DEUT1173 The Torah is sensitive to make sure that man does not alter the world or destroy it. Commenting on a verse in the first chapter of the Torah where the Torah commands each species to reproduce itself [Genesis 1:11], Samson Rafael Hirsch comments that the mitzvah given to man not to create a mixture of species in plants or animals in general, or between wool and linen specifically [this verse], indicates that the Torah did not want man to alter the world or to "play God." Creating hybrids alters the commandment by God to keep species separate.