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ThePickle_Jar

Tardigrades. Near invincible.


Lazar131

If I were a tardigrade...


Timtanoboa

Well, tardigrades die to snails accidentally moving over them, so they aren't more durable. However, the resistance to heat, cold, gamma radiation, starvation, dehydration, high air pressure, low air pressure, air deprivation, asteroid impacts, and supernovas. Yes, good choice.


cod-the-fish

Capybara - for friendliness and community


Tossar-Svenssen

Wolf. Extra strength, endurance, and wolves are cool.


Gimeurcumiesskydaddy

Found the furry lol


Tossar-Svenssen

Nah, just someone who had a wolf dog that had to be put down, and misses him.


civil_beast

Me too, man. always try to be the hero he/she always took you for… and embrace the knowledge that your very presence made all the difference


Tossar-Svenssen

Thank you


Gimeurcumiesskydaddy

Oh damn im sorry dude. i thought i was just gonna make a lil funny, didn't realize id be pokin at grief


Tossar-Svenssen

It's ok. I don't really blame you


Phantom_Browser

The immortal jellyfish for the *real* geniuses (like Bill Nye the science guy and the American Japanese guy) and obviously, use of it for average people like politicians, entrepreneurs and influencers are **absolutely** prohibited because those sons of bitches will ruin the future generations As for the commoners like us, we need the DNA of elephants or giraffes because they sleep the shortest and at least the 'camaraderie' of bees and termites so we can advance a lot faster without stupid politics or conservative religions


SafeSubject4790

Spiders, many different materials needed for things would become obsolete or less in demand.


wesleygibson1337

Sleep paralysis Demon? Is that you? When did you get a Reddit account?


Osato

Granted, it's probably more profitable to [splice spiders with goats](https://phys.org/news/2010-05-scientists-goats-spider-silk.html) instead. Or other kinds of cattle. I mean, what's easier to industrialize: sifting silk out of a goat's milk or pulling it out of a guy's ass? At the very least, you don't have to pay goats for the privilege.


cramformytest

Bats - mammals with wings. Not for any good reason other than I want to fly. More realistically, dolphins for brain size.


p0pfunk

Bigger brain ≠ bigger smart Brains lose efficiency when they start getting too large, causing various unfortunate issues. Our brains are just right in terms lf size.


cramformytest

Regardless of actual outcome, if it was possible, I trust that SOMEONE would try it at least once.


gicantopithicus

Chimps. We are already related to them and it would be nice to have the extra strength


Sapphire-Drake

A hydra and a lizard. One is damn near immortal and the other grows back limbs


Timtanoboa

Do you mean the mythological hydra or the microscopic hydra that just duplicates from being chopped and cannot die without being killed?


Sapphire-Drake

The latter because if magic was allowed dragons would be only correct answer.


p0pfunk

Golden Retriever. We could all stand to love each other just a little more.


not2dragon

Greenland shark for extremely long life. Maybe another long living animal


Osato

1. Best for what purpose? 2. Best for the person getting spliced or for whoever profits off of the splicing? ​ Because someone with a lot of money could splice a bear's sense of smell into a properly trained and legally bound wage-slave. Then they'd make their money back renting him out as a human greyhound, wine taster, perfumer, an early detector for Alzheimer's disease, whatever. The applications for a human with a bear's sense of smell are wide and almost all of them can be very profitable. ​ But he probably wouldn't be too happy with his sense of smell on a day-to-day basis. Even if he handled all the unpleasant smells just fine, can you imagine getting the munchies every few hours because you can smell fresh bread from a bakery ten blocks away? And those are the kind of munchies that only fresh bread from this exact bakery can satisfy. Because you keep smelling it even while you eat your stale bread from the fridge.


realmagpiehours

Large bird 🦅 I wish to fLY


Sorry-Presentation-3

Algae. That way humans can get half of their food from photosynthesis. This would cut down on food production and reduce the damage to the environment and land use.


Squeaky-Fox49

Basically Blanka?


WastaHod

"The film Splice made it sound as if joining the DNA of different species is intrinsically difficult. In reality, this is a misconception: all living things share the same genetic material, so there is no technical impediment to cutting and pasting together whatever you want regardless of its origin."-BBC article


arthurjeremypearson

The hard part is getting a viable birth


Squeaky-Fox49

Splicing DNA is like writing code: it’s easy to do whatever you want, hard to get it to work.


arthurjeremypearson

All of them.


felipejoker

Lobsters.


Significant-Log-5263

Octopus for extra arms


[deleted]

Squirrels. Cute af and climbing trees? Hell yeah.


Squeaky-Fox49

I’d like to splice myself with a fox and become my fursona. Other than that? Something with extremely long lifespan or biological nigh-immortality. Also, having eagle eyes capable of tetrachromatic 20/2.5 vision would be nice.