Experimenting may see birth of human-chimp hybrid humanzee, warns scientist

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Scientists have bred ligers, the world's largest cats by breeding lions with tigers, zorses by doing the same with zebra and horses, and zonkeys by breeding zebra and donkeys. Now, a leading scientist has warned that unless the UK government lays boundaries to such experimenting, the day may not be far away when the world may see humanzees, the offspring of humans and chimps. Dr Calum MacKellar, director of research at the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, has warned that since the draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill does prevent animals being inseminated with human sperm, scientists could soon be experimenting with breeding a hybrid of humans and apes.

"Nobody knows what they would get if they tried hard enough. The insemination of animals with human sperm should be prohibited," The Scotsman quoted him, as saying.

"The Human Fertilisation and Embryo Bill prohibits the placement of animal sperm into a woman The reverse is not prohibited. It's not even mentioned. This should not be the case.

"If you put human sperm into a frog it would probably create an embryo, but it probably wouldn't go very far.

"But if you do it with a non-human primate it's not beyond the realms of possibility that it could be born alive."

Other leading boffins have stated that there is no reason why the two species could not breed, and Dr MacKellar warns that they may try to develop the hybrid in order to fill the desperate need for organ donors.

He added that fascination alone would be enough to make scientists experiment with inseminating chimps with human sperm.

"There's a desperate need for organs.If they could create these humanzees who are substantially human but are not considered as humans in law , we could have a large provision of organs," he said.

He also disagrees with the Department of Healths stand that such a crossing would be impossible, saying: "The chromosomal difference between a goat and a sheep is greater than between humans and chimpanzees." (ANI)

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-...t_10043182.html

[HAL 9000 96]

Yeah sorry I didn't catch your Q in that other thread... I did hear about this wacko...

As if we didn't have enough humans on the planet already...

[Scott & Lai 12]

Time for this quote again:

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."

--Dr. Ian Malcom, Jurassic Park

[Dr. Obvious 49]

That is so gross.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Where can I buy one? Chimpo needs a smoking buddy.

[HAL 9000 96]

Where can I buy one? Chimpo needs a smoking buddy.

Looks more like a Macaque to me.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Get your stinking paws off me you damned dirty ape!

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

so not cool.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Leave it to Steve to find this stuff!

[Cassie 8]

I'm sorry, but the word humanzee just cracks me up!

[dalegg 143]

This is how the evolutionists will prove their theory. If they can't find the missing link, they'll just make one.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

I wanna Marcanzee!

[dalegg 143]

It would be cool to see one of those blue flying chimps like what stole Toto.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It would be cool to see one of those blue flying chimps like what stole Toto.

Or Dr. Zaius.

[Teacher Mark 53]

Deb: What are you drawing?

Napoleon Dynamite: A liger.

Deb: What's a liger?

Napoleon Dynamite: It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed... bred for its skills in magic.

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