After coming across the photo of Paccinini's "Young Family", I found this article from National Geographic which talks about Chimeras that are being bred right now in the name of scientific research. This isn't National Enquirer or some Sci-Fi novel. This is current, real medical practice which is not governed in any way. Our current ideas of ethics don't even begin to cover the possibility of "mice with human brains" or "pigs with veins following with human blood."
When I started on this idea of tracking the blending of Human and Animal forms I had no idea the extent to which this idea is actually being carried out. Is this a source for art inspirations? Definitely, no matter what you feel about the topic this is sure to illicit very strong emotions.
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