This strange half human, half dog image are neither factual nor a trick. It is a sculpture created by Australian artist Patricia Piccinini called "The Young Family." "Piccinini's works animate the promise and the perils of the runaway scientific developments that pervade our time," described by Jane Silversmith of the Australian Council for the Arts "Her art embodies our dreams — dreams of perfect children, of perfect health, of life disease-free, and articulates the value of difference and uncertainty in human life."
