
| Anonymous #20950 1 year ago |
If an earth pony and a unicorn breed, what's born? |
| Eco #20952 1 year ago |
Presumably there's some gene that determines your subspecies, same as hair or eye color. |
| Anonymous #20955 1 year ago |
lol, people are starting to ask some weeiiiirdddd stuff on there. |
| Anonymous #20970 1 year ago |
I see a reason.
Two pegasi have a foal. One of the pegasus' parents was an earth pony. Baby is born an earth pony because he has earth pony genes. Falls through clouds. Fatality. Stick to your own race, ponies. |
| Anonymous #20999 1 year ago |
Or you could end up with a cloudwalking Earth Pony that needs help going up and down from cloudsdale. |
| Anonymous #21013 1 year ago |
^this |
| Anonymous #21020 1 year ago |
^^ Seriously doubt it. |
| Anonymous #21037 1 year ago |
What happens when you mix a unicorn and pegasus?
Celestia and Luna? |
| Anonymous #21063 1 year ago |
I guess it´s like hair color. When two different kinds of ponies get kids, then the child will be one of them, but not both, nor half of both.
Also none seems to be dominant. So it´s possible, that an earth-pony and a pegasus can get an earth-pony too. |
| Kriegs #21073 1 year ago |
^^^^^^Given that ponies are intelligent and further elemental, if such a thing were possible ponies would've developed a contingent for surprises like that.
Incidentally, this makes Dinky Hooves look much more canon. Probably the reason Farewell-Wishes asked! |
| Anonymous #21109 1 year ago |
^
^ ^Let's just assume that only Luna and Celestia, and pretty much any god-like pony from here on, are the only ones who are Pegacorns. Earth ponies seem to be the less dominant of the three types. Pegasi might be less dominant to Unicorns due to the magical backing Unicorns have. The dominant gene usually comes about; earth pony population dwindles when crossbreeding since it is the least dominant, so a pegasus or a unicorn can be birthed by an earth pony. |
| Anonymous #21116 1 year ago |
It gets confusing since most of the oneshot ponies were earth pony types...Pegasi might have more on the population since it is probably the most common crossbreed product. |
| Anonymous #21125 1 year ago |
Not ALL Pegasi have to live in the clouds. Fluttershy doesn't. |
| Anonymous #21292 1 year ago |
Anon 2: It feeds the porn people want to make of it |
| Anonymous #21318 1 year ago |
and what if two Pegasus will be born earth-pony ?
we know how it happens with genes :) ! Parents have to be to move to earth home because the colt was unable to live in the clouds Or that he gave up for adoption is so sad :((((( |
| Anonymous #21627 1 year ago |
Sounds like someponies need a punnet square. |
| Anonymous #21660 1 year ago |
I like the idea of crossbreeds being where you get some unusual talents.
Fluttershy might be a earth-pegasus crossbreed, and that's where she gets her animal skills from. You could get an earth pony with unicorn blood who is sensitive to magic but not actually able to use it herself. I like the idea of a cloudwalker earth pony... or maybe that explains how Lyra was wandering around in Cloudsdale without requiring her to know about the obscure Cloudwalk spell. |
| Anonymous #22412 1 year ago |
I'm going with pokemon rules on this one. The offspring will be the same species as the mother. |
| Anonymous #22507 1 year ago |
^Me too. |
| Anonymous #23543 1 year ago |
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090412081315.htm
I think it's epigenetics. All ponies have complete sets of genes for wings AND horns (the traits of fully-formed wings and horns are too complex to be the result of single genes and mendelian inheritance, even ignoring the various secondary traits like magic, cloud-walking, robustness and connection to the earth, etc; and if ponies completely lacked any genes for traits they don't have they'd be too genetically different to interbreed), but the formation of one or both is automatically "shut down" in the womb. What gets shut down or passed down depends on the lifestyle of the parents - thus, pegasi who live in cloudsdale always have pegasi (because you can't live in a cloud city if you can't walk on clouds), while those who live on the ground like Fluttyshy could have earth pony children. Earth ponies who do alot of physical labor (the Apple family) have offspring of the robust earth pony type, while those whom do more delicate work might have some telekinetic unicorn children in the mix. |
| RuscoIstar #285229 1 year ago |
Well, hello little filly with no wings who is enjoying the pegasus race on a cloud! |
| Anonymous #864684 6 months ago |
New episode. This is now definitely 100% canon. |