• TheTetrapod@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Standard middle school definition of species is applicable here. If they can breed and their offspring is fertile, they’re the same species.

    QED, Spock is sterile.

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      5 months ago

      Standard middle school definition of species is applicable here

      And here I was thinking about looking into some of the papers for the actual reasons … but turns out those stupid scientists just wasted their time because they forgot about middle school. Fools!

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        5 months ago

        I kind of thought the Spock thing would convey I wasn’t 100% serious in my reply to a weed shitpost.