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Taiwan Breeds Transgenic, Fluorescent Green Pigs
ScentCone writes "Transgenic pigs (and other critters) are valuable research tools because of their utility in studying human diseases. Tracking changes in some developing tissues is going to be easier, say a Taiwanese team that has introduced fluorescent, green proteins into the breeding. Said one of the researchers: 'There are partially fluorescent green pigs elsewhere, but ours are the only ones in the world that are green from inside out. Even their hearts and internal organs are green.' Do you like green eggs and ham?"
Furthermore, after reading the two links, I'm not exactly clear on what the benefit is when you turn them green. I assume it's so you can tell who's mated with the new pigs because the transgenic coloration will be present in the offspring?
From the article:Four out of 265 is a pretty low rate.
I wonder how this will affect their ability to survive in nature and I also wonder if the Polynesian Islands will one day be covered with rainbow colored pigs left there by researchers trying to do stem cell research.
Researcher 1: "Has he got any orange on him?"
Researcher 2: "Nope but he's got red, green and purple all about him."
Researcher 1: "Then he's not one a carrier."
Researcher 2: "That's one ugly pig though." *looks in his Audubon Society guide* "According to his colors, he's got Alzheimer's genes, cancer genes and is extremely susceptible to syphilis...poor bastard."
My work here is dung.
for what they are really trying to do--create plaid monkeys.
"Look Lois, the two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a fat white guy who is threatened by change."
To bastardise a Simpsons quote (Episode 7G10)...
Homer: (trolling Slashdot) Apple story..... another Apple story! One more and I'm a millionaire! Come on, Apple story, please, please, please, please, please. D'oh! That fluorescent green pig thing! Where were you yesterday?
Sounds like just the perfect thing you'd need to play a great practical joke with on your stoner roommate. Wait until they're really high, turn on all the black lights, and then shuffle in a few of the green pigs.
If big boobed women work at Hooters do one legged women work at IHOP?
Actually, Spam is a naturally occuring substance, found all over North America, but particularly concentrated in the American heartland states.
It is from the legendary Pink Spam Mines of Kansas is where the greatest yields used to be from. That was until the mega-corporate spam concerns bought out all the independent mines or just put them out of business.
My father was one of the last of the hearty breed of Spammers (not the same spammers we talk about today). I remember as a kid he'd come home after work, covered in pink chunks and dripping with gelatinous goo - he used to set down his hardhat on our porch, where every day it was ilicked clean by my puppy Max.
For some reason, Max died an early death.
that the author of the BBC article is Chris Hogg?
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.