Online survey says 60% would have sex with a chimera
News of American scientists creating chimeras have sparked public interest on the half-human, half-animal embryos. Since the idea of the creature dates back to Greek mythology, moviemakers have also exploited the topic.
Films that have tackled the topic include “The Island of Dr Moreau,” “Deep Blue Sea” and “Splice.” The third movie, "Splice," shown in 2009, was not a blockbuster since it only earned $26 million, not enough to cover the $30 billion spent on its production.
The Canadian-French science fiction horror movie, directed by Vincenzo Natali, centres on experiments in genetic engineering done by a young scientific couple, Clive Nicoli ad Elsa Kat. They attempt to introduce human DNA into their work of splicing animal genes.
The chimera they created, Dren, seduces Clive. Using the movie character Dren, Break.com conducted an online survey and asked readers if they would have sex with Dren, the mutant girl from Splice.
Results of the survey found that 60 percent of readers would have sex with Dren, the female chimera, almost 19 percent said “No,” almost 4 percent would only be willing to have “some hand stuff” with the mutant and 17 percent replied “You really need to get out more Break.” The survey had 2,135 votes.
With a movie character, some people are not afraid of having sex with a mutant. However, learning about real-life chimeras opens the mind to thinking what’s next. Jason Daniels posted in Facebook, after reading the IBT article on chimeras, that he would now shun ground beef. He explains, “The intent is to grow human organs inside of animals, but will we be eating these animals once the organs have been harvested and implanted into humans?”
In response to UC Davis reproductive biologist Pablo Ross assurance that he is using the technology to improve people’s lives and not playing God, Brian Turdling – a non-believer in the existence of God – in a comment in Break, asked people not to use the phrase “playing god” whom he believe is not real. “It’s called being human and striving for advancements to our species,” Turdling points out.
