Famous Hybrid Animals

What's your favorite animal: lions or tigers? What's cooler: horses or zebras? Stop! Why choose one over the other when you can have both at the same time? We're talking about hybrid animals, animals of a same genus but different species producing offspring. Some of these animals you may already know, but others may surprise you.

Zebra + Equine= Zebroid


Lion + Tiger= Liger


Buffalo + Cow= Beefalo


Camel + Llama= Cama


Leopard + Lion = Leopon


Serval + Domestic Cat = Savannah


Donkey + Zebra = Donkra


African Serval + The Asian Leopard Cat + Domestic House Cat = Ashera


Polar Bear + Brown Bear = Grizzly Polar


Sheep + Goat = Toast of Botswana


Midas Cichild + Red Devil fish = Blood parrot


Golden + Amherst Pheasant = Hybrid Pheasant


Dog + Wolf = Wolf Dog


Domestic Tamworth Pig + Wild Boar = Iron Age Pig


Bottlenose Dolphin + False Killer Whale = Wolphin


Bengal Cat + Ocicat = Cheetoh


Yak + Domestic Cow = Dzo


Zebra + Horse = Zorse


Bengal Cat + Tabby Cat = Toyger


St. Bernard + Basset Hound = St. Basset Hound


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Crabzilla - Giant Crab (National Sea Life Centre, Birmingham)

The Japanese Spider Crab is the biggest arthropod on Earth–their legs are believed to grow up to 12 feet long. But since they live at such great depths (typically 1,000 feet down or so) a full grown spider crab has yet to be caught. So for now, we’ll have to make due with the 5 foot long Crabzilla (that’s what it’s called–I didn’t make it up!), one of the largest known crabs in the planet.

According to the BBC, Crabzilla will be the biggest crab ever seen in Britain when it’s brought on show at Birmingham’s National Sea Life Centre. From the report:
The crabs are commonly found in the Pacific in 1,000 ft (300m) deep waters but have been known to live deeper. Curator Graham Burrows said: “It is rumoured these crabs can grow as big as four metres, big enough to straddle a car. “He will absolutely dwarf the other crabs in there, but he’s not aggressive and they should have nothing to worry about.”

The Japanese spider crab has long captured the imagination of sea life-lovers, and you can see why–underwater, the sinister-looking thing looks like the source for any number of horror or sci fi move creatures. With 10 legs, believed to live up to 100 years, and the biggest of them believed to be lurking at depths over 2,000 feet, few creatures retain as much mystique as the spider crab.



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Seagull Still Alive Though Injured by Crossbow by Graham Rhodes

A seagull which has been flying around a seaside town for two weeks with a crossbow bolt through its head has eluded efforts by rescuers to catch it.

The bird has been seen swooping around Scarborough, apparently unaffected by the dart-like object, which is about the length of a pen, sticking out of its head.

The injured bird was pictured by local gallery owner Graham Rhodes – who was shocked to find the seagull perched on a pier wall with the bolt through its head.

Worryingly, it is not the only gull that has been targeted as another was left with an injured wing. Mr Rhodes, 60, fears the attacks could herald an increase of violence in the town.

The father-of-one, who runs the Aakschipper Gallery, said: "My main worry is there is someone walking the streets of Scarborough with a crossbow and shooting at birds.

"If they are shooting at gulls in the sky and miss, the bolts have to go somewhere and could take someone's eye out.

"I see it most days sitting on the wall near my gallery, it just acts like a normal seagull but with a large dart through its head.

"It doesn't appear in any pain or discomfort. It isn't as flighty as the others but I have seen it flying about.

"The gulls are coming up to the breeding season and I keep seeing this one with its mate when I walk my dog in the area. It is such a sad sight.

"It was a real shock when I saw it and wasn't sure what it actually was until I took the picture and blew it up. Initially I thought was a pen but when I got a closer look I was sure it was the bolt from a crossbow.

"You can't see it in the photo but the gull has been shot right between the eyes and the bolt come out the back of its head – it makes you wonder where a seagull's brain is. It is worrying that somebody is walking around with a weapon like this."

RSPCA staff have tried to catch the bird but without success.

Geoff Edmond, RSPCA inspector for the Scarborough area, said: 'It is absolutely appalling and completely illegal to be shooting birds in this manner.

"It is remarkable that the gull with the bolt in its head is still flying because the object could have hit the brain or fractured its skull."

Anyone with information about the attacks can contact the RSPCA on 0300 1234999.

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