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Scientists successfully create human-bear-pig chimera (manbearpig)

April 1st, 2008 posted by Josh Hill

Image by Patricia Piccinini- http://www.patriciapiccinini.net/wearefamily/index.php?sec=yf&pg=01 While on kratom, scientists at Linden Labs in San Francisco, California have successfully created a human-bear-pig chimera. Somatic cells from human and bear tissue were first transfected with a bacterial chromosome containing the Nanog gene and a GFP-IRES-puromycin resistance gene cassette. After a puromyocin screen was performed, the remaining cells were treated with a retroviral induction of Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-myc, thus creating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS). Induced pluripotent stem cells were used because of the ethical concern surrounding embryonic stem cells. The cells were then injected into pig blastocysts and introduced into the uteri of pseudo-pregnant pigs. The discovery was published today in the advance online edition of Nature Gold.

“This is quite an accomplishment for which I have great confidence will lead to continued advances in human-animal chimera production,” says Dr. Eli Vance, chief science officer of Linden Labs. “We soon hope to commercialize this technology and realize our continued vision by which any human may realize a physical chimera lifestyle.”

Al Gore could not be reached for comment.

Image by Patricia Piccinini

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  1. denis said,
    February 25, 2010 @ 11:26 pm

    Wow this is so cool

  2. grell said,
    February 27, 2010 @ 11:45 pm

    this is so wrong. we are not god, and this is a sin against nature.

  3. lol said,
    February 28, 2010 @ 5:03 pm

    ypu know you’ve been punk’d?

  4. Giga said,
    March 1, 2010 @ 7:01 am

    This is Freakish And Kinda Evil looking if I do say so myself.

  5. george said,
    March 1, 2010 @ 12:54 pm

    this is soo cool but sssooo wrong, it is just cool but way too wrong

  6. Saige said,
    March 1, 2010 @ 7:20 pm

    WHAT? That is real? Is it really real?

  7. Anna Quincena said,
    March 3, 2010 @ 10:33 am

    We have too much time on our hands. We should be doing other things to help others and not to satisfy our own imagination. We are not God.

  8. Camilo said,
    March 3, 2010 @ 4:01 pm

    Fake!

  9. سمير القصير said,
    March 3, 2010 @ 6:17 pm

    ما رأيته لايدل على مخلوق ينتمى الى نوع معين من المخلوقات أنما هذا يدل على العبث ولا فائدة مرجوة من ورائه بل الأولى صرف الجهود الى البحث البناء الذى يفيد البشرية والقضية تحتاج الى مراجعة ووقفة مع النفس حتى لا يصير الطموح مجرد مضيعة للوقت والمال فضلا عن أن الأيمان بالله يحث صاحبه على الألتزام بتعاليم الخالق سبحانه وتعالى بعدم تغيير خلق الله

  10. belzebub said,
    March 7, 2010 @ 6:40 pm

    1st april guys…. 1st april :)

  11. daniel said,
    March 8, 2010 @ 3:21 pm

    you guys are dumb it is obviously photoshopped and the person who wrote that crap in the beginning is fuckin with you the only fun part was seeing the reactions of you dumb people who bought it

  12. Cormac said,
    April 2, 2010 @ 8:11 pm

    South Park season 10-episode 6

    Some people……

  13. Lionel said,
    April 5, 2010 @ 11:39 pm

    HAHAHA!…I can’t believe so many ppl were punk’d!…hey but it would be freaking hilarious if they had carried it in a newspaper or something…I loved dat episode

  14. Tricia said,
    April 15, 2010 @ 5:46 pm

    This is disgusting. A bear that can never be domesticated, a pig, and a human. What are you people thinking? You are not GOD and you need to beg him and kiss his feet for forgiveness. It is supposed to be against the law to have sex with animals, and here you all are making these poor creatures and wasting money that you all could use to make cures for cancer and other diseases. Millions of people are dying each year because you all want to play with GOD. I see why GOD is dissappointed in us. But then again we should expect this from scientist because they think we came from monkeys. And if it is fake then give them time they will think of a way to do it now that it has been brought to their attention.

  15. Derek said,
    April 16, 2010 @ 2:01 pm

    Tricia, this is so clearly an April Fool’s joke that I seriously have to question your intelligence for believing it so readily. I suggest you watch an episode of South Park and lighten the hell up…

    I do agree that we didn’t come from monkeys, because WE ARE MONKEYS! And there is no God. Please grow up and try to act like an adult with a functioning, reasoning mind.

