I've been trying to think of what this reminds me of and I think I have it. (or them)
#1 Ripley walking thru the lab in the lame "Alien Resurrection" and seeing the failed attempts at crossbreeding the Alien...
#2, (and this is probably more accurate for whatever the hell that pic is) In Douglas Adams' "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" (the book, not the movie) the bovine type creature at The Restaurant at the End of the Universe that waddles up to the table and asks what parts of its' body they'd like for dinner that evening...