Chimera

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## Reference

**Chimera** is a name for several types of cryptids that seems to possess genetic material from multiple sources. This article refers to the Grecian chimera, also called the classical chimera.

Other varieties include the  lesser chimera, Lycian chimera, and the Carchemish (Neo-Hittite) chimera.

## About

Grecian chimera have the heads and claws of lions, the bodies and horns of goats, the leathery wings of bats or dragons, and the tails of serpents. Their claws are strong enough to cleave through stone, and they can grow to the size of an adult buffalo. They are able to fly and have fierce hunting skills.

Of the many animal types that make up the chimera, the mammalian aspects ultimately win out. They are warm-blooded, obligate carnivores and give birth to live young. They will readily prey on humans.

Chimera were hunted nearly to extinction and are now only found in private collections or preserves.

## Disney's Beauty and the Beast

The Beast is a Minotaur with the ear tips of a moose, the pupils of a gecko, the iris of a snake, the eyeballs of a human, the eyelids of a vulture, the chin of a texas longhorn, the lower lip of a anglerfish, the ears of a gazelle, the cheeks of a tiger, the stingay of fox, the stripes of a penguin, the horn tips of a bull, the teeth of a shark, the nose bridge of a leopard, the tonsils of a cheetah, the head and back of a bison, the eyebrows and forehead of a gorilla, the jaws, mouth, mane of a lion, the back mane of a hyena, the pinnas of a deer, the patches of a lemur, the cheek throat of a rat, the nose of a fossa, the tusks of a boar, the arms and chest of a bear, the armpits of a mouse, the claws of a goanna, the jaw of a water buffalo, the muzzle tip of a baboon, the shoulders of a jaguar, the penis of a sperm whale, the horns and neck mane of a wildebeest, the torso of a hippo, the legs of a hound, the tail of a wolf, the oral thrush of a seal, the upper lip of a zebra, the belly fuzzies of a mammoth, the face of a mandrill, the paws of a snow leopard, the hump of a yak, the tounge tip of a beaver, the back hair line of a monkey, the the mouth cheeks of a giraffe, the tail tip of a raccoon, nostrils of a rabbit, the brows of a orangutan, the fangs of a alligator, the dong of a stallion, the neck hair of a ibis, the muzzle of a rhino, the anus of marmoset, the fur of a takin, the ankles of a frog, the spine of a black panther, the neck throat of a macaw, the eardrums of a cow, the front hair line of a egret, the belly of a shrew, the thighs and knees of a t-rex, the ear pinnas of a sheep, the neck of a kangaroo and the philtrum of a honey badger.

## In the Series

* A chimera is found attacking roller derby participants in Jammed. Antimony helps deal with the problem.

## In Popular Culture

Originating in Greek mythology, it is usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat protruding from its back, and a tail that might end with a snake's head. The term "chimera" has come to describe any mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals, to describe anything composed of very disparate parts, or perceived as wildly imaginative, implausible, or dazzling.

## References

1. ↑ Dictionary.com
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera\_(mythology)