Waaaargh the Orcs Cometh

[Evil Dave]

And they shall mutate and from them spring the first Orcs.
Green Pigs

 

[NecroN]

Wow that is way too messed up. I had to double check and make sure it wasn\'t April 1st.

 

[Evil Dave]

But...they would be great on Saint Paddy\'s day, and now yes there is green Ham, now if only we can whip up some green eggs.lol

 

[dauber22]

\"PORK: the other green-glowing meat\"
lol

 

[supervike]

I find it odd that the story was written by

Chris Hogg...

 

[Ogrebane]

Of course you would notice that Vike its your sort of humour.

I would like to know how splicing jelly fish and pig genes are going to help cure human diseases.

 

[Swordwind]

The Nodwick joke is true!

Orcs ARE just piggies with swords!!!

 

[MarkusTay]

I just wanna know WHY?!

Now if they could just figure out how to make a certain part of my anatomy glow then that WOULD be something!

lol:bouncy::flip:

 

[bayrodney]

Heh Heh...
Heard this on the news
They are wicked lol, they should breed more Orcs...I mean glowing sheep

 

[LavronYor]

Those pigs are from Nurgle. All praise da Papa!

 

[Avicenna]

Originally posted by Ogrebane
I would like to know how splicing jelly fish and pig genes are going to help cure human diseases.

I think it is to do with producing stem cells from these animals which glow and using them in their research with \'normal\' pink pigs. The glowing ability allows them to track the growth of the implanted stem cells... or something... been out of the biological loop for a while now

 

[Modderrhu]

Originally posted by Avicenna
The glowing ability allows them to track the growth of the implanted stem cells... or something...

Yep. Rather like radioactive oxygen is used to track molecules and metabolism in organisms.

And Mark, that would indeed be über-cool, now the woman has no excuse for not being able to find it. But it\'s old news, some of the members here already have glowing arseholes - bright and shining as the sun. lol

 

[Avicenna]

ANd they talk too!

How about THAT!

 

[Fayarin]

Grmbl, why do they always mess with animals? This has no purpose, just plain fun. Just leave \'m.

 

[marineboy]

This will , of course, make surf\'n\'turf cheaper on the menu.

And, Evil Dave, I agree -- greens eggs and ham suddenly seems feasible!lol

 

[Frustrated Father]

And people wonder why I think a post apocolyptic future isn\'t that hard of an idea to come to terms with.

 

[Dedwrekka]

Originally posted by Ogrebane
Of course you would notice that Vike its your sort of humour.

I would like to know how splicing jelly fish and pig genes are going to help cure human diseases.

They explain it later in the article. Because this is a more noticable mutation it makes it easier to track through generations than, say,just making improved stem cells immediatly. If they did that they\'d have to do biopsies and invasive (aka expencive or complicated) procedures which is much harder than just shining a blue light on little piggies to see which pigglets inherited the green glow genes.

Grmbl, why do they always mess with animals? This has no purpose, just plain fun. Just leave \'m.

Because a handfull of bunnies, rats, or pigs isn\'t that big of an impact on the species, especially when they birth in the dozens (There\'s an old Catholic/Irish joke in there that I\'m not touching). Also because there are so few governments out there willing to allow human research to be done without proper evidence already being in effect.

 

[Fayarin]

Originally posted by Dedwrekka

Grmbl, why do they always mess with animals? This has no purpose, just plain fun. Just leave \'m.

Because a handfull of bunnies, rats, or pigs isn\'t that big of an impact on the species, especially when they birth in the dozens (There\'s an old Catholic/Irish joke in there that I\'m not touching). Also because there are so few governments out there willing to allow human research to be done without proper evidence already being in effect.

Sorry, I don\'t agree with you. I don\'t have a romanticised view of animals, so that\'s not it. But I don\'t think we can mess around with life like this, no matter how many animals there are of the species. We have a responsibility when we have control of animals. Ofcourse, I\'m not against test animals for medication, but just making \'m green is not a good reason to use animals.

 

[green stuff]

Message original : Fayarin
Grmbl, why do they always mess with animals? This has no purpose, just plain fun.

Have a look >>here<< on what is stem cell therapy. That\'s the searchers\' goal. Having them glow green with a special light is only a convenient way to identify them. These pigs don\'t suffer inhumain treatment and except for wild pigs, most pigs finish in people\'s plates. For something that can save or help people, it could have been a lot worse.

 

[Fayarin]

Originally posted by green stuff

Message original : Fayarin
Grmbl, why do they always mess with animals? This has no purpose, just plain fun.

Have a look >>here<< on what is stem cell therapy. That\'s the searchers\' goal. Having them glow green with a special light is only a convenient way to identify them. These pigs don\'t suffer inhumain treatment and except for wild pigs, most pigs finish in people\'s plates. For something that can save or help people, it could have been a lot worse.

Ok, than I don\'t have anything against it. As long as it\'s helpfull to mankind Thanks for the explanation.