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# Could You Be a Chimera? (ASL)
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/its-okay-be-smart/episode/could-you-be-a-chimera-ps6ds2/
- Published: 2024-09-12T14:15:56.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T09:55:58.000Z
- Description: Could You Be a Chimera?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Be Smart, Season 7, Episode 31, #ZZZ_Episode_71c6e601-483f-4419-a0a6-9b6c3ae41322, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_dc38a6e9-266e-43c1-b647-45e7445fad27, #v1.16

Ever feel like you aren't totally yourself? Well, maybe you aren't. In this video, we explore the idea of human chimeras. In mythology, the "Chimaera" was a beast made from different animals combined into one. But in biology, a chimera is a single organism whose body is made from parts of two or more genetically distinct individuals of the same species.