>>12343938>>12343938# of chromosomes. Every species has to have it's own amount of chromosomes per animal. For humans, it's 46. The female egg contains one half of the chromosomes and the male sperm contains the other half. Since every animal has different amount of chromosomes, they cannot fuck and expect a hybrid animal.
For example, a cat (38 chromosomes) cannot fuck a dog (78 chromosomes) and expect a offspring due to the difference in the chromosome count.
The only time crossbreeding can work is if 1. If both species are related and if 2. The species have a chromosome count that isn't too far off.
For an example, A male donkey (62 chromosomes) and a female horse (64 chromosomes) can mate and produce a mule because their species are related to one another and their chromosome count are close enough to each other. Of course, this means the mule cannot reproduce, same with the majority of other hybrids.