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Battling Fish Fraud With DNA Testing

Posted by samzenpus on from the these-are-not-the-eels-you-are-looking-for dept.

itwbennett writes "High demand, high prices, and nearly identical cheaper alternatives is a recipe for fraud. Eel fraud, that is. This has led Japanese researchers to develop a method to cheaply and quickly batch-test DNA by taking small tissue samples from thousands of eels. 'If a non-local eel is found in a batch, more tests will be performed to find the guilty foreigner.'"

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  1. MP sketch reloaded by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 3, Funny

    "My hovercraft is full of eels."

    "DNA testing proves you're lying."

    (being led away in handcuffs) "It's a fair cop."

    --
    Ezekiel 23:20
  2. DNA testing for fish? by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seems like an eel-conceived idea to me.

    1. Re:DNA testing for fish? by ddd0004 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ugh.

      You know they never tell you about the downside of being literate. You just have to find out by reading a joke like that.

  3. Re:BJs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    New headline: DNA Tested By BJs