http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150512-bird-grows-face-of-dinosaur
Quotea team has been tampering with the molecular processes that make up a beak in chickens.
By doing so, they have managed to create a chicken embryo with a dinosaur-like snout and palate, similar to that of small feathered dinosaurs like Velociraptor. The results are published in the journal Evolution.
The team's aim was to understand how the bird beak evolved, because the beak is such a vital part of bird anatomy. It has been crucial for their success. The 10,000 or more bird species occupy a wide range of habitats, and many have specialised beaks to help them survive.
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No sense trying to make non-sense of this board. The live posts this moment: yours, gaming posts, other cramps. Is this all there is? Any of y'all get out of yer house and do somethings? Or is it a sit-in-your-room & post on the internet dealy? ( O.K., I really like the shared art. That r'ocks) But can I show you an image of a mouse with a human ear growing out it's side? I'll be sitting in my room when I post it.
Quote from: Finn on January 09, 2018, 07:35:38 AM
No sense trying to make non-sense of this board. The live posts this moment: yours, gaming posts, other cramps. Is this all there is? Any of y'all get out of yer house and do somethings? Or is it a sit-in-your-room & post on the internet dealy? ( O.K., I really like the shared art. That r'ocks) But can I show you an image of a mouse with a human ear growing out it's side? I'll be sitting in my room when I post it.
Some of us post from work as well.
Quote from: Finn on January 09, 2018, 07:35:38 AM
No sense trying to make non-sense of this board. The live posts this moment: yours, gaming posts, other cramps. Is this all there is? Any of y'all get out of yer house and do somethings? Or is it a sit-in-your-room & post on the internet dealy? ( O.K., I really like the shared art. That r'ocks) But can I show you an image of a mouse with a human ear growing out it's side? I'll be sitting in my room when I post it.
It's all you, personally, are ever going to see of this board. Funny thing is, I had you pegged as a good one, and I never do that. I am Jack's massive feelings of disappointment.
Fuck off and die in a car accident or something.
So uh...nobody is going to address the GODDAMN DINOSAUR CHICKEN IN THE ROOM??!!?
Quote from: Finn on January 09, 2018, 07:35:38 AM
No sense trying to make non-sense of this board. The live posts this moment: yours, gaming posts, other cramps. Is this all there is? Any of y'all get out of yer house and do somethings? Or is it a sit-in-your-room & post on the internet dealy? ( O.K., I really like the shared art. That r'ocks) But can I show you an image of a mouse with a human ear growing out it's side? I'll be sitting in my room when I post it.
Excuse me while I put on my dancing monkey outfit for you :roll:
Quote from: Finn on January 09, 2018, 07:35:38 AM
No sense trying to make non-sense of this board. The live posts this moment: yours, gaming posts, other cramps. Is this all there is? Any of y'all get out of yer house and do somethings? Or is it a sit-in-your-room & post on the internet dealy? ( O.K., I really like the shared art. That r'ocks) But can I show you an image of a mouse with a human ear growing out it's side? I'll be sitting in my room when I post it.
FOR FUCK'S SAKE! CUT!
This ad-lib bullshit is the reason why you'll never reach A-list status. Unfortunately, your contract was written up tighter than John Goodman in a clown car, so I won't be able to can you like I intended.
MIKE, IF THAT BACKDROP DOESN'T CONVINCE ME I'M IN THE GRAND FUCKING CANYON, I'M REPLACING YOU WITH YOUR TWIN BROTHER. To think, it's possible to be so much more useless than someone who STARTED OUT WITH THE SAME GENES AS YOU.
At this rate, Alan Smithee's gonna get credit for yet another B-Movie.
LET'S TAKE IT FROM THE TOP.
And kid, this time, go by the script. There's a goddamn DINOSAUR CHICKEN in the room and you're mumbling on about the goddamn outdoors. Do the outdoors have FUCKING DINOSAUR CHICKENS, FUCK FACE? DIDN'T THINK SO.
