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China Heralds Year of the Fluorescent Green Pig

Posted by Zonk on from the please-avoid-the-green-eggs-and-ham-jokes dept.

Apocalypse111 writes "Chinese scientists have successfully bred partially green fluorescent pigs which they hope will boost stem cell research. A research team at the Northeast Agricultural University in Harbin managed to breed three transgenic pigs by injecting fluorescent green protein into embryonic pigs. Xinhua quoted Professor Liu Zhonghua as saying. 'The mouth, trotters and tongue of the pigs are green under ultraviolet light'."

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  1. Green Eggs and Ham by kihjin · · Score: 5, Funny

    I do not like them in a box.
    I do not like them with a fox.
    I do not like them in a house.
    I do not like them with a mouse.
    I do not like them here or there.
    I do not like them anywhere.
    I do not like green eggs and ham.
    I do not like them, Sam-I-am.

    From China with love,

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  2. Re:Just what the world needs by Lord+Kano · · Score: 5, Funny

    So I'll take my Egg McMuffin with the Florescent Green Canadian Bacon. Hmmm. I think not.

    Try it. Try it. Sam I am.

    LK

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  3. Re:Just what the world needs by dvice_null · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The point is not to create green pigs, the point is to prove that we can do anything. But basicly green pigs is a relatively easy tasks when compared to creating a pig with wings and a genetic ability to learn to use them and fly. But in theory it is already possible, all we need to know is what genes we need to use and where to put them. That is difficult, but possible. The more we learn, the more we can do.

  4. Re:Just what the world needs by servognome · · Score: 4, Funny
    So I'll take my Egg McMuffin with the Florescent Green Canadian Bacon. Hmmm. I think not.
    Try it. Try it. Sam I am.
    I will not try it based on your post
    I would not eat it with a Wiimote
    Fluorescent Green Bacon, not even a lick
    But does the green bacon run Linux?
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  5. fluorescent green porking by macadamia_harold · · Score: 4, Funny

    Night shot camera?? I mean seriously that is all the picture looks like right?

    Unless I'm missing something here, I've already seen similar footage involving Paris Hilton in a hotel room. I wasn't aware that she was the result of a genetic experiment, but it sure would explain a lot.

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  6. sure, that's what they want us to think. by no+reason+to+be+here · · Score: 5, Funny

    A research team at the Northeast Agricultural University in Harbin managed to breed three transgenic pigs by injecting fluorescent green protein into embryonic pigs. Xinhua quoted Professor Liu Zhonghua as saying. 'The mouth, trotters and tongue of the pigs are green under ultraviolet light'."

    what really happened is that kermit finally knocked up miss piggy.

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