This researcher’s concept of the 'ideal' human body is quite unsettling.

Anatomist Alice Roberts imagines a perfect human body with ostrich-like legs, a dog’s heart, and octopus eyes—and it’s truly terrifying.

Together with anatomical artist Scott Eaton and special effects designer Sangeet Prabhaker, Roberts constructed a life-size replica of herself, correcting various flaws in the human form, according to Motherboard reports. The sculpture was unveiled at the Science Museum in London on April 23. A documentary about the project aired on the BBC on June 13.

Roberts’s sculpture addresses common human flaws like subpar ears, spines, and lungs. By borrowing anatomical traits from reptiles, birds, and other mammals, Roberts created a monstrous, Frankenstein-like being straight out of the island of Dr. Moreau.

The sculpture features ostrich-like legs because, as Roberts explains on her website, the human knee is complex and prone to failure. While both humans and ostriches are bipedal, ostriches are far superior runners. The ideal human also benefits from bird-like lungs that direct air in one direction, aiding running and other aerobic activities. A chimpanzee’s stronger spine and a dog’s heart, which has more interconnected arteries to reduce heart attack risk, make Roberts’s alternate human form more resilient to injury and illness.

Roberts’s concept of the perfect human body includes frog-like skin that changes color with the environment, and large bat-inspired ears that amplify sound. She also corrected the human retina’s natural blind spot by borrowing the anatomy of an octopus’s eye.

Perhaps the most unsettling feature is the baby’s head protruding from the sculpture’s marsupial pouch. Roberts suggests that marsupial pregnancy would be easier on the human body and more practical for parents on the go.

“This could be a human fit for the future,” Roberts states in the closing of a trailer for her BBC documentary.