ACTION!
Quote from: PretentiousMovieDirector on January 09, 2018, 08:31:05 PM
Quote from: Finn on January 09, 2018, 07:35:38 AM
No sense trying to make non-sense of this board. The live posts this moment: yours, gaming posts, other cramps. Is this all there is? Any of y'all get out of yer house and do somethings? Or is it a sit-in-your-room & post on the internet dealy? ( O.K., I really like the shared art. That r'ocks) But can I show you an image of a mouse with a human ear growing out it's side? I'll be sitting in my room when I post it.
FOR FUCK'S SAKE! CUT!
This ad-lib bullshit is the reason why you'll never reach A-list status. Unfortunately, your contract was written up tighter than John Goodman in a clown car, so I won't be able to can you like I intended.
MIKE, IF THAT BACKDROP DOESN'T CONVINCE ME I'M IN THE GRAND FUCKING CANYON, I'M REPLACING YOU WITH YOUR TWIN BROTHER. To think, it's possible to be so much more useless than someone who STARTED OUT WITH THE SAME GENES AS YOU.
At this rate, Alan Smithee's gonna get credit for yet another B-Movie.
LET'S TAKE IT FROM THE TOP.
And kid, this time, go by the script. There's a goddamn DINOSAUR CHICKEN in the room and you're mumbling on about the goddamn outdoors. Do the outdoors have FUCKING DINOSAUR CHICKENS, FUCK FACE? DIDN'T THINK SO.
ACTION!
:lulz:
MARRY ME
Quote from: Bu☆ns on January 09, 2018, 06:54:33 PM
Quote from: Finn on January 09, 2018, 07:35:38 AM
No sense trying to make non-sense of this board. The live posts this moment: yours, gaming posts, other cramps. Is this all there is? Any of y'all get out of yer house and do somethings? Or is it a sit-in-your-room & post on the internet dealy? ( O.K., I really like the shared art. That r'ocks) But can I show you an image of a mouse with a human ear growing out it's side? I'll be sitting in my room when I post it.
Excuse me while I put on my dancing monkey outfit for you :roll:
I told you guys why I huff noobs, I never should have stopped. This guy seemed so promising, though.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 09, 2018, 11:12:41 PM
Quote from: Bu☆ns on January 09, 2018, 06:54:33 PM
Quote from: Finn on January 09, 2018, 07:35:38 AM
No sense trying to make non-sense of this board. The live posts this moment: yours, gaming posts, other cramps. Is this all there is? Any of y'all get out of yer house and do somethings? Or is it a sit-in-your-room & post on the internet dealy? ( O.K., I really like the shared art. That r'ocks) But can I show you an image of a mouse with a human ear growing out it's side? I'll be sitting in my room when I post it.
Excuse me while I put on my dancing monkey outfit for you :roll:
I told you guys why I huff noobs, I never should have stopped. This guy seemed so promising, though.
No sweat--the goddamned chicken dino can eat his ass for all i care now
Quote from: Bu☆ns on January 10, 2018, 12:59:45 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 09, 2018, 11:12:41 PM
Quote from: Bu☆ns on January 09, 2018, 06:54:33 PM
Quote from: Finn on January 09, 2018, 07:35:38 AM
No sense trying to make non-sense of this board. The live posts this moment: yours, gaming posts, other cramps. Is this all there is? Any of y'all get out of yer house and do somethings? Or is it a sit-in-your-room & post on the internet dealy? ( O.K., I really like the shared art. That r'ocks) But can I show you an image of a mouse with a human ear growing out it's side? I'll be sitting in my room when I post it.
Excuse me while I put on my dancing monkey outfit for you :roll:
I told you guys why I huff noobs, I never should have stopped. This guy seemed so promising, though.
No sweat--the goddamned chicken dino can eat his ass for all i care now
Given the passive-aggressive bullshit, I'm gonna call poptard for the first time in like 2 years.
