Green Eggs and Ham....

*Katie* · 12-29-2006, 11:58 AM

well, green ham anyway....

BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- Chinese scientists have successfully bred partially green fluorescent pigs which they hope will boost stem cell research, Xinhua news agency said.

A research team at the Northeast Agricultural University in Harbin managed to breed three transgenic pigs by injecting fluorescent green protein into embryonic pigs, Xinhua quoted Professor Liu Zhonghua as saying.

"The mouth, trotters and tongue of the pigs are green under ultraviolet light," said Liu.

Genetic material from jellyfish was injected into the womb of a sow which gave birth to the three pigs 114 days later in Harbin, he said.

China celebrates the start of the Year of the Pig in February.

*Sewer Bull* · 12-29-2006, 12:16 PM

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China celebrates the start of the Year of the Pig in February.

This is my year... MWAHAHAHAHA!

*Mecha Cow* · 12-29-2006, 12:20 PM

Isn't this news really old? o_O

*discordiatookie* · 12-29-2006, 01:05 PM

i Wanna Pic! I Wanna Pic Of The Green Piggies!!!

MadPirateBunny · 12-29-2006, 01:24 PM

*Katie* · 12-29-2006, 03:00 PM

it seems I heard it before somewhere....I just couldn't pass up the Dr. Seuss Title

*discordiatookie* · 12-29-2006, 03:04 PM

look at his cute widdle gween piggie face, he looks so happy

~~LogicDonny~~ · 12-30-2006, 01:27 PM

Green ham.. a change in color but taste coudl still be excellent.. go green bacon!

*discordiatookie* · 12-30-2006, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by LogicDonny

Green ham.. a change in color but taste coudl still be excellent.. go green bacon!

i dunno, a few years ago they changed ketchup from its normal red colour to green, as a gimmick or something, and while it tasted exactly the same it hardly sold, and they stopped making it. I remember we had a bottle, (i'm a MASSIVE tomato sauce eater, a bottle a week, mwahaha) and after using it once or so we got back in the usual red stuff and that bottle sat in the cupboard for months, getting dusty... it kinda reminded me of the scene in Hook where they have the imaginary food fight, with the luminous multicolour food ("You're doing it Peter, you're doing it!") Like i said, it tasted exactly the same, but i hated the stuff...

~~LogicDonny~~ · 12-30-2006, 03:05 PM

I remember the green ketchup. Lol... That was fun..

There's something about green that makes food taste like food..

12-29-2006, 11:58 AM	#1
Katie Just...way too serious. Join Date: May 2005 Location: purgatory Posts: 3,519	Green Eggs and Ham.... well, green ham anyway.... BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- Chinese scientists have successfully bred partially green fluorescent pigs which they hope will boost stem cell research, Xinhua news agency said. A research team at the Northeast Agricultural University in Harbin managed to breed three transgenic pigs by injecting fluorescent green protein into embryonic pigs, Xinhua quoted Professor Liu Zhonghua as saying. "The mouth, trotters and tongue of the pigs are green under ultraviolet light," said Liu. Genetic material from jellyfish was injected into the womb of a sow which gave birth to the three pigs 114 days later in Harbin, he said. China celebrates the start of the Year of the Pig in February. __________________ THE WORLD IS JUST AWESOME

12-29-2006, 12:20 PM	#3
Mecha Cow Gorgeous and modest too Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,699	Isn't this news really old? o_O __________________

12-29-2006, 01:05 PM	#4
discordiatookie facehugger Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,817	i Wanna Pic! I Wanna Pic Of The Green Piggies!!! __________________ Oh Discordia! Charyou Tree! Come, Reap! Don't tell us to grow up and out of it I got my cloak and dagger in a bar room brawl You actually trying to read this tiny text? Damn, you're dedicated! This is all just for effect you know... original TMNT art collection

12-29-2006, 01:24 PM	#5
MadPirateBunny Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: in the basement Posts: 1,067	__________________ Note to self: Pillage first. THEN Burn.

12-29-2006, 03:00 PM	#6
Katie Just...way too serious. Join Date: May 2005 Location: purgatory Posts: 3,519	it seems I heard it before somewhere....I just couldn't pass up the Dr. Seuss Title __________________ THE WORLD IS JUST AWESOME

12-29-2006, 03:04 PM	#7
discordiatookie facehugger Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,817	look at his cute widdle gween piggie face, he looks so happy __________________ Oh Discordia! Charyou Tree! Come, Reap! Don't tell us to grow up and out of it I got my cloak and dagger in a bar room brawl You actually trying to read this tiny text? Damn, you're dedicated! This is all just for effect you know... original TMNT art collection

12-30-2006, 01:27 PM	#8
~~LogicDonny~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,643	Green ham.. a change in color but taste coudl still be excellent.. go green bacon!

12-30-2006, 03:05 PM	#10
~~LogicDonny~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,643	I remember the green ketchup. Lol... That was fun.. There's something about green that makes food taste like food..