Dr Seuss

[Fiona]

Does anyone have any green eggs?

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...-13762,00.html

[Greg.]

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Originally Posted by Fiona Does anyone have any green eggs?

Hmm...

This seems a good idea... I know how difficult it is to see a pig in the dark... Trying to get bacon at 4am in winter is difficult... Seriously it is on sound medical grounds... However, why not just give the pigs a lot Sunny D - well known fact that it turns you orange (1 litre every day for a 12 year old)...

On a similar note there was a scare here in Britain not so long ago with a mother who went to check on her baby in the middle of the night... The nappy was glowing. It turned out the company had put chemicals that glowed when the nappy got wet... To help parents see their babies in the dark...

[Athena]

That is straaange.

[Hill-Shatar]

Excellent! I'll never have to dye my cells to see them again!

[Magrus]

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Originally Posted by Fiona Does anyone have any green eggs?

Actually my father gets green eggs out of one of the chickens/pheasants/peac0cks he has at his house. He has yet to figure out which one is laying green eggs though out of the mess of brown, light blue and white ones he has every day.

That is strange, I still see it wrong for humans to use animals in testing how things work on humans. Hell, they can't even predict what most things will do to a large number of OUR species even after testing it on some. Why test on a completely different species?

[VonDondu]

If scientists can genetically engineer a flourescent green pig or fish, I'm sure they can create a green chicken that lays green eggs.

[Hill-Shatar]

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Originally Posted by Magrus Actually my father gets green eggs out of one of the chickens/pheasants/peac0cks he has at his house. He has yet to figure out which one is laying green eggs though out of the mess of brown, light blue and white ones he has every day. That is strange, I still see it wrong for humans to use animals in testing how things work on humans. Hell, they can't even predict what most things will do to a large number of OUR species even after testing it on some. Why test on a completely different species?

Rhesus monkeys, rats and pigs are very close genetically, and can usually recieve the same diseases. For an example, both pigs and humans can get ringworm, and we usually get it transferred from pigs.

However, many creaturs are like that. It is how they react that is important. I used to work with rats every day, however, that stopped when I moved on to my new job. Now it is slightly less. I currently have a rat awaiting a birth of children that we worked with for a while.

We aren't so different. Compared to what is possible on Earth alone, we are very close indeed.

(sorry for not writing more, a little busy)

[Aramant]

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Originally Posted by Hill-Shatar Rhesus monkeys

Obligatory joke: so when you disect these animals, are you left with Rhesus Pieces?

In follow-up of the conversation, however, I'm all in favour of animal testing. Really, if we breed the animal into existence, however forced and industrial it may be, that particular animal only exists because we bred it. So who cares? I surely don't. Make 'em glow. Heck, make 'em fart fireworks for that matter. At least we'd know how digestive biproduct affects carnival entertainment.

[dj_venom]

Yeah, a green pig... that guy is going to have one helluva problem getting a date.