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Re:Rare 'goat-sheep' born on Irish farm by saalweachter on Saturday April 05, 2014 @07:47AM (#7536741)
No.

The platypus is not a bird/reptile hybrid. That is a wild misinterpretation of a genome study which happened a few years back.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/05/10/the-platypus-g...

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Re:Rare 'goat-sheep' born on Irish farm by marshray on Saturday April 05, 2014 @06:00PM (#7538630)
<not sarcasm>Should I take from this that phys.org is not a particularly reliable source?</not sarcasm>
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Re:Rare 'goat-sheep' born on Irish farm by saalweachter on Saturday April 05, 2014 @10:29PM (#7539438)
I am not particularly familiar with phys.org. Briefly scanning it, it looks pretty normal.

Most likely it's just someone stepping outside their wheelhouse. I mean, I trust PZ on biology, but I wouldn't incredulously accept legal advice from him. So, maybe reliable for physics/space, but unreliable for biology is my guess?

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