Implausible Hybrid Creatures

April 2, 2009 2:30 PM

Implausible hybrid creatures, by Amy Ross. [Via]
posted by homunculus (20 comments total)

Interesting, reminds me a lot of parts of the Codex Seraphinianus.
posted by aeschenkarnos at 2:36 PM on April 2, 2009 [2 favorites]

My drawings offer visual hypotheses to the question: what would happen if the DNA sequence of a plant or mushroom were spliced with that of an animal?

My God! Bush warned us!
posted by Joe Beese at 2:41 PM on April 2, 2009 [1 favorite]

Implausible hybrid words:

Applescar
Funpus
Zipperzit
Amberslot
Icevowel
Thoughtfiddle
Shitwhistler
Crouchdawn
Fademaple
Apathybarn
posted by flarbuse at 2:46 PM on April 2, 2009

I was hoping for a racoon/finger monkey (fingercoon?)...but I guess that's not implausible enough.
posted by Smarson at 2:52 PM on April 2, 2009 [1 favorite]

Maybe she takes requests.
posted by homunculus at 2:53 PM on April 2, 2009

These are nice.

Shame about the site design, which screams cheap bootleg Viagra marketplace.
posted by fire&wings at 2:54 PM on April 2, 2009

Lovers of Hieronymus Bosch, eat your heart out.
posted by Sova at 2:55 PM on April 2, 2009

I tell you, it is shocking how many young people today cannot recognize a portabello/opossum cross.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 2:57 PM on April 2, 2009 [1 favorite]

Those woodpeckershrooms look delicious.
posted by nitsuj at 3:03 PM on April 2, 2009

Some of these look delicious.
posted by punkfloyd at 3:05 PM on April 2, 2009

Doh! Nitsuj!
posted by punkfloyd at 3:05 PM on April 2, 2009 [1 favorite]

I was kinda hoping for a Devil's Snuffbox Shark riding a Death Cap Elephant, trampling, exploding spores, causing hallucinations, and eating everything they see.
posted by Bernt Pancreas at 3:17 PM on April 2, 2009

Bush? Prince Charles was worried in 1995. From that article: How can you tell if the food on your plate has been genetically engineered? The short answer is: you can't.

I guess it's because they don't want you to know.
posted by filthy light thief at 3:22 PM on April 2, 2009 [1 favorite]

Lovers of Hieronymus Bosch, eat your heart out.

I think he had a depiction of that somewhere.
posted by filthy light thief at 3:23 PM on April 2, 2009

More hybrids.
posted by YoBananaBoy at 3:25 PM on April 2, 2009

another great find. as ever, thanks homunculus!
posted by CitizenD at 5:05 PM on April 2, 2009

"Awk! Polly shouldn't be!"
posted by limeonaire at 7:54 PM on April 2, 2009

"Awk! I should not be!"
posted by limeonaire at 7:54 PM on April 2, 2009

I really love her work. Thanks for this treat homunculus.
posted by nickyskye at 4:28 AM on April 3, 2009

Bizarre hybrids.
posted by Devils Slide at 8:20 AM on April 3, 2009