It's a nice thought, isn't it? That but with some human DNA and some skunk
DNA you could do the magic mixing thing and make a living version of the
trio. I do, however, fear it wouldn't work that way. If the scientists feel
that the result of such a crude fusion of human and animal DNA is an
abomination, well, I'd not be surprised if it was. Even if be some lucky
chance you ended up with a viable organism, what would you have achieved if
you produced some freakish thing that barely ekes out some months of
horrible existence before finally succumbing to the inevitable conclusion; a
miserable death to end a pitiable life? Perhaps is might be so bad, but
we're tinkering where we have no idea. Furries as depicted would, at best,
have to be the product of an absolute knowledge of DNA and genetic
manipulation. They would have to be the result of precise designing from the
ground up.
Oh, and just in case no one realized this: Contrary to popular Sci-Fi movies
you could not change the DNA of a developed organism, that's you, and have
that organism mutate or morph into another organism. Such a radical
alteration to the DNA would result in the host's death, or permanent
illness. I'm sure this is quite the blow ;)
-----Original Message-----
From: shakeidas [mailto:enoble_at_email.com]
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 12:52 AM
To: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: Furry Acceptance
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Brandon Payne"
<payne_brandon_at_y...> wrote:
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "rhio2k" <rhio2k_at_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.
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