Green Glow In The Dark Pigs In The News

 

Are there green Glow-in-the-dark pigs supposedly made in Taiwan? That's what this news release says. This weird news story was just released recently by the BBC and the entire story can be seen at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4605202.stm

According to scientists in Taiwan they say they have bred three fluorescent "transgenic green pigs that glow in the dark." They have supposedly done this by adding genetic material from jellyfish into a normal pig embryo while doing research at National Taiwan University. I haven't heard this before but according to the report scientists have bred partially fluorescent pigs before but these pigs have a difference, that being even their internal organs are green.

These transgenic pigs will purportedly be used to study human disease since with their genetic material being green it will be easy to spot when injected into another animal. Scientists will be able to track the cells without the need for a biopsy or other invasive procedures.

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Mouse Ablaze - A Case of Poetic Justice?

Whether you are a believer in Karma or other forms of worldly punishment for "so called sins" this occurence of such "justice" seems a bit extreme to say the least.

 

In Fort Sumner, New Mexico 81 year old Luciano Mares, threw a mouse he had found in his home into the fire and what happened next is one of those things you only think you see in the movies or read about in books. To Mares disbelief and horror the mouse, aflame from the fire, ran into Luciano's house, catching the house on fire and completely destroying it. Luckily no one was injured.

 

What can be learned from this:

 

Don't throw live animals into fires. It's cruel and inhumane. As unfortunate and tragic as this there's a lesson to be learned here. Play with fire and you will get burned. For a current link to this story visit here.

 

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