    Science isn’t evil, in fact without it you wouldn’t have even been able to type your rambling, incoherent post which amused us all so much. Thank you science, thank you.

  16. Derek Noah L said,
    April 16, 2010 @ 4:52 pm

    This was an April Fools joke inspired by an episode of the TV show South Park. It seems the religious nuts who commented on this saying “this is wrong, we shouldn’t play god”, didn’t realize that this was a joke. Just goes to show you how stupid they are.

  17. kari said,
    April 17, 2010 @ 2:27 pm

    People are F-ing dumb if they think we’ll actually believe that that’s real. i mean, really? It’s not like we came from monkeys(haha).

  18. Tony said,
    April 21, 2010 @ 7:49 am

    Haha I uploaded this to facebook’s Animal Photo Contest group untitled, fucking hilarious, wonder if it’l win =P

    As to those religious cult people, you can hardly call sane people “monsters”, the amount of people/animals science killed (and regrettable tortures I don’t support, but you wouldn’t have your medication without) could never compare to the billions you god fearing hipocrits have murdered and tortured for the growth of your own egos, all in the name of “GOD”, so shut the fuck up and get the fuck out.

    That aside, if you think this is serious, read the first line “While on Kratom”… lol.

  19. Annie said,
    April 27, 2010 @ 12:43 am

    Cute that you would consider yourselves “grown up” becase of your lack of religion. Being open minded does in fact mean being open to more than your own beliefs… Including the idea of a God. Grown ups treat each other with respect whether or not they agree with each others personal beliefs. How adult of you to attack someone that personally simply because they have a hope in something you consider ridiculous

  20. Derek said,
    April 27, 2010 @ 3:10 pm

    Annie,

    Being open minded does not mean one should automatically give credence to beliefs which have no basis in reality. If I confessed my undying belief in a mystical flying potato which controlled all of our fates, you would rightly think me insane.

    If I went on to loudly condemn others around me who didn’t agree with the Mystic Potato and his holy teachings, you would dismiss me completely as a kook.

    I respect people’s right to believe in whatever nonsense they wish. I do not, however, have to respect their actual beliefs. Especially when those beliefs are so often used to stifle free thought and scientific inquiry.

    Being open minded is indeed a wonderful thing, but one should be careful that they aren’t so open minded that they allow their brain to fall out of the back of their head.

    We become worried when our children continue to hold on to their imaginary friends after a certain age, yet many of us claim to have a personal relationship with a being for which we have exactly the same amount of proof.

    Imaginary friends are cute when you are 3, much less so when you are 33. Annie, grown ups shouldn’t have imaginary friends, nor should they validate the irrational beliefs of those who do.

  21. Chris said,
    April 27, 2010 @ 4:59 pm

    Derek,
    Absolutely hilarious. I love you. Thanks for your much needed input to lighten my spirits after reading the ridiculousness that preceded it.

  22. Annie said,
    April 27, 2010 @ 6:15 pm

    “goes to show you how stupid they are”
    “act like an adult with a functioning, reasoning mind”
    that definitely sounds like someone who ha a lack o respect for other people. Who cares if you don’t agree.
    It’s people that make statements like those that make atheists everywhere look bad. No one said that science I evil. Most Christians greatly support scientific research. All that I am asking is that you learn to handle people with a little more dignity. You will always find people who you disagree with. So why not show others that your own opinion is worth listening to – that kind of attack turns people off to anything you have to say

  23. Brian said,
    April 27, 2010 @ 6:26 pm

    Annie,

    “Grown ups treat each other with respect whether or not they agree with each others personal beliefs.”

    This is patently untrue, and it just shows how sheltered and ignorant you are. I recommend that you acquaint yourself with current events, and then re-evaluate your statement.

    Children do not wage war. Children do not organize genocide. Children do not enslave each other. These acts are all perpetrated by “grown ups.”

    People can believe whatever they want for all I care, but I will challenge them if they attempt to explain empirical phenomena with their unjustifiable view points. If they believe in something that has no foundation in reality, and they don’t impose their belief upon others, then it is simply their problem. However, in most organized belief systems, a foundational directive is proselytizing.

    When religious adherents begin to impose their “correct” answer about the origin of the universe, the meaning of life, the origin of life, and of the metaphysical being responsible for it all upon others we have witch hunts, religious war (quite a lot of it), and martyrdom (also know as terrorism in the US).

