Make a baby with a chimp?

[Yeah Bee]

i have heard that it is possible for a human to breed with one of the human-apes (chimps, orangutang and gorilla)

Is it so? we supposedly have cmore genes incommon then horse and donkey and they can breed.

is it totally inmorale 

[Dark Angel]

I have no objection if you breed with a chimp/orangutan/gorilla.

[natalie_1982]

Me either, and just think, your mum would be so proud when taking the grandkids down the park. Lovely.

[bernardo]

No. We may have 99% of the same genes, but the other 1% makes all the difference.  It would take a huge amount of genetic fiddling and anti-rejection stuff to make it even remotely possible, and any such result would be wvery likely to heve severe deformities and illnesses.  Even cloning Dolly the Sheep took hundreds of attempts before it was successful.  Blending two different species would be far more difficult.

 

If it were possible, then it is likely that humans and chimps and bonobos and gorillas would have been interbreeding for millions of years already.

[ursula62]

hey bernardo, who says they haven't ? ;-)

[Yeah Bee]

But if we for the argument state that horse and donkey are more apart the human and apes why aren't mules sick. They are very good packanimanls

[Zen82]

I would breed a monkey with an eagle like in Wizard of Oz and then get him to do my bidding

[Steph84]

Species don't interbreed for a reason. It's against their natural instincts. Of course there must be some cases. Every rule has an exception - actually, can anyone think of a rule that doesn't?

 

Mules were bred by humans, as are all cross-breeds. Whether it is possible or not, it is not natural for these species to mix - and the thought of anyone 'breeding' with an ape is very very sick. As for mules, the original concept was of course wrong (yet another example of man playing God) but now they are a species and what's done is done. They are just as lovely as horses and donkeys.

 

But do they have health problems? It's disgusting how we have bred dogs to the extent that pedigree dalmations are often born deaf, classic collies' skulls are now so narrow their brains are compressed, many dachsunds cannot support their mid-rifs and bull dogs have so many health problems, such as breathing difficulties, infections etc.

[Yeah Bee]

You are right it is horrible with dog-breeding these days, they should breed on abilities not looks, who cares about the looks of a Collie if she is mad and can't collect the sheeps