Comments on: Are Malaysian Bigfoot Colonies Really Orangutans?

By: Godrock

Godrock — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 17:50:09 +0000

I’ve already read “Monster” by Frank Peretti. I know what could happen.

By: cradossk

cradossk — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:26:30 +0000

The russkies were trying to create man-ape hybrids during the early stages of the cold war (allegedly), and didn’t succeed. As you stated, there is less than 2% difference between man and chimp, but 2% is still a hell of a lot of genetic material. I guess it would be possible to create a hybrid between two sub species of chimp, but I think there’s too much genetic difference between great ape species to produce offspring.

Apparently there are some legends amongst tribes in Africa about gorilla – man hybrids, but I might be confusing fact from fiction (ie. Congo).

But, im no geneticist, so i could be wrong

By: charlie23

charlie23 — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 07:37:59 +0000

Is the “Johor Wildlife Protection Society” even a legitimate scientific group? I find plenty of references to the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS), Johor Branch, but they seem strangly quiet amidst all these fantastic claims. The only actual reference to JWPS outside of this “bigfoot”/”12 foot tall Orang Utan” available from Google is an article from Aug. 2005 mentioning that they’d tipped off the state wildlife department about 2 captive tiger cubs. This hardly presents them as credible.

By: Ranatemporaria

Ranatemporaria — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 20:55:49 +0000

Sorry if that was a little unclear. Basicly its quite possible that there is a new species of primate in malaysia. And if there is it would be probable it would be related to ones that are known and nearby. Therefore we shouldnt be suprised, if they exist, that they look and behave similar to Urangs. As for the second piont i was wondering if there was any known cases of ape hybridizing e.g. a gorilla chimp cross? This may explain the occurance of any large bi-pead primates.

By: iftheshoefits

iftheshoefits — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 17:59:48 +0000

Dittos to fuzzy’s first and second posts.

By: fuzzy

fuzzy — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:13:22 +0000

Huh?

By: Ranatemporaria

Ranatemporaria — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:07:06 +0000

It is more than likely that if there is a species of great ape that it will by phylo-geneticaly related to Urangs, after all there is less than a 2 percent difference in the DNA of man and Chimp! However it being isolated allopatric population to those known in Sumatra and Borneo divergence may well have occurred thus resulting in a new species that may be only slightly different phenotypically to those that are known. Still new great ape species non- the less. That’s assuming they exits at all, we shall have to wait on the evidence…as usual!

On a sideline does anyone know if any of the great apes are able to produce viable (or not) offspring, and if so are there known examples. I guess man and chimps would present the most plausible though illegal possibility.

By: fuzzy

fuzzy — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:46:54 +0000

The Johor Wildlife Protection Society claims they have studied a whole colony of giant, hairy creatures for six years and interacted directly with them, noting the adults are between 10 and 12 feet tall, and that they will make the evidence public soon!?

I thought Biscardi was in Oklahoma?