Talk:Breeding/@comment-121.219.173.250-20120219060656/@comment-4775325-20120219061606

It's possible because breeding in DragonVale doesn't take part from one dragon and part from another, instead it adds up all the elements involved and gives a random result from amongst those elements. This means that you can get back the same dragon as one of the parents or even get one of the parents elements back in a different order (like getting a Quake instead of a Crystal).