Why Are We Making Dolphin-Cow Hybrids?

Researchers are hoping to help save endangered animals from extinction, and in order to do that, they decided to try and make dolphin-cow hybrids. And it went better than you'd think!

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[micahphilson]

And thus, the Sea Cow became more literal than we'd ever thought possible.

[xaviotesharris]

What I learned is that the only thing more troubling than having to imagine a dolphin doing a cow is imagining a dolphin doing a mouse.

[astick]

2:34 i am terrified of the selective pressures that caused that to evolve

[juanpablosalas]

The fact that you didn't call them Moormaids should weight over your hearts.

[macieparmenter]

The real horror stories were the dolphin-cow hybrids we made along the way :)

[Megneous]

Now I really want to see a deer-sheep hybrid...

[samlindsey]

I really want to see the jaguar-housecat hybrid. I bet they would be super cute (and more likely to actually be okay as adults, unlike some of the other hybrids)

[terryenby]

It’s obviously pretty bizarre, but I desperately want to see what the viable dolphin-cows would have looked like if they survived gestation!

[remifasomidore]

The fact that mammals have a built in way of making sure that sperm is from the right animal poses some interesting ideas of what happened out in nature

[omnisel]

I am terrified of what would happen if the fertilized eggs were allowed to grow

[codexcrow]

When I saw this, I immediately thought, "we? who's we?" And then felt embarrassed for humanity for a moment

[joserangel]

"This does not mean that Dolphin/Cow hybrids are set to take over the high seas..." 😂 Love that line Hank!

[BrentHollett]

They were so busy trying to work out if they could, they nev...no they actually should. Carry on.

[mecha-sheep]

Dolphin : smart predator with nasty sexual behavior
Also Dolphin : produce sperm that can fertilize other specie's eggs.

Somewhere, a mad evil scientist is laughing like crazy inside his submarine volcano secret base.

[darkwoadrun]

Damn I appreciate Hank teaching me things for like 8 years now. Hank is the real MVP

[miker]

Next week: land sharks tricking victims into opening their doors by pretending to deliver pizza.

[commonsensei]

The Shape of Water 2 basically writes itself.

[mindykb]

Mouse-size dolphins could be awesome pets, in theory

[echognomecal]

Family member enters room: Hey, whatcha watchin'?
Me: I, uh, it, ummm...not

[-originalLemon-]

"A cow makes love to a dolphin" would be te logical sequel to the "An elephant makes love to a pig" episode from South Park.