    Finally, belief is not a race, it is not an ethnicity, nor is a culture (although culture can be attached). Belief is simply an idea. The idea the god created the earth a few thousand years ago is such an idea. The idea that god created animals so that man may have dominion over them is another such idea, and so is the idea that adulterous women should be stoned to death.

    It is imperative to challenge such ideas, for not only do we know them to be false, but we know them to have consequences- consequences in reality -the same reality that you are so far separated from.

  24. Derek said,
    April 27, 2010 @ 7:19 pm

    Well first of all, I didn’t write the first quote, that was the other Derek who posted here (It seems we Derek’s are quite a godless lot).

    I do however fully stand by what I actually wrote in asking that Tricia try using her mind instead of relying on the inane ramblings of a bunch of backwards savages who were still struggling to claw their way out of the dark ages.

    If I may quote Tricia,(In reference to ManBearPig)”…We should expect this from scientist(s) because they think we came from monkeys.”

    You see from Tricia’s point of view, a lack of belief in her invisible, all-powerful god makes you by definition an uncaring, immoral person. So therefore in her mind, scientists in particular are (and science in general is) evil. I responded to that belief.

    As far as respect goes, respect must be earned to have any meaning. If you give the same level of respect to everyone regardless of their actions, beliefs, and statements, your respect is of absolutely no value. In posting a bunch of irrational nonsense, Tricia did nothing to earn my respect, quite the opposite in fact. I responded with the tone I felt she deserved. A tone I might add, she set herself.

    You however, have been much more reasonable in tone and I have responded in kind. Yes, I have attacked your beliefs (and probably deeply-held beliefs at that) but without overtly attacking you as a person.

    The trouble with religion is that it is quite difficult to attack one’s religious belief without coming after the believer themselves. Often their beliefs have become so deeply integrated that the person and the religion are inseparable. To attack one is, by default, to attack the other.

    You keep asking for a more civil tone, but at what cost? I simply can’t think of a nice way to call someone’s religious beliefs nonsense and I am certainly not going to censor myself to save someone’s feelings when the stakes are so high. There can be no compromise between logic and mysticism, between reason and irrationality, between life and death.

    I ultimately care very little as to how I make atheists look. I make no claim to speak for all atheists, agnostics, white people, guys named Derek, or any other group of people for that matter. As I have said many times, I stand on my own, even if that means I must stand alone.

    P.S. Thank you Chris. I love you too, I guess. :P

  25. raul said,
    April 28, 2010 @ 2:30 pm

    lol u guys are arguing over this? wow n hwo said we were at the top of the food chain? LMAO but n e ways it was a nice and needed laugh!!!!!!!

  26. Amanda said,
    May 3, 2010 @ 10:28 pm

    What is man that you think you can fly in God’s face. We don’t have the right to mess with God’s handy work. Maybe you’re bored, well how about you find a cure for the epidemic diseases we face today like: AIDS and cancer. There I just gave you something to do!!!!!! This is an insult to the creator of all things, Jesus!!!!!

  27. chang said,
    May 4, 2010 @ 5:19 am

    it is so disgusting! we’re not God. we are created in the image of God. why these people (scientist) created such evil thing.. This is against God.

  28. janet said,
    May 8, 2010 @ 1:58 pm

    ILLEGAL AND LINDEN LABS WOULD BE SHUT DOWN. SERIOUSLY PEOPLE, THINK.

  29. Amanda said,
    May 8, 2010 @ 3:15 pm

    This is a sin to our creator, Jesus! Because Jesus is God apparently! OMG! I JUST SINNED! I’m also a buffoon.

  30. Kren said,
    May 8, 2010 @ 4:14 pm

    HA! That was good. I think I’ve seen this picture before, so now I’m kind of curious as to where it came from.

  31. Roy745 said,
    May 10, 2010 @ 7:31 pm

    End Of Days….

  32. Attila said,
    May 11, 2010 @ 4:36 pm

    Its Half Man, Half Bear, and Half Pig. It’s the biggest threat to mankind.

  33. Randomlime said,
    May 12, 2010 @ 11:01 pm

    Um.. how exactly is it possible to be “half” Man, Bear, AND Pig? Duhh, there can only be 2 halves to something! lol Anyway yall need 2 stop arguing over that random crap, has nothing 2 do with this!! But this has gotta be fake, it’s still pretty cool though (and a bit creepy..)

