I agree. Just because it hasn't been done (or we don't know it's been done...), doesn't mean it won't be (or hasn't been) done. Whether SJ or SM are fertile or infertile, is speculation. There's no bilogical/anatomical evidence either way that I am aware of. The anecdotal evidence of us not yet being able to confirm a successful breeding is not enough, in my opinion, to make the leap to infertility. There are many factors that influence the outcomes of breeding attempts, besides fertility. (And, there's always the possibility that it has been done, just no one here knows it...)

It'd be interesting to know who and how many attempts have been made, even the unsuccessful ones. What were the outcomes...no reproductive activity, no products of reproductive activity, ovulation, infertile ova, premies, living young that failed to thrive, thriving young...? Are there any differences in the reproductive systems of supers compared to non-supers that could render them less compatible, yet not infertile? Does their altered (from wild-type)gentic state create different environmental challenges to the would-be-breeder that we don't yet understand? Anybody willing and able to do a sperm count?...

There are just soooo many questions that can't be answered with what is known today.

This doens't mean that they can't be infertile, it just means that I don't think we come anywhere close to knowing enough to really have an opinion.

Just my 2 cents, which is probably overvalued....

Mark


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