What is it about the mermaid
that makes it such an alluring myth?
Chimeras have always made appealing fantasies.
Take the Minotaur, fauns and satyrs, centaurs
Medusa, werewolves, yeti, creatures of combinations
creatures created by the imagination.
Now we have mice that are real chimeras
genetically altered mice with human genes
created in the laboratory, engineered by scientists.
Fantasy becomes reality and what may come next.
“There are more things in heaven and earth
than are dreamt of …”