If I could hybridize with another animal, I think I would want to hybridize with a dolphin. Dolphins are the most intelligent of the mammalian family. It has been seen that dolphins understand spoken language by humans in various languages. This plays a role in the ability that they have to learn complex tricks that humans have taught them. Scientists also believe that dolphins understand the syntax of specific phrases spoken by humans and use this differentiation ability to decipher between various commands that they are given. Dolphins also seem to have a sense of self-awareness. In one experiment, they placed mirrors in front a dolphin with markers on the body and noticed that the dolphin looked at specific markers on its body in the mirror. This acknowledge is something that is rarely seen in animals.
If I were to hybridize with a dolphin, I would want its intelligence, without having the brain size that dolphins have. It would make my head too big for a human body. However, I think merging my brain capacity with the capacity that dolphin brains have would allow for me to be more aware of my surroundings. Dolphins are skilled hunters and have a specialized way of communicating with other dolphins. I think that this would be beneficial to me above water, but also underwater. In addition to the intelligence that dolphins have, I would want the tail and other structures that allow for dolphins to swim under water. I would want these structures to be very similar to the way it appears on mermaids in fiction. With the dolphin-like intelligence, I would be able to travel under water and see the depths of the ocean. I unfortunately do not think that I would be able to communicate to sea animals outside of dolphins, but I would be able to observe them in their natural habit. If I were to accomplish this hybridization goal, I think that I would compromise a lot of my humanity. I doubt that it would be possible to have tail that disappears when I reach land. Therefore, I would likely become a water-bound individual, which takes away a large part of the human experience.
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