Anybody for a chimera?chimera?
It’s not new news, but the topic came up again today in the L.A Times, so let’s have at it.
How far should this sort of research go? We’ve already got geep. What about a humanzee?
I want a catwoman.
Interesting topic, but just FYI, it’s been done many, many times in GD.
I’m not sure how you manage science. If it can be done, someone somewhere is going to do it. Better to regulate and control it rather than ban it and have it done surreptitioiusly.
What is the law?
Not to go on all fours!
Are we not men?
What is the law?
Not to suck up drink!
Are we not men?
What is the law?
Not to shed blood!
Are we not men?
We are Devo!
(somebody had to do it, pray continue 
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I’d love to see a real centaur.
And an Island of Dr. Moreau Theme Park with guided tours.
Chaos theory predicts Hyenaman will get loose and start chowing on tourists within three weeks.
Is that her face or a mask? If it’s her face, that’s even mosre disturbing then greta van sustren.
Big deal. Make’em sign a wavier when they arrive.
Oooh! Ahhh! That’s how it always starts. Then later there’s running and screaming.
Stranger
But if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don’t eat the tourists.
Does this mean we could satisfy the zombies AND still coexist in peace?
BRAINS! It’s what’s for dinner.
Stranger
At long last the perverted anime geeks will get their catgirls. Truly this is a golden age.
That’s just what Disney wants you to think.
Oh, but if we can talk Johnny Depp into it, I call dibs on head of the line!
My people!
Personally, I’d love to see a humanzee. I don’t think we are going to see any unless a non-American scientist makes them though. The American public would be way to afraid to make it, I think.
Chimera also refers to humans or animals who have two or more sets of DNA in different parts of their body.
Actually, that’s the correct use of the term “chimera”. A humanzee, whcih would be the product of a human sperm and chimp ovum, would be a [cross-species] hybrid. Two very different things.
Am I the only one bothered by this
conflicting with the caption of the accompanying photo
I’ve been bugging a few people working in transgenics. So far, nobody has agreed to make me a manbat serum. So, things didn’t work out too well for Dr Langstrom. So what?
I have lemur femurs!
NoClueBoy If I catch the reference and remember it correctly, the proper response is
“I have racoon nipples!”
Yeah, but the new meaning has caught on and now most of the scientific publications that I’ve read refer to these hybrids as chimeras. I wish they had picked a different term if they didn’t feel like writing cross-species-hybrid each time they talked about it, but oh well.