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I mean what really is a species anyways ?
(Ducks under table for the inevitable fight which will ensue..)
Broke: can it fuck and it's kids also make fuck
Woke: yeah but we got ring species and stuff
Ultra woke: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Are dog breeds species?
No, they are breeds.
Also, I saw a very large dog laying down so this tiny fellow could have its way.. sooo..
It’s not about the size of the dog in the fuck, but the size of the fuck in the dog
Edit: missed opportunity to call her a huge bitch.
Presumably..
species as a strictly defined category only exists for eukaryotes which can only breed with a narrow group of other living beings
for bacteria this is not applicable as any bacteria can breed with possibly any other bacteria as long as the environmental circumstances are right (conjugation in bacteria, horizontal gene transfer, ...). yeah yeah somebody will correct me and say "but the different bacteria expect different environmental circumstances, so they cannot interbreed", to which i say, it's complicated.
so instead, for bacteria the concept is a bit more applied spontaneously without much consistency behind it at all. it's kinda used in a "huh, these bacteria look similar and behave similarly (biochemically) so now i call them the same species" thing.