  34. kari said,
    May 14, 2010 @ 11:35 am

    Guys I just looked this up, and it says this was a april fool’s joke that some drunk,wasted scientists did to fool all of you completly idiotic people( did you notice it was made april 1st?). i don’t know why it was so hard for you people to put 2 and 2 together. Apparently we’re not as smart as people make us out to be.

    [admin: you win! of the hundreds of comments that we've gotten over the years, this is the closest to the actual reality.]

  35. ben said,
    May 16, 2010 @ 2:27 pm

    i swear if they can really do that they gotta make like a griffin or something, but i have feeling we just got punked

  36. reset italia said,
    May 21, 2010 @ 6:52 pm

    let’s create better gods then! great!!
    fuck your god, mine will be better :P

  37. Mike said,
    May 21, 2010 @ 8:36 pm

    *sigh* It’s people like you who make us, Christians, look like morons. Are you really that infuriated with this? Obviously, a joke… Man will always try to play God. And anyway, I can’t see anything useful about creating a Chimera, if only to amuse people, which sounds sick. We as Christians need to save other people, not condemn them for their actions… Sure, we must point out their sins, but never force them to change, never pass judgment on them, because that is not what we were called to do. For what are we? Just the same as everyone else, sinners.

  38. tt_hydra said,
    May 22, 2010 @ 6:21 am

    Funny how it seems like only religious people got fooled by this…(also interesting to note that they are appear Christian haha, save poster #9). Does this possibily indicate that believing in Christianity suppresses certain mental functions? =O

  39. kari said,
    May 22, 2010 @ 6:48 pm

    Ben,
    Well, no duh we just got punked! it doesn’t take a genius to figure that out. And a griffen? Really? Even if they could, why would they?

  40. Peter S said,
    May 26, 2010 @ 6:56 pm

    Yes! Take that Mother Nature, science wins again!

  41. kari said,
    May 28, 2010 @ 2:54 pm

    Wow people. Other than the whole ” worship god and ghange” crap, Mike has a point. WE GOT PUNKED. it wasn’t that hard to figure out. Even if they could create this horribly ugly abomination of whatever it is, it’s just sick and wrong. and ugly.

  42. Mary Jane said,
    June 7, 2010 @ 11:50 pm

    this is so eff’d up its not even funny.
    How would you feel if that was your life ?
    Like clearly that thing has feeling and you “scientists” go around acting like you own the world, and come up with nasty things like this.
    I feel so sorry for your sick twisted minds, and what that creature Now has to suffer thro.
    a$$holes

  43. jeremy said,
    June 9, 2010 @ 3:55 pm

    you gus are fucking stupid i cant belev you guys are waysting your time on this bullshit you guys shude be fuegring out how to solv other thigs like canser you guys are realy stupid i am 14 ten and i am more muhture then you so shut up guys your wasting your time

  44. jeremy said,
    June 9, 2010 @ 3:59 pm

    hey its me agen my dad worked hear before he sed its a bunch of bullshit just like i saied every bodty lets just for get a bout it GOOD FUCKING BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  45. Christopher said,
    June 9, 2010 @ 6:12 pm

    Ahh it is quite amusing reading these comments. If only the christians would stop for a minute and think about how silly they and their zombie lord truly are.

    I mean of course, its great to teach caring and compassion and whatnot.. It is another to actually practice those teachings. It seems that most religious fanatics act quite the opposite to those who fail to believe exactly as they do.

    As for the article itself, I have seen a couple guys at the beach who make me think this has already happened. We must ALL pray that manbearpig is captured and put to death soon.. For he is an abomination against our zombie lord. ^_^

  46. Liz said,
    June 10, 2010 @ 6:54 am

    However fooled we got, you must admit that the picture is rather convincing…

  47. Raj said,
    June 11, 2010 @ 10:28 am

    Randomlime, Attila was quoting Al Gore, it’s his maths you should criticise, if anyone’s. Watch the episode of South Park, and all shall be made clear.

    Derek, your points are very well substantiated, nice to see some intelligence among a tirade of idiocy (and I speak as someone who believes in the existence of a higher power, but not on behalf of everyone of this nature). Brian as well.

    Anyway, the above paragraph was really unnecessary, since, although those guys deserved their praise, they should never have had to make those comments! In the spirit of South Park, and this April fool’s gag: “haha”. There – out of this whole post, 4 letters “haha” actually pertain to the true nature of this article.

