If a False Killer Whale and Bottlenose Dolphin can hybridise today with fertile offspring despite being 12 million years divergent then there's no reason why Simocetus and Aetiocetus couldn't have had fertile offspring back in the Oligocene having diverged

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I did some Mathematics... Chud oRitZm3q 04/15/26 (Wed) 11:44:52 №3215034 [Quote]

If a False Killer Whale and Bottlenose Dolphin can hybridise today with fertile offspring despite being 12 million years divergent then there's no reason why Simocetus and Aetiocetus couldn't have had fertile offspring back in the Oligocene having diverged from each other 36 million years ago while existing 33 million years ago, a divergence of 3 million years!

Chud R7YS3^RI 04/15/26 (Wed) 11:45:34 №3215037 [Quote]

Seca

Scob XJUtSnl9 04/15/26 (Wed) 11:47:23 №3215047 [Quote]

>>3215034 (OP)
How could you tell?

Scob oRitZm3q 04/15/26 (Wed) 11:47:40 №3215050 [Quote]

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>>3215037
Have a Wholphin brother!

Garfield ZGy3Ngvx 04/15/26 (Wed) 11:48:00 №3215053 [Quote]

Dolphins are cool I want to swim with one

Gigachad !AohdZsL 04/15/26 (Wed) 11:49:05 №3215062 [Quote]

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Millions of years are nothing for nature…, how could you tell?

Chud oRitZm3q 04/15/26 (Wed) 11:50:12 №3215072 [Quote]

>>3215047
Even Fin Whale and Blue Whales have fertile hybrids despite being 8.5 million years divergent from each other.

Chud oRitZm3q 04/15/26 (Wed) 11:51:12 №3215078 [Quote]

>>3215053
I want to time travel back to the Oligocene to swim with the Aetiocetids and Simocetids!

Garfield ZGy3Ngvx 04/15/26 (Wed) 11:51:39 №3215081 [Quote]

>>3215078
That sounds cool as fuck count me in!

Chud oRitZm3q 04/15/26 (Wed) 11:53:55 №3215094 [Quote]

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>>3215081
Relict Dragonflies evolved as a result of distant reticulate hybridisation between Dragonflies and Damselflies.

Chud oRitZm3q 04/15/26 (Wed) 11:55:41 №3215105 [Quote]

>>3215062
I asked AI and it couldn't conceptualise the notion that Simocetus and Aetiocetus was interfertile… Humanity (Or whatever I am) wins again!

Garfield ZGy3Ngvx 04/15/26 (Wed) 11:56:28 №3215108 [Quote]

>>3215094
That's also really cool!

I love bugs keep telling me more bug facts!

Gigachad !AohdZsL 04/15/26 (Wed) 11:57:56 №3215112 [Quote]

>>3215105
AICUCKAS……..
they tell me Populus and Betula are the same genus
2 iq bugs, how could you tell?

Scob oRitZm3q 04/15/26 (Wed) 12:03:30 №3215141 [Quote]

>>3215108
Is 67% Dragonfly and 33% Damselfly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiophlebia_laidlawi
>>3215112
Lel they're not even in the same order!

Garfield ZGy3Ngvx 04/15/26 (Wed) 12:04:24 №3215147 [Quote]

>>3215141
67…

Gigachad !AohdZsL 04/15/26 (Wed) 12:04:57 №3215151 [Quote]

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>67…

Chud oRitZm3q 04/15/26 (Wed) 12:06:49 №3215158 [Quote]

>>3215147
>>3215151
It isn't 50/50 since they also backcrossed.

Garfield ZGy3Ngvx 04/15/26 (Wed) 12:07:41 №3215160 [Quote]

>>3215158
Oh ok that makes sense

Scob oRitZm3q 04/15/26 (Wed) 12:14:13 №3215197 [Quote]

>>3215160
The ancient lore has it an Ancient Dragonfly population was cut off from the rest during the uplifting of the Himalayas, the Males had to make do with raping Ancient Female Damselflies in their new habitat. The resulting Epiophlebioptera almost died out but somehow three species survived.