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In the 1980s, an Inuit hunter shot three strange whales. The animals possessed the front fins of a beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas, the tail of a narwhal (Monodon monoceros) and teeth that appeared to be a mix of both. The hunter saved a skull from ne of the creatures, and researchers later firmed it was the first beluga-narwhal
nybrid, or narluga, on record.

Golden-crowned manakins (Lepidothrix vilasboasi) are hybrid birds in the Amazon rainforest. They are born from the interbreeding of snow-capped manakins (Lepidothrix nattereri) and opal-crowned manakins (Lepidothrix iris). Unlike other hybrid animals on this list, golden-crowned manakins are what scientists call a hybrid species — a stable population of hybrids that stops mixing with the two species
t created them.
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Neanderthals passed down their tall noses to modern humans, genetic analysis finds
—1st bioengineered hybrid animals discovered in ancient Mesopotamia
—Art project creates ‘human-alien hybrids’ with meteorite-infused water
Modern humans (Homo sapiens) once lived alongside other human lineages, such as Neanderthals and the mysterious Denisovans. With Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA in our genome, we know that modern humans interbred with these other archaic humans before they went extinct.
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Wolphins are interesting hybrids with a misleading name. There are a few members of the dolphin family with “whale” in their name that can hybridize with other dolphin species. But while the offspring are called
“wolphins,” they’re dolphin hybrids rather than crosses between a giant baleen hale and a dolphin, as the name might 5 gest.
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Wolves, dogs and coyotes are all capable of breeding with one another to create hybrids.
This mixing usually happens in captivity, with humans forcing different canids together, but the three have also crossed in e wild.
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