  48. Kayla said,
    June 11, 2010 @ 7:49 pm

    This is unatural and wrong. We are monsters for sinning like this… this is an ungodly creature and I feel bad that it has to suffer. We need to stop messing with nature.

  49. Graham said,
    June 12, 2010 @ 5:04 pm

    It’s fake lol. Read that description. It’s specifically confusing so that you won’t undesrtand it at all and just take their word for it. Look at the photo, you can see people walkig around. You think they would really just walk by that thing and pay it no attention? I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be out in public on that table too. It would be confined in a lab being monitored. Not out in the open. Especially if it really was nursing babies

  50. HAHAHAH said,
    June 14, 2010 @ 10:16 pm

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

    of course this is fake.

    not everything on the internet is real you know

  51. Created said,
    June 14, 2010 @ 11:17 pm

    Guys, especially those of you who don’t believe in God, just think, what if there IS a GOD?
    Then what? And then maybe you could relate to why those who believe in God said those things they said. I hope you just spend some quiet time tonight to call out to whoever created you to reveal himself to you.

  52. nubreed said,
    June 16, 2010 @ 5:14 am

    we will burn in hell noooooo oh my god please forgive us…we’re beggin for forgiveness

  53. veloka said,
    June 16, 2010 @ 12:50 pm

    No way this is not real. The picture is a fake.

  54. requiliz said,
    June 16, 2010 @ 3:35 pm

    THIS IS SO WRONG YOU SHOULDNT PLAY LORD BRAHMA! HE IS THE CREATOR NOT US HUMANS!!!!

  55. Cerbian said,
    June 18, 2010 @ 6:49 am

    You all make me smile..

    The way people can just attack total strangers over an April Fools joke, going so far as to insult their very beliefs.

    It doesn’t really matter, so what if someone fell for it, does it matter? I can promise you, statistically speaking, that someone insulting the ‘gullible’ crowd has – at some time in their life – fallen for an equally clear prank. It happens, people can be tricked, how kind of you to point it out to them in such a friendly way.

    I suppose, on some level, it makes people feel better to insult others? It’s always sort of refreshing to feel superior to other people.. it’s why winners enjoy winning, I think it’s an addictive feeling. By that same coin, being smarter than other people would then, certainly, be quite fun too.. right?

    In the end.. a lot of issues could easily be solved if rather than insult people, even when doing it kindly, we could simply discuss things.. talk. To say that it’s difficult to talk without insulting them isn’t a defense.. it simply shows the eagerness to offend that is naturally there. It’s hard to explain.. I think, probably, someone will misunderstand what I am trying to say. Granted, I’m not wording it real well..

    Suffice to say, the internet is a fun place to study peoples reactions to things; as well as other people. I’ll end with a time tested phrase, continually laughed at and shunned, but I think could really do us all some good if we realized the answer to it.. really isn’t that hard..

    Can’t we all just get along?

  56. Mreow said,
    June 18, 2010 @ 1:35 pm

    this is not fake.
    trust me.. the path to genes its full of “monstruosities ”
    always to achive the goals we have to make a sacrifice…
    even though if its our own sacrifice.

    im gonna study genetist, and this is wrong i accept it..but it has to be done for a better future and to find new posibilites

  57. Mreow said,
    June 18, 2010 @ 1:38 pm

    And Btw its conffusing because its medical therms,
    get some Medical knowledge and then feel free to say if its a fake or not.

  58. ary said,
    June 19, 2010 @ 11:56 pm

    hi guys,
    just to help with this confusion for some, this picture is actually a sculpture artwork. i studied it in art a few years ago, i don’t remember the artists name though or the works name so sorry
    have a nice day

  59. ary said,
    June 20, 2010 @ 12:00 am

    i found it:

    it is a sculpture by Patricia Piccinini entitled ‘The Young Family’

  60. Linda said,
    June 20, 2010 @ 12:28 pm

    Tricia, chill out!! It’s not real. Even so, not a pretty picture!

  61. Carolina said,
    June 20, 2010 @ 10:15 pm

    its a joke from south park…al gore was telling the world about the horrors of the man-bear-pig. its not even sort of real! don’t worry!

  62. Jordana said,
    June 24, 2010 @ 8:16 am

    Yeah if this was real it’d be all over the news

  63. maggie said,
    June 24, 2010 @ 8:16 am

    Look at that picture…… the skin is so smooth. Pigs,bears and humans have hair all over their body.. How come that stupid technology born figure is so smooth as an apple..
    whoever put that picture out.. did it for a purpose.. and let it serve that purpose whether true or false. Lets not get on each other personally.
    Better to judge for ourselves and keep the comments. The truth is with the own of this picture…….whether a sincitist or not with technology around funny and unbelieving things are possible…

    But keep holding on to the faith you have..