I'm pissed because they decided not to hatch the damned thing.
Quote from: LMNO on January 10, 2018, 02:10:54 PM
I'm pissed because they decided not to hatch the damned thing.
This is indeed the darkest timeline - the one where people
learn from watching endless low budget horror films.
So... "rare as hen's teeth" may not be a viable phrase one day. I approve of this Frankenstein shit!
Why do they need "ethical approval" to hatch it? In general it's always more ethical to nurture an organism than to destroy it, with the only clear exceptions being pathogenic organisms, parasites, and fascists.
besides, they HAVE my ethical approval. Asking for approval from someone they know will not grant it, or not asking at all, shows a clear bias, and I think it invalidates their findings.
Quote from: tyrannosaurus vex on January 11, 2018, 01:36:51 AM
besides, they HAVE my ethical approval. Asking for approval from someone they know will not grant it, or not asking at all, shows a clear bias, and I think it invalidates their findings.
Clearly more study and less restrictions is the only way forward ethically speaking. In this new era of Weirdness nothing is unethical anymore.
Quote from: Cain on January 10, 2018, 04:39:32 PM
Quote from: LMNO on January 10, 2018, 02:10:54 PM
I'm pissed because they decided not to hatch the damned thing.
This is indeed the darkest timeline - the one where people learn from watching endless low budget horror films.
I'm watching endless Boris Karloff mad scientist B pictures. Tonight it's "The Man Who Changed His Mind" . I AM learning something. I want to do a performance of Morgusian Science. For dear friends and friends of Science and those of the Higher Order. Momus Alexander Morgus is an incredible inspiration to me. In his 90's now, retired, not in New Orleans any more but close by. Search out his experiments on YouTube to get a taste.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 09, 2018, 03:11:16 PM
Quote from: Finn on January 09, 2018, 07:35:38 AM
No sense trying to make non-sense of this board. The live posts this moment: yours, gaming posts, other cramps. Is this all there is? Any of y'all get out of yer house and do somethings? Or is it a sit-in-your-room & post on the internet dealy? ( O.K., I really like the shared art. That r'ocks) But can I show you an image of a mouse with a human ear growing out it's side? I'll be sitting in my room when I post it.
It's all you, personally, are ever going to see of this board. Funny thing is, I had you pegged as a good one, and I never do that. I am Jack's massive feelings of disappointment.
Fuck off and die in a car accident or something.
I may be exactly as you wrote it. Why am I smiling and feel such joy at your post? It ain't normal . I fucking hate praise. I'll take the "die in a car accident". Fucking bizarre. That response makes me feel great. Every forum where folks praise me, I light out. Can't stand that shit. Thanks!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 09, 2018, 11:11:34 PM
Quote from: PretentiousMovieDirector on January 09, 2018, 08:31:05 PM
Quote from: Finn on January 09, 2018, 07:35:38 AM
No sense trying to make non-sense of this board. The live posts this moment: yours, gaming posts, other cramps. Is this all there is? Any of y'all get out of yer house and do somethings? Or is it a sit-in-your-room & post on the internet dealy? ( O.K., I really like the shared art. That r'ocks) But can I show you an image of a mouse with a human ear growing out it's side? I'll be sitting in my room when I post it.
FOR FUCK'S SAKE! CUT!
This ad-lib bullshit is the reason why you'll never reach A-list status. Unfortunately, your contract was written up tighter than John Goodman in a clown car, so I won't be able to can you like I intended.
MIKE, IF THAT BACKDROP DOESN'T CONVINCE ME I'M IN THE GRAND FUCKING CANYON, I'M REPLACING YOU WITH YOUR TWIN BROTHER. To think, it's possible to be so much more useless than someone who STARTED OUT WITH THE SAME GENES AS YOU.
At this rate, Alan Smithee's gonna get credit for yet another B-Movie.
LET'S TAKE IT FROM THE TOP.
