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They're separated by hundreds of millions of years of evolution, this is unbelievable to me. Seems much more likely that it would be self-impregnation, which is not all that unusual.
It's comparable to a human impregnated by an alligator.
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Hey, there was an infamous incident of scientists accidentally producing sturgeon and paddlefish crossbreeds (this was considered to be so unlikely that the paddlefish sperm was being used as a control in the experiment they were conducting). The two species were also separated by over a hundred million years of evolution.
It's unlikely, yes, but it's not unheard of.
damn that's genuinely nuts
maybe a human could be impregnated by an alligator...