  64. Jacey said,
    June 24, 2010 @ 8:17 am

    Lol. “While on Kratom.” It just sucks that no one will take this serial.

  65. arthur said,
    June 24, 2010 @ 1:26 pm

    It’s a sculpture by PATRICIA PICCININI, an australian artist. Check on google.

  66. Bella said,
    June 24, 2010 @ 10:39 pm

    There is no way that picture is real and even if it was , it wouldn’t matter. This is the one thing us humans will never be able to do. You can’t mix human DNA with animal DNA. The chimera would just be in constant pain and would actually die very quickly. Which would make it a compelete failure. This is how fate has made it. And to all you people who believe that science is the answer to everything think about this….. everything those christians believe in, well just might be true. Everyday science tries to prove that all the events in the bible are fake, yet each time they try to prove that, all they prove is that it really did happy like the bible said it did. So just think on that….. Food for thought

  67. Nora said,
    June 27, 2010 @ 10:59 pm

    You guys know this is just parodying the man-bear-pig thing on South Park, right? That’s why they mention Al Gore at the bottom. Because in South Park he’s always trying to prove that man-bear-pig exists… Just in case you still don’t get it, this is a joke!

  68. Tammy said,
    June 28, 2010 @ 4:01 pm

    For all of ou that are flipping out over this please look at the date. April 1, 2008. Hm. Coincidence, I think not. This was obviously and April Fools joke.

  69. CArro said,
    June 30, 2010 @ 2:36 pm

    Are you fucking kidding me?
    What the hell are you doing? Dr. Eli Vance, are you fucking proud of this shit, you call this pice of freak life? Hey, what about the fucking ethics and human morals? Don’t they have a value now? Ain’t human enought so your fucking proud of creating a shit, combining human with animals?
    What are you up to? Don’t try to play God, you might think you have succed now, but you got only luck, you are not a fucking genius, YOU ARE NOT GOD SO STOP PLAYING AROUND!

  70. SUPA Al Gore said,
    July 1, 2010 @ 5:51 am

    i’m so serial …………

    he is wild….he is bad…. he is strong and he want your blood!!

    HE’S THE MAN-BEAR-PIG !!!!!!!!

  71. paz said,
    July 1, 2010 @ 8:31 pm

    i hope you all realise that this was an april fools story look at the date, there also making a refernce to south park at the end so please calm th hell down

  72. Kellie said,
    July 2, 2010 @ 4:10 pm

    Wow, people are so gullible. It was an April fools joke people. Stop being so stupid sheesh.

  73. Connor Jenkins said,
    July 3, 2010 @ 6:04 pm

    There are people in the background. It wouldn’t be displayed in public. It is probably a model designed for entertainment.

  74. Sarah said,
    July 6, 2010 @ 9:31 am

    This is way beyond human thinking! People behind this unacceptable experiment are doomed!!!!!

  75. AJ said,
    July 8, 2010 @ 11:05 am

    Excelsior! I’m super serial.

  76. anonytrolled said,
    July 9, 2010 @ 12:56 pm

    some crazy bitch made that: thats a sculpture. lolololololololol

  77. SCat said,
    July 9, 2010 @ 4:00 pm

    Dear Derek: I could not have written that better myself. Bravo!

  78. arlene eran said,
    July 10, 2010 @ 6:14 am

    this is so beautiful and dicover this…..good!!!

  79. arlene eran said,
    July 10, 2010 @ 6:16 am

    i think this is fake….but i believe this is have a really like this!!!good..nice..but im so scare the face

  80. JustinB said,
    July 10, 2010 @ 11:00 am

    well this took ages to read, but it was worth it… i looked up pigs on google images and was lead into this depressing whirlpool of conflict between theists and atheists; both trying to up their game each time by using fancier vocabulary than before. Yes, it’s a joke, i read the date as soon as i read the story and i think everything needs to take a chill pillllllll

  81. Elise Van Wood said,
    July 11, 2010 @ 11:50 pm

    I honestly cant imagine what the poor creature is thinking about the way it looks. Humans shouldn’t interfere with the delicate nature of life. This is unnatural and wrong. And besides, even if you think that its not human, then your WRONG because this creature has human genes, a brain, and feelings and if you possibly think this is right you need to see a doctor or something because this is a terrible thing to do.

