ChAiNz.2da Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) -- Taiwan, home to the world's first transgenic glowing fish, has successfully bred fluorescent green pigs.... http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/01/12/taiwan.pig.reut/index.html Finally! We're one step closer to that mystical dish of Green Eggs & Ham... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Obi-Wan Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 Yum yum yum....Dr. Suess's creation is finally coming to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevanA4 Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 ZOMFG *dies* thats just too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediKnight707 Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 You have got to be kidding me. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Maker Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 This is like the fourth forum across the net that I have seen this posted Anyhow, its kinda gross when you think about it isn't it? I mean... Ultra Violet pigs? Can you imagine eating that then playing laser tag? Watchout E.T. You got competition now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clefo Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 It's green EGGS and ham, not green ham and eggs... yeesh people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Wow green pigs. It just doesn't seem important to me. If they were purple, it'd be different, but green isn't much of a breakthrough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Just one question....... Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Just one answer: Because they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char Ell Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 You know, I read about this on MSNBC but I didn't make the Dr. Seuss correlation until I saw this thread. Leave it to ChAiNz to connect the dots for me, heh-heh. Thanks man! That was a good laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted January 14, 2006 Author Share Posted January 14, 2006 It's green EGGS and ham, not green ham and eggs... yeesh people.Huh? well, if you wish to be nit-picky.. the "ham" is green too http://www.answers.com/topic/green-eggs-and-ham ^^^^ The title is a sort of pun. In the U.S., "green eggs and ham" is a breakfast menu item in which normal eggs are cooked with spinach or some other green vegetable, and served with normal ham. Dr. Seuss's conceit was to imagine that the phrase describes naturally green eggs (that is, with green yolks) accompanied by green ham. (I can't believe I'm having to "defend" this..) Just one question....... Why? I asked myself the very same thing.. hehehe After reading a little closer (after I stopped laughing ) I sorta see now the benefits of err.. green pigs.. The transgenic pigs, commonly used to study human diseases, would help researchers monitor and trace changes of the tissues during the physical development, Wu said.However, the question I raise that if the pig's internal organs are green (which they are amazingly) wouldn't growing tissue be green as well? Not a scientist by any means, but when I get cut, my skin tends to heal the same color it used to be.. Admittingly, I'm not really sure "how" having green organs would benfit any better than regular colored organs.. perhaps I'm missing something here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth333 Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 However, the question I raise that if the pig's internal organs are green (which they are amazingly) wouldn't growing tissue be green as well? Not a scientist by any means, but when I get cut, my skin tends to heal the same color it used to be.. Admittingly, I'm not really sure "how" having green organs would benfit any better than regular colored organs.. perhaps I'm missing something here I was thinking the same thing Anyways fluorescent pigs won't find their way to my table anytime soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Anyways fluorescent pigs won't find their way to my table anytime soon! Same with me, this is too weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aash Li Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 lmao. thats just too much. I would be impressed if they could make pigs with wings so that the day would actually come when someone says "Ill do it when pigs fly!" and then they are show video of flying pigs and have to do whatever it was. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 I dunno, I'm curious as to if they stay flourescent after digestion. :> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 ^PRobably not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char Ell Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Admittingly, I'm not really sure "how" having green organs would benfit any better than regular colored organs.. perhaps I'm missing something here Yes, it would be much more helpful it the article had better explained the applicability of green-colored pigs in relation to stem cell research. I dunno, I'm curious as to if they stay flourescent after digestion. Heh-heh. Why am I not surprised? I can tell you that guacamole Doritos retain their green color on the way out, just in case you were curious about that too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Well I just think it'd be awesome if you crapped green. Then you could tell everyone you've become the Hulk, and they shouldn't make you angry. Or at least say you crap radioactive waste because you're hardcore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Devon Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 I can picture it now... In the future, a family sits down to a five-course dinner. It starts out with glowing blue pork, then they move on to black tomato soup, neon-pink corn, a navy blue salad, and last, lime green blueberry pie. I don't know... That's just too weird. I'll keep the color scheme of my food at 'default'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChAiNz.2da Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 I hate bumping a thread, but since I know that some of you don't visit other areas of LucasForums... toms (over at Yoda's Swamp) has posted a link to the pigs in the dark Color me shocked, but when they said flourescent, I wasn't really thinking of "glowing in the dark".. I was thinking more on the lines of their color (similar to a highlighter).. Check it out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4605202.stm (it's things like this is why we encourage Member's to "roam about" ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 I do not like them in a boat. I do not like them with a goat. I do not like them in the rain. I do not like them on a train. That's some serious green pig, there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Color me shocked, but when they said flourescent, I wasn't really thinking of "glowing in the dark".. I was thinking more on the lines of their color (similar to a highlighter).. You've never drawn stuff on you with highlighters and gone disco bowling, have you? Those pigs are scary.... Imaging eating that pork during a blackout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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