- Hybrids are created by combining two or more different elements (e.g. 2x animals)
- Some hybrids appear in everyday life, such as a sphinx cat. Throughout history this breed of feline has been developed through both the natural combination of two different cat breeds as well as careful scientific experimentation.
- Completely artificially produced hybrids also exist, one example of this would be the 'Liger'. This is a combination of both a male lion and a female tigers genes, these species hold characteristics of both species, for example the Liger enjoys swimming which is a characteristic of tigers but they are also very sociable just like lions. Ligers are kept and bred in complete captivity as the tiger and lion do not share the same habitats and therefore would never meet to produce the hybrid offspring in wild conditions.
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