jamey2k9 18 Posted January 19, 2009 most people find the idea of creating a new life form to be an idiotic idea but i believe otherwise i mean from one strand of dna we could grow a sheep or a human (even if it is illegal) so why couldn't we mix a a hamster and a fish to make a hamfish or something similar any ideas welcome 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Skeptic 1154 Posted January 19, 2009 That's why monks and nuns don't have sex -- they don't want to play god by creating new life 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moontanman 2231 Posted January 19, 2009 Lets mix humans and horses and make centaurs! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iNow 5850 Posted January 19, 2009 Wouldn't "playing god" imply that we were pretending not to exist? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamey2k9 18 Posted January 19, 2009 i still think my hamfish is the best 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ydoaPs 1601 Posted January 19, 2009 most people find the idea of creating a new life form to be an idiotic idea but i believe otherwise i mean from one strand of dna we could grow a sheep or a human (even if it is illegal) so why couldn't we mix a a hamster and a fish to make a hamfish or something similar any ideas welcome http://xkcd.com/28/ 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moontanman 2231 Posted January 19, 2009 A more practical use for such technology would be creating plants than have real meat as fruit. Possibly a pod the size of a coconut that contains beef, shrimp, or fish or what ever meat you want. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamey2k9 18 Posted January 19, 2009 joking aside i dont think anyone's actually noticed the the scientific question what i wanted to know was could you create a new life form from mixing other ones together 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
petebro 10 Posted January 19, 2009 Before people go designing new forms of life we require a ethical approach. Yes farmers may well have cross bred pigs and other farm animals for a joke but without having had a proper knowledge of D.N.A. and preventing genetic deformity it may ave been comical and perhaps unethical if we were to have pigs with coats like zebras fr example or sheep with blue rinse fleeces are we amusing ourselves and having an nuethical approach its like cloning ears on hamsters and perhaps the is a medical benefit whatever next , grafting horses penis,s to human beings , we can laugh about it we can play a demonstrative role all jokes apart its a question of ethics ! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamey2k9 18 Posted January 19, 2009 (edited) i wouldn't mind a horses penis there about a metre long imagine you wouldn't be scared to go nude in public places like at the swimming baths and at school your friends boasting about how his penis is so big you'd just be able to turn round an say so what mines a metre beat that lol Edited January 19, 2009 by jamey2k9 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psycho 34 Posted January 19, 2009 i wouldn't mind a horses penis there about a metre long imagine you wouldn't be scared to go nude in public places like at the swimming baths and at school your friends boasting about how his penis is so big you'd just be able to turn round an say so what mines a metre beat thatlol ... Part from if you actually got arosed you would pass out from low blood pressure or you would have constant high blood pressure and would end up haemorrhaging and either bleeding out or having a stroke. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iNow 5850 Posted January 19, 2009 joking aside i dont think anyone's actually noticed the the scientific question what i wanted to know was could you create a new life form from mixing other ones together Jamey - The short answer is, yes. We do it already with artificial breeding in our animals and livestock. From a genetic standpoint, we do it also with crops like corn and wheat. We can do this, we will do this, and it will be interesting. We just need to be very careful. With any great advance comes the possibility for new and unforeseen problems. That's no reason not to try, but we must remain cognizant that we are still in our infancy with this new technology, and remember that wisdom is far more important than mere knowledge. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamey2k9 18 Posted January 20, 2009 thx inow and by the way that was a joke i mean who would want a penis like that 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iNow 5850 Posted January 20, 2009 thx inow and by the way that was a joke i mean who would want a penis like that Probably the people who are incredibly insecure about the one they already have. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phi for All 5872 Posted January 20, 2009 most people find the idea of creating a new life form to be an idiotic idea but i believe otherwise i mean from one strand of dna we could grow a sheep or a human (even if it is illegal) so why couldn't we mix a a hamster and a fish to make a hamfish or something similar any ideas welcome i still think my hamfish is the best joking aside i dont think anyone's actually noticed the the scientific question what i wanted to know was could you create a new life form from mixing other ones together Before people go designing new forms of life we require a ethical approach.Yes farmers may well have cross bred pigs and other farm animals for a joke but without having had a proper knowledge of D.N.A. and preventing genetic deformity it may ave been comical and perhaps unethical if we were to have pigs with coats like zebras fr example or sheep with blue rinse fleeces are we amusing ourselves and having an nuethical approach its like cloning ears on hamsters and perhaps the is a medical benefit whatever next , grafting horses penis,s to human beings , we can laugh about it we can play a demonstrative role all jokes apart its a question of ethics ! i wouldn't mind a horses penis there about a metre long imagine you wouldn't be scared to go nude in public places like at the swimming baths and at school your friends boasting about how his penis is so big you'd just be able to turn round an say so what mines a metre beat thatlol Perhaps a cross between a human and a Firefox would give us a creature that is web-friendly, punctuates its sentences and is more easily read. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Skeptic 1154 Posted January 20, 2009 joking aside i dont think anyone's actually noticed the the scientific question what i wanted to know was could you create a new life form from mixing other ones together Yep. I think that is the only way we can do so (unless you count breeding and selecting unique mutations). We made glowing fish by adding jellyfish genes to the fish. Also, golden rice was made by adding genes from other species. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice Golden rice is a variety of rice (Oryza sativa) produced through genetic engineering to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of pro-vitamin A in the edible parts of rice. ... Golden rice was developed as a fortified food to be used in areas where there is a shortage of dietary vitamin A. ... Golden rice was created by transforming rice with two beta-carotene biosynthesis genes: 1. psy (phytoene synthase) from daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) 2. crt1 from the soil bacterium Erwinia uredovora The advantage of golden rice is that it doesn't require anything other than land to produce, so poor countries that can't afford vitamin pills can get their vitamins via genetically fortified rice. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daecon 192 Posted January 20, 2009 The idea is already out there: Chimeras. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fatoumata 10 Posted January 22, 2009 Hello guys I'm suggesting that we do a virtual competition about these ideas of mixing creatures'Dan to create new Extraordinary ones. Frm me, U have the invention of the man-giraffe of 8m tall, long 4 thin legs and man face, with a little tail as well Actually the things That needs to be done are the scientific steps to follow to make it happen. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamey2k9 18 Posted January 22, 2009 im sticking with my hamfish a hamster with a fish tail hamster fur fins and a hamster mouth that does the fish thing 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arnolp04 10 Posted January 23, 2009 Hippodogamus has a nice ring to it. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iNow 5850 Posted January 23, 2009 Oh dear... Hippodogamus? Yeah... 'cause it's not bad enough when a little dog gets all excited, jumps up and whacks me in the nuts with his front paws. I really need a hippo doing it to make it that much more fun. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
padren 679 Posted January 24, 2009 I'm going with Platyroo, just for the challenge of squeezing yet more animals into that already bestricken creature. And with Kangaroo legs, (with the right hip bone stucture) a Platypus might just be able to be pretty kick'n at doing the frog-kick swimming technique. Plus, it could do some sweet jumps out of shallow water. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pete 31 Posted January 25, 2009 most people find the idea of creating a new life form to be an idiotic idea but i believe otherwise i mean from one strand of dna we could grow a sheep or a human (even if it is illegal) so why couldn't we mix a a hamster and a fish to make a hamfish or something similar any ideas welcomeMixing DNA seems to fail when the species are even a little different. "can we play God" if other than a technical question, a moral issue, is a moral one. But I don't think we should make a hamfish. It'd taste aweful! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ydoaPs 1601 Posted January 25, 2009 You shouldn't play with genetics: You could turn Obama into Bush! Oh Noes! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
