• Question: If you could make a new hybrid animal out of two previously existing animals, what would it be and why?

    Asked by anon-14648 to Amy, Drew, Julia, Kimberley, Sara on 20 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Drew Rae

      Drew Rae answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      Hi. Interesting question. I’m not sure I like the idea, to be honest. I really like dogs, so if I could make a hybrid that was like a dog but immune to dog diseases, that would be good. I could travel with him/her to Australia and back without having to put him/her in quarantine for months.

    • Photo: Amy MacQueen

      Amy MacQueen answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      From a purely theoretical point of view probably a chicken with a cow – if I was a beef farmer. Because chickens convert grain into body mass very efficiently – if you had the same properties in a cow they would be smaller and easier to keep but would gain weight more cost effectively.

      But really? I don’t actually think this is a good idea.

      Maybe a Rastafarian with a mouse? 🙂

    • Photo: Julia Griffen

      Julia Griffen answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      An eagle and a penguin… Penguins just seem so frustrated that they can’t fly 🙂

    • Photo: Sara Imari Walker

      Sara Imari Walker answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      Haha aharrison! This is a kind of funny thing to think about. I’ve often thought about what my beagle would be like if she had batwings. I think it would be disastrous though if she could fly – she’s pretty food obsessed!! So maybe a batbeagle is not such a good idea. I’d really like a pegasus. A flying horse would be awesome! So maybe a hybrid of an eagle and a horse?

      PS – My husband says he’d do a t-rex and a tiger. I have no idea what would come out of that union!

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