Qi Kaiyou had been extremely busy over the past two days. Not only had the Chinese sturgeon reappeared, but the Baiji dolphin had as well.
These were two national treasures that had gone extinct. Now that they had been discovered again, they absolutely needed comprehensive protection measures so they wouldn't go extinct again.
He got up early and headed to the research base that Youcheng had arranged for them.
As soon as he walked in, Professor Lin hurried over to him. "Minister Qi, take a look at the genetic test results for the Chinese sturgeon and the Baiji dolphin."
"The Baiji dolphin's genetic test results are out too?" Qi Kaiyou asked in surprise, taking the test results and looking them over.
A moment later, surprise showed in his eyes. "How could this be? How could the Chinese sturgeon and the Baiji dolphin have these similarities in their genes?"
The moment he saw the results, his first thought was that there had been a mistake.
Hadn't someone online joked earlier that the Chinese sturgeon could save people, and wondered whether it had accidentally interbred with dolphins?
To experts like them, that was naturally absurd.
One laid eggs, while the other was a mammal. It was simply impossible.
These two animals, one egg-laying and one a mammal, shouldn't have anything in common, yet they really did have similar genes.
"Are you sure there wasn't a mistake?" Qi Kaiyou asked uncertainly.
Professor Lin immediately explained, "I thought there'd been a mistake at first, too. We ran the test again, and the results were the same."
"This..." Qi Kaiyou was unsettled. "It looks like we need to study more than just protective measures for the Chinese sturgeon and the Baiji dolphin. We also need to investigate what caused them to mutate."
If two animals