These genetic hybrids will be first used by industry and the government for dangerous jobs. I wanted to create a creature that would work underwater without looking too much like a fish. If you watch penguins swimming they look like they are flying gracefully.

It seem the most logical start of the beast, This is an ad for them. It also has a more cute than using a fish as the body basis. Fish are ugly and inhuman. Penguins when walking look more like us, just give I-Pods, newspapers, and coffee and they are us.

This was for the DA Contest tie in film Splice