Can gorillas and chimps interbreed

Answer 1

Humans are primates. They are members of the family hominidae and make up the only genus in that family: homo, so technically - a human can "crossbreed" with another primate - as long as the other primate is also a human.

The question really seems to be asking if humans can crossbreed with members of different, i.e. non-human, primate families - in which case the answer is NO.

The further apart two animals are in genetic terms, the less likely they are to produce viable offspring. At this point, humans seem to have been separate from other animals for far too long to interbreed. We diverged from our closest extant relative, the chimpanzee, as many as 7 million years ago. In the 1920s, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin sent an animal-breeding expert to Africa in hopes of creating an army of half-man, half-monkey soldiers. Attempts both to inseminate women with monkey sperm and impregnate female chimpanzees with human sperm failed to produce any offspring. Humans are too different from other primates to cross-breed with them.

Answer 2

No, gorillas and chimpanzees are two different species and therefore cannot interbreed. While they are both primates with some genetic similarities, they are not closely related enough to produce viable offspring together.

Answer 3

No. Dogs and humans have completely different genetic structures, so cross-breeding is just not possible. Edit: I assume what he means by impossible is that the creature wouldn't be able to have a child kind of like a zonkey

Answer 4

Humans are apes, technically. However, the species homo sapiens sapiens has never been known to successfully reproduce with any other ape species, disregarding sporadic rumors. In 1927, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov attempted to impregnate 2 female chimpanzees with human sperm without success. No attempt has been made (and published, at least) to impregnate a female human with chimpanzee sperm. However, horses and zebras can still produce hybrids, although they are sterile, so the species are still separate. Horses have 32 Chromosome pairs, and zebras have between 16 and 23, depending on the species. This means that the fact that humans have 23 pairs and chimpanzees 24 does not necessarily render a hybrid an impossibility. In fact, humans and chimpanzees are more closely related genetically (98.5%) than horses and zebras , when comparing the entire genomic sequence.

Answer 5

No not naturally. Cross-breeding between humans and other apes has never been successful. If this is tried within a controlled experiment, there are also serious ethical implications to consider.

Answer 6

Animals of different species cannot usually mate and produce offspring. Apes do not seem at all interested in humans as mates. Even if you managed to have sex with an ape, there would not be a baby produced because the DNA is too different. Only different types of the same animal can reproduce, like horses and donkeys, dogs and wolves, and different types of cat.

Answer 7

other humans. and that is it. other humans. and that is it.

Answer 8

No. While gorillas and other primates are closely related to man, they are not THAT close, and cannot crossbreed.

Answer 9

Gamete Wastage.

Answer 10

No, we can't crossbreed with animals.