July 12, 2005

"SCIENTISTS have been warned that their latest experiments may accidently produce monkeys with brains more human than animal." " In cutting-edge experiments, scientists have injected human brain cells into monkey fetuses to study the effects. Critics argue that if these fetuses are allowed to develop into self-aware subjects, science will be thrown into an ethical nightmare."

Also with photo of smoking baboon. (GRRRRR! Animal abuse!) Taken from FARK. It may of course be a hoax.

posted by Rats 18 years ago
  • I remember this..wasn't it the third sequel to planet of the apes?
  • That is the funniest picture I've seen all day. Possibly because I haven't had a fag all day. Perhaps I'm becoming hysterical. Fried monkey brain gold.
  • Notice the baboon's eyes.. Rodney Dangerfield reincarnates!
  • God hates fags.
  • Isn't that how they made George Bu.....oops, sorry. But really, what possible scientific value can these "experiments" have? I can pull the wings off flies and "study the effects," but what good does it do? And I wonder how these critics think human brain cells would impact a monkey's brain. If anyone can justify this, I'd seriously like to know.
  • That's the best picture I've ever seen in my life. And I've seen, like, things by Rubens and Dali and Monet and all those bastards. I imagine the resultant human-primate chimera would speak with the voice of the Brain Gremlin from Gremlins 2.
  • What's the ethical dilema?
  • Are we pretending we know that animals aren't "self-aware" now?
  • No, we're pretending that humans are self-aware.
  • What's the ethical dilema? The list of potential ethical dilemmas is huge: * Marcel from Friends, Clyde from Every Which Way But Loose, and Jack the Monkey from Pirates of the Caribbean may demand membership of the Screen Actor's Guild. * Informed consent now an issue in bestiality cases. * Concept of "partial humans" makes splitting the bill in a restaurant an absolute nightmare. * "Concerned Monkeys for America" is a terrible name for a pressure group. * Gorilla Art is bad enough without having to read a pretentious three page "artist's statement". * What if it turns out that monkeys are complete bastards?
  • Ooooooooooooooooooooh Flashboy! You ARE the tagline god for today. MonkeyFilter: * What if it turns out that monkeys are complete bastards?
  • I totally think we should have intelligent helper monkeys!!! That would rock! Either that or reintroduce the neanderthals. Why should I have to be the one spending all my time surfing the web. Can't someone do that for me?
  • Someone call?
  • Which scientists? Where are they doing this? Isn't this the same rag which published the picture of the slavering wolf dog and used the z-word in their article about the dog revivication experiments?
  • Brain-monkeys, neaderthals, wooly mamoths. All I know is that we have one gnarly zoo shaping up here! Throw in a liger or two and a tree full of Hobbits, and we can start charging admission. Oh, and Monkeyfilter: Why should I have to be the one spending all my time surfing the web. Can't someone do that for me?
  • Did anyone else notice any of the other stories on news.com.au like Chinese people are 'sex idiots' or Boffins create zombie dogs?
  • Those zombie dogs are so like yesterday. Have a cornetto.
  • So, won't monkey-human chimaeras help us win the war against zombie dogs?
  • i also noticed they're affiliated with fox sports news...which btw told me that maradona is in great shape after his tummy tuck.
  • they're affiliated with fox sports news However could such a thing happen?
  • Fox sports news hates your freedom. Oh, and monkey-human chimaeras will side with the zombie dogs as punishment for our meddling with nature. They will ride the zombie dogs into battle in tight formation.
  • "God-schmod, I want my monkeyman!" -- Bart Simpson