--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Brandon Payne"
<payne_brandon_at_y...> wrote:
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "rhio2k" <rhio2k@y...> wrote:
> >As for actually
> > creating moreaus (sounds more mature than "furries", anyway)
>
> How about "chimerans" (pronounced with a hard c)? It is an
extended
> use of the word "chimera". According to the dictionary, a chimera
is
> an organism that is created from a mixture of other organisms.
>
> -Brandon Payne
Oh, I remember reading about those in Scientific American.
Apparently, the two scientists who created the first chimeras (by
fusing egg cells from humans and animals) immediately patented the
process so they can prevent anyone else from doing it for the next
20 years. Seems they consider such creations to be an "abomination"
and want to make damn sure no one makes any more.
Of course, none of them were allowed to survive for more than a few
days, so no full-grown hybrids or even fetuses have resulted.
Received on Fri Aug 08 2003 - 00:52:24 CDT