Posted on 09/19/2019 2:07:29 PM PDT by fishtank
The surprising ‘belwhal’ DNA reveals beluga-narwhal hybrid
by Philip Robinson
This article is from Creation 41(4):19, October 2019
Three unusual-looking whales were caught in Greenland by Inuit hunters in the late 1980s—unlike any the Inuit had ever seen. Each was an even grey colour, with flippers like those of belugas, and tails like those of narwhals.
One of their skulls was preserved; a DNA study has now identified it as a first-generation hybrid between a male beluga and a female narwhal—a ‘belwhal’. One of their skulls was preserved; a DNA study has now identified it as a first-generation hybrid between a male beluga and a female narwhal—a ‘belwhal’. (Some articles say ‘narluga’, but conventionally the paternal ‘tag’ goes first.) Evolutionary biologist Eline Lorenzen called it “the first and only evidence in the world that these two Arctic whale species can interbreed.”
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From article:
“So when the astonishing (to evolutionists) findings were presented to a conference in Connecticut, Lorenzen said, “You could hear a pin drop when we said it was a first-generation hybrid; they were so surprised.”
After all, millions of years of mutations ought to have made them mutually infertile; after all, evolutionists claim that humans and chimps split at the same time.
However, this comes as no surprise to biblical creationists who recognize that the split in monodontids happened only a few thousand years ago.”
Skull morphology of (a) beluga,(b) hybrid, and (c) narwhal.
Article image and caption.
Looks mis-shapen and wierd. An ocean miscegenation product?
Or is it, once you get a horn...?
I'm confused.
And we’re mighty glad to hear that
Kind of surprised though, with name and all, thinking you should be more familiar with whales
At least it isn’t a rock lobster.
They called it a “first generation hybrid”. That may be all there ever is. Just like mules or hinnies, most hybrids are sterile and cannot reproduce. When a male donkey breeds a female horse, a mule is the offspring. When a male horse breeds a female donkey, a hinnies is the offspring; both of which are sterile and cannot reproduce.
I guess the beluga scored :-)
A hinny is the offspring.
Isn't that racist?
Thank explains Rosie O’Donnell.
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