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I mean, we've never observed a two dogs giving birth to a cat or a dog with wings, that's definitely true. But that's because it takes thousands of years for mutations to stack up and do that. We shouldn't expect to be able to observe such a massive and drastic change happen with a single animal.

One way macroevolution can happen rapidly, though, is through hybridization--two organisms can hybridize and that hybrid can breed with another hybrid. Then, through constant inbreeding, they develop unique features and lose the ability to breed with non-hybrids. Eventually, they become unique species.

It's certainly interperetable in both ways, though.

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