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Old 19th September 2009, 11:30 PM   #1
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"Goat gives birth to a 'human'"

"[...]The creature had a human head, face, nose, shoulders and human-like skin that had very scanty furs.

It had goat features from the “shoulders” to the legs.

[...]

Governor Machaya said it was disgracing that a man can stoop so low opting for animal company in a world full of women.

“This incident is very shocking. It is my first time to see such an evil thing. It is really embarrassing. The head belongs to a man while the body is that of a goat. This is evident that an adult human being was responsible. Evil powers caused this person to lose self control,” he said.

[...]"



http://www.talkzimbabwe.com/news/117...009-09-03.html


The article doesn't show a picture of the creature, but some links to pics were posted in the comments:

http://i28.tinypic.com/120p2xx.jpg
http://i30.tinypic.com/1yv5mc.jpg
http://i28.tinypic.com/10hm4hg.jpg

Shemp? Any comment?

Seriously, it doesn't look very 'human' to me, besides having eyes, nose and a mouth like any of our fellow mammals.
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Old 19th September 2009, 11:35 PM   #2
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Alternate thread title: Zimbabwean governor redefines the word 'human.'

You are quite right...I've seen knots in pine boards that look more human than that thing, lol.
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Old 19th September 2009, 11:56 PM   #3
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Obviously the missing link between human and chupacabra!!! Somebody needs to contact Nature!! *










Or National Enquirer - as appropriate.
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Old 20th September 2009, 12:48 AM   #4
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Just points the the sad fact how much ignorance exists in the world.
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Old 20th September 2009, 02:16 AM   #5
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Looks like a retarded goat.


I'd like to know how this guys comment "inter-species reproduction is impossible. (A fatal blow for darwinism, but that's another issue)" actually works out to be a fatal blow for darwinism. Cant horses and donkeys reproduce to make a mule (Ok so its sterile) and lions and tigers as well. Has anybody actually gone out of their way to try and get as many different species as possible to mate and find out for sure?
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Old 20th September 2009, 02:27 AM   #6
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What are they gonna name it?

And yeah, to what Scott said: I wanna see some IDer or Creationist pull that out and say, "take that! Where's your Darwin now?"
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Old 20th September 2009, 03:57 AM   #7
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Oh dear. MdC's got some explaining to do to his new bride....
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Old 20th September 2009, 04:02 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by ScottXSI View Post
Looks like a retarded goat.


I'd like to know how this guys comment "inter-species reproduction is impossible. (A fatal blow for darwinism, but that's another issue)" actually works out to be a fatal blow for darwinism. Cant horses and donkeys reproduce to make a mule (Ok so its sterile) and lions and tigers as well. Has anybody actually gone out of their way to try and get as many different species as possible to mate and find out for sure?
The concept of species is only a human construct. It is not something out there in the real world that we have just put a label on. Different definitions are just different ways of categorising living things depending on what we are trying to achieve by doing so. One definition is of living things that can mate and give rise to offspring capable of reproduction. Not so useful for asexual reproducing things though. Then there is the problem of ring species.
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Old 20th September 2009, 04:37 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by ScottXSI View Post
I'd like to know how this guys comment "inter-species reproduction is impossible. (A fatal blow for darwinism, but that's another issue)" actually works out to be a fatal blow for darwinism. Cant horses and donkeys reproduce to make a mule (Ok so its sterile) and lions and tigers as well. Has anybody actually gone out of their way to try and get as many different species as possible to mate and find out for sure?
No but a fair number of attempts have been made:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Mammal_hybrids
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Oh dear. MdC's got some explaining to do to his new bride....
He'll blame it on Shemp.
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Originally Posted by orphia nay View Post
"[...]The creature had a human head, face, nose, shoulders and human-like skin that had very scanty furs.

It had goat features from the “shoulders” to the legs.

[...]

Governor Machaya said it was disgracing that a man can stoop so low opting for animal company in a world full of women.

“This incident is very shocking. It is my first time to see such an evil thing. It is really embarrassing. The head belongs to a man while the body is that of a goat. This is evident that an adult human being was responsible. Evil powers caused this person to lose self control,” he said.

[...]"



http://www.talkzimbabwe.com/news/117...009-09-03.html


The article doesn't show a picture of the creature, but some links to pics were posted in the comments:

http://i28.tinypic.com/120p2xx.jpg
http://i30.tinypic.com/1yv5mc.jpg
http://i28.tinypic.com/10hm4hg.jpg

Shemp? Any comment?

Seriously, it doesn't look very 'human' to me, besides having eyes, nose and a mouth like any of our fellow mammals.
Deformed goat. Thats all it is.
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Old 20th September 2009, 10:15 AM   #12
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Was it Zimbabwe that also reported as true that Neil Armstrong had been convinced on shaky grounds that the Apollo landings were forged?

ETA:

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“This incident is very shocking. It is my first time to see such an evil thing. It is really embarrassing. The head belongs to a man while the body is that of a goat. This is evident that an adult human being was responsible. Evil powers caused this person to lose self control,” he said.
It's as if he's trying to get onto FSTDT or some other idiot repository. A goat with human-ish features is "evidence" of inter-species sex, which in turn was involuntary because men never do such things unless compelled by "evil forces".

It's really embarrassing, but not in the way he thinks.
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Old 20th September 2009, 10:50 AM   #13
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Now creationists have proof of evolution.
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Old 20th September 2009, 01:07 PM   #14
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It just looks deformed. And I wonder if it died, or was born dead? You can never get the full truth on these mysterious creatures!
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Old 20th September 2009, 07:50 PM   #15
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Wait a minute! Wasn't there a bank robber who changed himself into a goat to avoid arrest? Are we seeing his offspring he sired while on the run?
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Old 21st September 2009, 12:07 AM   #16
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This is obviously the work of the CIA:

http://www.jonronson.com/goats_04.html

..."Why have 100 de-bleated goats been secretly placed inside the Special Forces command centre at Fort Bragg, North Carolina?"
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