Completely fake! It's the same trick they use for the Naga/snake woman at carnival sideshows. It's a man's head sticking through a board with his body in the box below. He's got a fake fur pelt covering his head AND the head of the live cat (who keeps trying to paw it off).
I agree with Jason and everyone who said something similar.
...Scientists can't even get humans to be impregnated by chimpanzees or bonobos despite the fact we share 99% of genetic material with them (differing number of chromosomes).
It's my understanding that a human-chimp hybrid, or "humanzee," is theoretically possible. Horses can breed with donkeys and even zebras, and they are not as closely related as humans and chimps. Although the few attempts to create a hybrid were not successful, that doesn't prove that it isn't possible. As far as I know, there haven't been that many attempts (at least not documented ones) because most scientists consider such experiment unethical.
Anyway, I'm reminded of this song.
"Mis-Conceptions" by Mercedes Lackey
I've got a unicorn's horn
In the middle of my forehead
And the antlers of a stag
On either side
I've got pointed ears
That are something like a deer's
Or something like an elf's
I can't decide
I've got long green hair
To match my flowing emerald mane
That turns red with the oak trees
Every fall
With my goat like eyes
It comes as no surprise
That I've got feathered eyebrows
And that isn't all
[Chorus]
My mother never talks about that orgy
And I can't really blame her, much although
I'd love to read the guest list for that party
And if there's another one like it, let me know
Well my vampire's fangs make kissing kind of awkward
Like the set of gills implanted in my neck
But my chest and arms, aren't the least of all my charms
They somehow came out human, what the heck
I've got phoenix wings well rooted in my shoulders
And I hope you like legs, 'cause I got four
The furry forward pair, would make a lion stare
Because they end in dragon claws that wreck the flour
[Chorus]
I suspect my body's mostly like a centaur's
Though my fur is somewhat tiger-like you'll find
And if you'd fear that my legs in front were weird
You should only see the pair that walk behind
'Cause they start off looking something like a horse's
But they're covered up with feathers not with hair
And they end in hoofs like an antelope's which proves
That there's nothing that the traffic will not bear
[Chorus]
Now my tail is really something very special
Though you wouldn't think so seeing it at all
For it's long and green, like my hair and mane you've seen
And like them it turns red with every fall
But beneath that hair, which is really quite attractive
The stinger of a mantacore is hid
So you surly see, when you look at all of me
That I really wish I knew, what mother did!
My mother never talks about that orgy
And I can't really blame her, much although
I'd love to read the guest list for that party
And if there's another one like it, let me know, 'cause I wanna go
If there's another one like it, let me know
