coolest hybrid animals, which I will post a link at the bottom of this post just for fun. Also at the bottom is a link to a page titled blogging about bonking, which I thought was hilarious, but it has a lot of information about hybrids and how they occur.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/toyota/the-20-coolest-hybrid-animals-3d8x
http://howanimalsdoit.com/2012/01/07/the-science-and-magic-of-hybrid-animals/
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