  82. JT said,
    July 12, 2010 @ 12:54 am

    If you people looked at the date this would published you would probably realize how big of idiots you all are.

  83. virulent hominid said,
    July 12, 2010 @ 3:54 pm

    Linden labs – second life
    Dr. Eli Vance – Half-Life 2
    The photo is of a sculpture by Arthur Dent, see http://tiny.cc/qecia

  84. Ned said,
    July 14, 2010 @ 12:06 am

    Whether it’s true or not doesn’t matter. This is cruel. An animal is an animal. They have lives too. Humans aren’t the only damn thing on earth! If its photoshopped then whoever did it is strange. What made you do this? And if it is true…ANIMAL CRUELTY PEOPLE! What is this world comming to?

  85. jaylin london said,
    July 14, 2010 @ 2:25 pm

    these people r wasting time creating this that have no reason 2 b created………..they need 2 worry bout creating cures 4 hiv/aids, cancer, so on and so forth……..they r wasting tax payers money 4 nothing

  86. Ben said,
    July 14, 2010 @ 3:26 pm

    Hi Guys just want to let you know that Dr. Eli Vance is a character in a game called Half-life

  87. Mark said,
    July 20, 2010 @ 3:02 pm

    Stop saying that they need to stop playing god He does not exist where as something like this is actually possible!

  88. Lime said,
    July 22, 2010 @ 4:07 am

    Lol, seriously? On kratom, April 1st, and Dr. Eli Vance from the Half-Life games? You guys should be ashamed.

  89. Mimi said,
    July 22, 2010 @ 7:46 pm

    Ok, is this supposed to be a statue?? this is just disturbing…

  90. its a joke said,
    July 24, 2010 @ 9:55 pm

    Scientists successfully create human-bear-pig chimera (manbearpig)
    —->>>April 1st<<2008< posted by Josh Hill

  91. Vixenaimee said,
    July 26, 2010 @ 10:25 am

    hahaha! cant you guys read, the article was made on April 1st 2008!! I think that gives you a clue as to whether its fake or not, but i’ll let all you dumbasses work it out for yourselves…could take you a while

  92. Shalade said,
    July 26, 2010 @ 10:44 am

    This is strange, the doctors name is same as HL2, Eli Vance… By the way I think this is against natural order of things, what we need that specie for anyway?

  93. Regina Jumol said,
    July 27, 2010 @ 3:01 pm

    lmfao, thats HILARIOUS, there are soo many people who believe this!!!
    lol people are such assholes, you should try checking the day it was posted.

    Happy Belated april fools day! :)

  94. Adam said,
    July 29, 2010 @ 7:59 am

    You guys are stupid.

    This is actually a work of art, althought I can’t remember the artist. This has been on the internet for YEARS!

    IT

    IS

    FAKE!

    This is obviously a joke blog entry…

  95. Megan said,
    July 29, 2010 @ 5:04 pm

    You people need to stop trying to do some scientific crap and start thinking logically.

  96. ji said,
    July 29, 2010 @ 6:42 pm

    it looks sad. :( but the babies were really cute!! :)

  97. Herlgar said,
    July 29, 2010 @ 7:07 pm

    —April 1st—, 2008 posted by Josh Hill

  98. Blahh said,
    August 1, 2010 @ 11:10 am

    wow that is soo creeppy cool , damn the tings they come up with ! lol

  99. Half Life 2 Reference said,
    August 2, 2010 @ 12:40 am

    Eli Vance! ROFL! This is brilliant.

  100. Dartanion remirez said,
    August 3, 2010 @ 12:08 pm

    i find it quite funny that a single picture has sparked such a long and in depth argument about religion and science, the escalation of conversation in amazing, however , no matter how amusing reading your drivvle acctualy is, please try to be a tad more observant, read the date the picture was posted for instance as many people have pointed out, or just maybe the pure insanity of the topic itself!..the man bear pig?…really people?..we are ment to be the itelligent species, and yet here you lot are arguing the most un heard of and obsurd point, next time please try and use a fraction more of your brain power? thankyou.

  101. TW said,
    August 4, 2010 @ 1:10 pm

    I can speak with some authority on this and I see no evidence of bear DNA in this creature at all. What you have here is half man, half pig, and half sex-crazed poodle. The abomination ManPigPoodle is the greatest threat to massage therapists everywhere. We must capture and neuter this thing. I’m super serial.

