That you know of.
Older generations believed in wizards. And they had a conception of them going around casting fireballs and such.
Tell me. What would a small group of elite scientists look like using a double-barrel laser rifle to someone in medieval or ancient times? They'd depict someone who isn't a god, but has a magical staff.
In the same way, Hindu myths have a number of mythological weapons... that sound an awful lot like modern weapons.
https://vedicfeed.com/most-powerful-weapons-in-mahabharataNarayanastra: Guided cluster missiles
Brahmastra: A nuke (complete with
detailed mentions of fallout)
Pashupatastra: Something akin to an atom smasher (used to break things down completely and destroy them)
I have long wondered if there might not be lost civilizations that all but blew themselves up, and in which case reread the Flood story. We have a group of half-angels known as Nephilim, men who are clever and powerful in battle. We have a deluge that washed away historical record and probably quenched a nuclear event. We have certain areas on earth that are "cursed" like Rajasthan, where nobody have lived for centuries on a culture that literally believes in ancient nukes as part of their myths!
This is why I do not trust secret societies like the Freemasons. They are more than likely evil (or at least morally questionable) survivors of the Flood. Some of them might believe in protecting humanity from itself, some might want to control us, and some probably have fought big wars that risk destroying everything again.
https://www.ancient-code.com/ancient-nanotechnology-evidence-of-advanced-pre-flood-civilizations/So yes, certain people probably do have technology to bioengineer animals. As for modern people, we can certainly make crossbreeds of the same species, though hybrids of different species are usually (but not always) sterile. Mules were made as far back as 3500 BC. Further back toward Flood times, they might have been able to make fertile hybrids of different species.
Why breed a stupid derpy animal incapable of defending itself? Simple, we're not allowed to disturb penguin sanctuaries because they are endangered. And their nests are all over the coast to the point that most of Antarctica cannot be explored.

Why are they endangered? It's not like humans deliberately hunt them. It's because they are stupid animals, and they are designed this way so that they will always be endangered.