What is a hybrid animal? The answers to these questions and more are answered in the video here. Hybrid animals are usually the reproductive result of intercourse between two similar animals, like lions and tigers. Lab hybrid animals also exist. Scientists call the process “somatic hybridization,” allowing them to manipulate genes to create new species with useful traits from both parents.
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