Today is Thursday, May 21st, 2020. If we were in a spaceship and approached Earth from the North pole in the summer, we would see a roughly circular mass of blue water dotted with ice, and almost encircled by landmasses. Some reflecting in a brilliant white from ice and snow, but mostly the landmasses are brown and green. What we cannot see from space is what lays just beneath the surface. It is the subsection of the Earth, we are discussing today.
A genetic Chimera is a single organism composed of cells with more than one distinct genotype. To produce a Chimera animal, scientists need to merge multiple fertilized eggs. If you are not quite sure what a Chimera is, let’s take a quick look into mythology. The centaur: chest and arms of a man attached to a horse. Or the three-headed hound of hell. The best example may be Medusa, the body of a woman merged with serpents. You get the idea.
Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources is warning residents that an invasive species of giant lizards has established in the state, posing a threat to wildlife and crops because they eat “anything they want.”