first hybrid shark discovered
 

This is so big I think it deserves its own thread

http://www.springerlink.com/content/147031537857tx27/

"Detection of interspecies hybridisation in Chondrichthyes: hybrids and hybrid offspring between Australian (Carcharhinus tilstoni) and common (C. limbatus) blacktip shark found in an Australian fishery"

This could be a sign for a class reacting to the global warming. pretty amazing, huh? evolution in action.

No pictures = I don't care.

Glad someone informed me there were no snaps. Just saved me 12 seconds of my time I can now fap in.

I perform a valuable service here.

Sorry, I already had the fap.

Oh wait, I see what you meant.

I just watched Deep Blue Sea last night.

Coincidence? I think not.

Are there Japanese people in that?

Well I found it very interesting.

You ruin everything.

I ruin attempts at ruination. This is known as rescue.

It's known as wet blanket syndrome.

Tomato, potato.

What if it was just really desperate for a root?

That's pretty cool. I hope they don't turn into mutant super-sharks that plot to kill us all.

Man, those fucking chondrichthyans. That's basically zoophilia right there.

Let's just hope great whites don't cross with whale sharks.

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I don't know what any of them sharks are, Nor do I partically care. Unless this 'new' Shark is the size of a whale or something.

Imagine a shark that is part this

http://www.prionace.it/Car_limbatus.jpg

and part this

http://www.discoverlife.org/IM/I_RR/...nus,I_RR62.jpg

So basically it would look like a shark, is what you're saying.

This.

The point is that this is like a Tiglon or a Liger, only aquatic. And naturally occuring, rather than man-forced.

Or a mule.


Do we know yet whether they're sterile?

Yes, it would look like a shark... but a shark that looks like a shark.

EDIT: Double ninja'd

Get rid of the bastards by dropping a few Japanese into their habitat. Bring things back to their natural balance.

no they can reproduce themselves.

Bullet Magnet's sig is very appropriate.

When the cross-breeding of sharks results in such evolutionary traits as head-mounted laser guns and razor blade fins, let me know.

Exactly.

Ligers grow much bigger than both lions and tigers. This may be because of imprinted genes that are only expressed when inherited from a certain parent, the upshot of which is that they either get a boost in genetically-ordained growth or miss out on a growth inhibitor. The same thing sometimes occurs in dog cross-breeds.

It is not inconceivable that a viable shark hybrid is possible with a similar effect, that could lead to giant sharks. If that doesn't interest you guys I don't know what will.

But we already have giant sharks. Albeit extremely docile ones.
They still don't have laser guns though.

so whats your problem with potatoes, huh? you think that just because you're some identical shark scientist you can start relating the steadfast, hardy potato with the GIRLY blushing-red tomato? is that what this is? you with your shrimps and seagull shit having a pop at potatoes?

Giant is relative. That's not giant for a whale shark.

But suppose a hybrid of mako and mackerel shark exhibited this form of gigantism. You would sit up and take notice, and wonder if it's big enough for lasers yet.

How many generations of evolution would it take for it to be noticeably disproportional? Will any of us still be alive?

One.

The article didn't say, but are the hybrids fertile?

Although reading that again I can't help but think they'll get to a point at which they just split into two smaller sharks.

Whoops I missed that. So do biologists consider this genetic pollution desirable or not?

Depends on your standards. This sort of thing is a natural phenomenon, but sometimes it is a result of human action, be it the introduction of invasive species that can breed with the natives, or altering the environment in a way that makes two species' natural ranges overlap. The effect can be the extinction of one or both of the original species, but in some cases can create a whole new species in a single generation. This usually happens in plants.