Hybrid research

[Jackson]

ok guys heres on for you to help me with

im doin some research on hybrids and just wondered if you could help me with the following as im not to hot on hybrids!!

1) what is a hybrid?
2) what are the advantages and disadvanatages?
3) why do we have hybrids?
4) how do we get hybrids?

and any other info you could spare would be great!!!

cheers guys!!!
atb
sarah
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[Zarafia]

I have never flown a hybrid, but heres what I know:
A hybrid is a cross between two or more species. It begins by mating two different species and then if the resulting hybrid baby is fertile it could then be mated to a third species ar even another hybrid, thereby combining the genetic material of multiple species.
Some people consider hybrids to be a waste of bird species already rare. And there is also the concern of a hybrid escaping and pairing with a pure species in the wild thereby contaminating the gene pool.
One of the advantages of a hybrid are what they call hybrid vigor, supposedly the mixing of such unrelated genes can produce larger size, increased resistance to disease and so forth. Sort of the oppisite of inbreeding.
A hybrid can also be produced with the hopes of combining the best traits of both parent species, but I would guess that you could also get a combination of the less attractive traits of both species.
I believe that most hybrid falcons are fertile, but this is not nessisarily true. The most common hybrid in the mammal world is, I believe, the mule, almost a synonem to the word sterile.
Hope this helps a little.

[FalconMistress]

Hey there

A hybrid falcon is two or more different types of species of BOB or animals in general placed together either but artificial insemination or natural breeding pairs placed together. A good example is the Lyger (tiger x lion) this mix was however done out of impulse and not for practicality. A good example of hybridisation in BOP is the Gyr falcon x Saker Falcon, these two birds have been hybridised in captivity but there is a debatable argument whether they do in the wild!

Hybrids are created to get the best qualities out of birds. Peregrines are very hardy birds and can put up with extreme heat and extreme cold, Saker falcons are soft feathered and are not weatherproof therefore breeders place the two together to create possibly a larger, more weather proof Falcon.

Breeders create hybrids to help gain the best traits in the Falcons, but they are also created to help prevent Falcons being taken from the wild by offering a larger range of Falcons to falconers.

[Jackson]

cheers guys! that will definately help!
anyone else got any info would be great to hear from you!!
atb
sarah
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