    LOL, why haven’t I seen this before now?

  102. Michelle said,
    August 5, 2010 @ 12:56 am

    For the idiots that think it’s real: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/02/1086058907845.html?from=storyrhs

    “What’s wrong with contemporary art?”

    Oh yeah, it has a title. A Young Family and it’s by Patricia Piccinini. Look stuff up, people. Have some common sense.

  103. Michelle said,
    August 5, 2010 @ 12:56 am

    Plus, it was created on April Fool’s. I certainly don’t think that’s a coincidence. There’s also a title of a South Park episode called “ManBearPig”.

  104. Daren said,
    August 5, 2010 @ 6:48 pm

    I must say that i have just had the biggest laugh in a long while. Seeing the ridiculousness of the post’s between atheist who think its fake, and god fearing bible thumping Christians is amazing! Both sides seem to be genuinely offended and insulted by the others core value and beliefs. Both should calm down, shut up and realize it does not matter, even if it did is it something to get upset about it in the context of an April’s fool’s joke? Ounce again I need to thank all of you for letting me laugh so hard at your comments. Derek wins for the most interesting but cocky, and Tricia wins for craziest yet enjoyably funny. Thank you for all the laughs!

    P.S. A special thanks to south park and Al Gore for making the original joke possible!

  105. greenwoodonearth said,
    August 6, 2010 @ 2:18 am

    Hi again,

    I think this is a cool way to advance our selfes. One of the problems about it are the tests, that might be cruel.

    But the outcome might be great…higher, further, bigger…

    Cheers

    greenwoodonearth

  106. jesse said,
    August 6, 2010 @ 8:24 pm

    Half of you people need to learn how to take a joke and the other half of you need God.

  107. ryan said,
    August 7, 2010 @ 1:22 pm

    This should be illegal as hell!!

  108. Cheyenne said,
    August 12, 2010 @ 3:08 pm

    It hasnt been photo shopped. Its a sculpture by Patricia Piccini from a 2003 exhibition. Its mainly circulated around the internet as a chain mail trying to trick people. Guys, this is the internet you cant believe everything you see, its obviously not real or else itd be all over the news and thousands of people would be protesting in the streets.

  109. YellowMellowGuy said,
    August 14, 2010 @ 2:54 am

    Wait a minute… isn’t Linden Labs the makers of Second Life? They aren’t real scientists, they run an online world! This is definately fake…

    They are based in San Francisco, though.

  110. RVn said,
    August 16, 2010 @ 3:32 am

    That’s a 1/3 human. anybody here who understand how they are made?

  111. RVn said,
    August 16, 2010 @ 3:38 am

    The bear dna is in the body\bone structure, and as you see, it’s not pig or man.

  112. RVn said,
    August 16, 2010 @ 3:40 am

    IF YOU STILL DOUBT THIS CREATURE, TRY MAKING ONE AND SEE..

  113. Joe said,
    August 17, 2010 @ 4:26 am

    It is blasphemy! we are not God! why did scientist create this monstrous creature, whether i believe it or not,whether its true or fake, we must not try to cross our genes with animals co`z God forbids us to do so, well i don`t think if you`re a churchgoer or not, but it is wrong, well you look at that image of that creature, how,the scientist think they are great to create such blasphemous creature, now i question all of you….
    DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF DIGNITY?

  114. regelian said,
    August 17, 2010 @ 4:28 am

    Fabulous foto and text! I am a bit shocked how quickly people let themselves be deceived, however. And I’m not so sure I buy the poodle part, either! Yes, a definite challenge for a masseuse.

    As one says, folks, get a life! and if that one doesn’t work, get another life! Or join the flying potato sect. I think there is now a low-fat, flying potao chip group, as well, for those wanting to watch their waistline.

  115. DEREK IS DUM said,
    August 18, 2010 @ 2:36 pm

    1 its not sin to create new species or chimeras.2 its a joke get over it losers religious finatics.3 both dereks are idiotic. They are typical athiests who think they are smarter then the rest of the world and that our lives are completely coincedental, i believe the alien astronaut theory more then the man part of the evolution theory. i mean come on dereks. (pardon my spelling in a rush)

  116. Christopher said,
    August 23, 2010 @ 2:32 pm

    Wow this is still here?

    That is actually pretty funny. I forget how I even found this site in the first place.

    Pretty funny read tho.

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