» 日本设计师设想让女人生产各种动物来解决食物短缺问题
Meet Ai Hasegawa, the Woman Who Wants to Give Birth to a Shark龙腾网 http://www.ltaaa.com
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With a population nearing nine billion people and food shortages becoming increasingly problematic, the human race needs sustainable solutions if it wants to survive. Japanese designer Ai Hasegawa has come up with a very controversial approach to solving environmental and food-related issues the possibility of women giving birth to various animal species and eventually eating them.
In one of her most intriguing projects yet, “I Wanna Deliver a Shark…”, Ai Hasegawa tackles “the problem of human reproduction in an age of over-population and environmental crisis.” She envisions the possibility of humans one day giving birth to their food and satisfying both their nutritional needs and that of giving life. The 33-year-old says having a human baby isn’t as simple as some people think, especially with our world about to face a major food crisis. She argues that bringing new humans into this world is definitely not the answer, but giving birth to endangered animal species might be just what we need to survive. “We are genetically predisposed to raise children as a way of passing on our genes to the next generation but we live in an age where the struggle to raise a child in decent conditions is becoming harder with gross over-population and difficult environmental conditions,” Hasegawa says. “We must also eat, and we are equally facing growing food shortages as a result of over-fishing, land use and a growing population. By giving birth to an edible animal it might place more value on that endangered species and help prevent it’s extinction.”
Intrigued by the Japanese designer’s bizarre idea, VICE.com contacted Ai Hasegawa to learn if she thinks giving birth to an animal is even possible. “It will be, in the near future,” she said. A human uterus is just the right size to hold one fetus. I’ve been speaking to a gynecologist about ways of making it bigger. I believe humans could use their uterus as an aquarium or incubator.” Talking about possible compatibility issues between the human placenta and a shark’s, for example, Ai said the placenta comes from the fetus, so there’s no need to modify the human DNA. The real problem is that a woman wanting to carry an animal fetus in her uterus would have to stop menstruation, and the medicine for that has very unpleasant side-effects. Hasegawa thinks the idea candidate for this unusual experiment would be a “rich, single, and above all, menopausal woman”. Asked why she chose a shark for her project, the designer said that research shows they would be the most compatible, plus they fit all her criteria: “they’re endangered, their life-span is almost as long as that of a human, and most importantly, they’re delicious.”
Some people might think Ai’s idea is preposterous, but she has thought it through. She even came up with a bonding system which works “ by sharing the mother’s stress with the shark embryo. When the mother feels stress, a device measures a galvanic skin response and heart pulse rate, translated as a “stress signal”, that triggers the low voltage electrical signal that mimics the emergence of a predator in the sea for the shark embryo. Giving such stress works as a training device for when they are returned to the sea after delivery.” Yes, the sharks would be returned to sea for some time, in order for them to taste like the wild sharks used in Japanese cuisine. Hasegawa says she loves a good piece of shark, but she always feels guilty for eating an endangered species. This way the problem is solved, plus “it’s also less costly than raising a human, and there are fewer responsibilities”.
But would humans actually eat a shark carried in the womb of another person? Ai seems to think so: “after all, there are some animals who eat their own babies. And we do eat veal, which comes from inside a cow. We even kill people, not even for food, and they too come out of somebody’s womb. I really don’t see the problem.” If it were her giving birth to a shark, she says she would track it’s position in the sea with a GPS device, and once it’s caught and sold at the market, she would buy and eat it. This way she would have it back inside her body one last time…
在很有趣的一个项目中，Ai Hasegawa 以“我想生一头鲨鱼……”来对付“人类人口过剩和环境危机”问题。她展望着有一天人类可以生出他们的食物，这样既满足他们的营养需求也满足他们缔造生命的需求。这位33岁的设计师说怀上小孩并不像某些人想象的那么简单，尤其是现在我们的世界正在面临着粮食危机。她争辩，为这个世界带来更多的新生儿显然不能解决问题，而生产濒临灭绝的动物也许才是我们为了生存所需要的。“从遗传学上来说，培育小孩以向下一代传递基因是最容易让人接受的，但是我们生活在总人口过剩和环境状况严峻的时代，抚养小孩变得非常艰难。” Ai Hasegawa说，“我们也需要吃东西，我们也同样面临因过度捕捞、滥用土地、人口增长所带来的食物短缺问题。所以，生产可食用的动物这一方案可行，而且要尽量生产濒临灭绝的动物种类，以免它们在地球上彻底消失。”
被Ai Hasegawa疯狂的提议所吸引， VICE.com 联系到她本人，想了解她自己是否认为人类生产动物是可能的。她回答：“在不远的将来会实现的。人类的子宫大小正好只能培育一个胎儿。我曾经询问过一位妇科医生让子宫变大的一些方法。我相信人类可以把子宫用作水族馆或孵卵器。”谈到人类胎盘和鲨鱼胎盘的兼容性问题， Ai Hasegawa说，胎盘来自胚胎，所以没有必要更改人类的DNA。真正的问题是，一个女人要想怀上动物胚胎，就必须停止月经，而所用的药物对人体有很大的副作用。Ai Hasegawa认为她这个项目的试验者最好是“富有、单身，首先必须是绝经期女人”。当被问到为什么选择鲨鱼这个物种时，她说实验研究显示鲨鱼最具有兼容性，而且鲨鱼符合她的所有标准和条件：“它们是濒临灭绝动物，它们的寿命跟人类一样长，更重要的是，它们可口美味。”
有些人可能认为Ai Hasegawa的想法荒诞无稽，但她自己认为没问题。她甚至研究出一种系统，系统通过检测并共享妈妈怀鲨鱼胚胎的压力而工作。当妈妈感到有压力了，一种测量皮肤电流的装置就会响应，妈妈的脉搏频率加快，这些“压力信号”然后触发低电压电子信号，为鲨鱼胚胎形成海洋捕杀者的影像。这些训练装置和方法是为鲨鱼分娩后回归大海而准备的。“为了让它们吃起来更像野生鲨鱼，鲨鱼在分娩一段时间后会放归海洋。” Ai Hasegawa说她很喜欢鲨鱼，但是她总是为吃濒临灭绝动物而有罪恶感。有人工产鲨鱼这种方式，这个问题就解决了，而且“培育鲨鱼比培育小孩更廉价，责任也较少。”
不过，人类真的会愿意吃来自别人子宫里的鲨鱼吗？Ai Hasegawa似乎是这样认为：“毕竟，吃自己baby的动物确实是存在的。我们也吃产自奶牛体内的小牛。我们甚至会杀人吃人，而他们也来自某些人的子宫啊。我的确看不到问题。”她还说，如果是她生了一头鲨鱼，她会用GPS追踪它在大海中的位置，一旦它被捕并在市场上卖，她一定会赶紧去买而且吃掉。这样她就让自己产的鲨鱼宝宝最终又回到她的肚子里了……
