Chimeric "Geep"

[archerships]

Ran across this article on chimeras and mosaics. Here's a picture of a sheep/goat chimera:



In theory, it should be possible to create a human chimera (smoosh together an embryo from black parents and an embryo from white parents). If ensoulment occurs at conception, as certain rowdy Christians proclaim, would the resultant single embryo have two souls? Or one?

Comments

[ex-antisens.livejournal.com]

i actually think about chimeras a lot,,,

they have very interesting immune systems as they have x2 as much self to recognize vs nonself...

[sirwilhelm1.livejournal.com]

Is this a baaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhd joke or what?

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[crasch.livejournal.com]

No joke, in the sense that it's a real sheep/goat hybrid. My musings on the other hand...

I wonder if, in a pinch, a "geep" would be an acceptable burnt offering...