The Chimaera Mythology Became Reality

The impossible Three headed monster of Greek Mythology, The Chimaera may have started off as a fantasy, but today the word Chimaera can used to refer anything that is impossible. This includes the real-life, interspecie animals, humans have successfully created. Watch to find out how Myth directly influenced science,not only in language but how we approach the possibility of an interspecies in the future.

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