It's not Cat-Dog

You heard about the story over in Brazil? The gal that claimed her cat gave birth to a litter of 3 kittens and 3 puppies. Apparently Well, now the Institute of Biological Sciences of the University of Passo Fundo has done tests to prove that the proud momma is not the momma of the pups. I'm sure that I am not the only one that is not surprised.

Before the tests were done Geneticist Adil Pacheco, director of the Institute of Biological Sciences of the University of Passo Fundo, took blood samples from the pups and said, “It’s rather simple really. If the puppies prove to have 78 chromosomes, they are dogs. If they have 38, they are cats."

Cassia Aparecida de Souza, 18, had claimed that her cat Mimi had given birth to the three puppies and three kittens (the kittens did not survive).

According to an article at MSNBC, Pacheco was asked by a local newspaper to conduct the test, that has proven the pups to be pups, not Cat-Dogs. Pacheco had said before the results: “It’s not uncommon for mammals to nurse young from another species. The cat gave birth in a field and she likely inherited the puppies from a nearby female dog who had recently given birth."