TommyymmoT: I blame the liberal media and it's casual attitude toward inter-species relationships.

I told them this is what would happened if they legalizes gay marriage. Pretty soon it'll even be dogs and cats living together.

Pretty soon sharks will be sending homo-sapiens 'messages', learning to swim backwards, navigating buildings, even swimming down hallways.

But I *just* got here and was planning to hit the beaches on Saturday.

Do me a favor...

If I die this Saturday in Mooloolaba, greenlight my obituary and say "we told him so."

Thanks.

Will not worry until they eat Samuel L. Jackson.

Well, considering how long sharks have existed in the geological record, a LOT longer than H. sapiens, I'm not really surprised they would respond to the pressures on their population somehow. Malleable genetics is a good thing.

I'm waiting for Great white shark/Bull shark hybrids before I panic.

Does not care for this development...

This looks bad, for Oba...err the human race *cough* the human race.

Soooo, sharks are more open minded and advanced than republicans?

Not only cross species, but probably don't care for the other's religion as well.

So are the young fertile? Because if they are, doesn't they mean that they are the same species by our current definition?

Good, they'll be able to aim their lasers with increased accuracy.

Shout Push Hammerheads, bold and resolute
Marching, balancing, in too far to go back
Yes Yes Hammerheads, swimming, kissing
We are big and clever and we don't know anything

As long as they're not flying sharks, we should be okay.

/if they are, then it's time to un-mothball the flying tanks

namatad: Over two dozen distinct definitions of "species" are in use amongst biologists. (new window)

LOL
I quit.

In reality these aren't "species" they are more akin to breeds. This would be like being shocked that a great dane bred with a doberman.

Inevitable.


/we live in a world of gliding monsters

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You know that dance wasn't as safe as they said it was.

lucksi: Soooo, sharks are more open minded and advanced than republicans?

Not only cross species, but probably don't care for the other's religion as well.

Really, what stories about sharks bring up for you is politics? You are broken.

Well this just ruined the next "great" idea for a program the execs at SyFy were planning

Nature finds a way... To eventually kick our asses.

I guess though this means we'll eventually be able to throw hadokens at our shark enemies.

namatad: Over two dozen distinct definitions of "species" are in use amongst biologists. (new window)

LOL
I quit.

Biological reality is messy, human categorizations are an approximation to that reality.

BTW that list of species concepts is reduced if you are only talking about animals where things are a little more clear cut. The Biological species concept works in the vast majority of cases but isn't strictly black and white, and there are exceptions.

SharkTrager: In reality these aren't "species" they are more akin to breeds. This would be like being shocked that a great dane bred with a doberman

I'm not an expert on Shark phylogeny but looking at a few recent papers they seem to be a hell of a lot more genetically divergent than dog breeds, but they are very closely related. It's like the situation with Grizzlies and Polar bears. They split from each other relatively recently and one has a much more restricted habitat and range. So they have been reproductively isolated which qualifies them as a species. Changing ocean habitats is pushing their ranges closer so they are overlapping more. Because they split so recently they are still capable of interbreeding.

It happens.

Old news. The Sealab team knew about this for years...

Next on SyFy - Sharktafarker meets Octosucker

Doesn't matter. Had sex.

the animals are adapting to climate change

interbreeding between the two shark species is a sign

hybridisation

make the sharks stronger

sharks

stronger

Sharks physically mate

stronger

make sure you don't hybridize with the wrong species," she said

their offspring is extraordinary

we still have a lot to learn about these important ocean predators

jedihirsch: Well this just ruined the next "great" idea for a program the execs at SyFy were planning

Ruined . . . or made it AWESOME.

Instead of Psycho Mega-Shark Mutants the made for TV movie they can run Psycho Mega-Shark Mutants, the reality show.

I had an idea for a script once. It's basically Jaws except when the guys in the boat are going after Jaws they look around and there's an even bigger Jaws, so the guys have to team up with Jaws to get bigger Jaws. I called it big Jaws!

Hybrid sharks? God, you can practically SMELL the smug!

Like cryptozoology wasn't hard enough before global warming....

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Inevitable.


/we live in a world of gliding monsters

Looks like I'll be sleeping with the light on.

Stupid sexy sharks.

Hey, don't look at me. I stick to land based animals.

Candygram!