Adil Pacheco, director of the Institute of Biological Sciences of the University of Passo Fundo intends to collect blood samples of the animals this week to confirm that they don't have any kind of relationship.
According to the professor, who visited the place last Saturday, the cat gave birth in open field and it's more likely that she "inherited" the puppies from some canine female that also gave birth nearby.
Pacheco frose one of the kitties that the cat gave birth to for analysis, these being real kitties. The difference of size between the dead ones and the puppies helps to discard the possibility that they may have the same maternal origin.
According to the professor, it's very rare that animals from such different species crossbreed. A cat has 38 chromosomes. A dog has 78.
An relatively simple analysis at the lab might indicate that the cat is no more than a "nursemaid" of the puppies. For Pacheco, cases like the nursing by mammals of another species are relatively common.
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According to the professor, who visited the place last Saturday, the cat gave birth in open field and it's more likely that she "inherited" the puppies from some canine female that also gave birth nearby.
Pacheco frose one of the kitties that the cat gave birth to for analysis, these being real kitties. The difference of size between the dead ones and the puppies helps to discard the possibility that they may have the same maternal origin.
According to the professor, it's very rare that animals from such different species crossbreed. A cat has 38 chromosomes. A dog has 78.
An relatively simple analysis at the lab might indicate that the cat is no more than a "nursemaid" of the puppies. For Pacheco, cases like the nursing by mammals of another species are relatively common.
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