World’s first monkey-pig hybrids are born in Chinese lab

Dec 7, 2019

World’s first monkey-pig hybrids are born in Chinese lab

Posted by Dan Kummer in category: futurism

Franken-Furters 😮

The two chimera piglets died within a week of being born. They were created after more than 4,000 attempts to implant embryos into sows. Research was carried out in Beijing, China.

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Brian T Carroll says:

December 8, 2019 at 2:01 pm

Confucius once complained to his chums,
“No porcine can ever play drums!”
“I long for the day,” said the sage,
“When science achieves the great stage
Of a pig with opposable thumbs.”