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By: Janice

Janice — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:27:12 +0000

Chimaeras also occur in plants as they do in animals. However, the difference is that the two genetically different types of tissue may originate from the same zygote in which a mutation occurred during regular cell division. The most common plant chimaeras are variegated plants with the mutation in meristematic tissue, resulting in mutated tissues with no chloroplasts and no photosynthetic ability, relying on the normal, green, photosynthesizing plant tissue to keep the plant alive.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:45:24 +0000

Some species of Holocephalans are also called ratfish, because to some people they seem to have a rodent’s buck teeth and long, stringy tail. This is due to the crushing tooth plates and their flapping form of locomotion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2537_aquaimages.jpg
In fact, many holocephalans look like weird mashups of several different terrestrial creatures. Hence the term “chimera”!

By: kati

kati — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 01:21:35 +0000

hahaha, i don’t think our species would have lasted long if our males had any of those extra appendages. ew :)