And kid, this time, go by the script. There's a goddamn DINOSAUR CHICKEN in the room and you're mumbling on about the goddamn outdoors. Do the outdoors have FUCKING DINOSAUR CHICKENS, FUCK FACE? DIDN'T THINK SO.
ACTION!
:lulz:
MARRY ME
Fuck off Howl. It's in response to me. Pretentous, precious? MARRY ME INSTEAD!
Going back to the egg-not-hatched issue; what the hell kind of communist organization is doing this research that they're not already marketing this thing as a pet?
Quote from: Prelate Diogenes Shandor on January 11, 2018, 07:40:41 AM
Going back to the egg-not-hatched issue; what the hell kind of communist organization is doing this research that they're not already marketing this thing as a pet?
Scientists aren't really known for their keen eye for business. On the other hand, they ain't known for breathing either and studies show at least 80% of them do. Studies conducted by scientists. Who may or may not be breathing, most likely not, why else would you tell everyone you are. Scientists also have this thing for brains...
I think they'd have a lot less problems if they stopped calling it a chicken.
kind of a 'ship of theseus' question here - how much DNA can you swap out and still call it a chicken?
but I guess we want gene-hacked people to still be human, so maybe it's better to think of it as a mutant-chicken than as something new
learning important lessons from prometheus here
Quote from: Finn on January 11, 2018, 05:02:46 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 09, 2018, 03:11:16 PM
Quote from: Finn on January 09, 2018, 07:35:38 AM
No sense trying to make non-sense of this board. The live posts this moment: yours, gaming posts, other cramps. Is this all there is? Any of y'all get out of yer house and do somethings? Or is it a sit-in-your-room & post on the internet dealy? ( O.K., I really like the shared art. That r'ocks) But can I show you an image of a mouse with a human ear growing out it's side? I'll be sitting in my room when I post it.
It's all you, personally, are ever going to see of this board. Funny thing is, I had you pegged as a good one, and I never do that. I am Jack's massive feelings of disappointment.
Fuck off and die in a car accident or something.
I may be exactly as you wrote it. Why am I smiling and feel such joy at your post? It ain't normal . I fucking hate praise. I'll take the "die in a car accident". Fucking bizarre. That response makes me feel great. Every forum where folks praise me, I light out. Can't stand that shit. Thanks!
Fantastic. You know I hate your guts, I expect not to have you speak to me or about me going forward. It's a deal.
Quote from: Cramulus on January 11, 2018, 01:28:13 PM
I think they'd have a lot less problems if they stopped calling it a chicken.
kind of a 'ship of theseus' question here - how much DNA can you swap out and still call it a chicken?
but I guess we want gene-hacked people to still be human, so maybe it's better to think of it as a mutant-chicken than as something new
learning important lessons from prometheus here
It comes down to "what is the essential object of a chicken?" The purpose of a chicken is to be fried and eaten. Can this monster chicken be eaten? If it can, then it is a chicken with dentures. If it cannot, then it is an abomination that should be released into the MBTA station at 5 PM.
At least it would increase the possibility of my getting a seat on the train.
I WANT A FUCKING FANCY FLUFFY MICRO-NOT-CHICKEN/RAPTOR AND IT IS UNAMERICAN TO KEEP ME FROM KEEPING A POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL DISASTER AS A PET
Quote from: Don Coyote on January 11, 2018, 06:59:15 PM
I WANT A FUCKING FANCY FLUFFY MICRO-NOT-CHICKEN/RAPTOR AND IT IS UNAMERICAN TO KEEP ME FROM KEEPING A POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL DISASTER AS A PET
I just want the raptor thing.
Quote from: LMNO on January 11, 2018, 05:16:21 PM
At least it would increase the possibility of my getting a seat on the train.
That would be day 31 of
30 Days of Eris.
Uh, you misunderstand me Dr. Howl. I have no offer of a deal. You fascinate me. I could never agree to not interact with you. Is that a bannanable offense? You're the power-possesser here.
Quote from: Fin on January 11, 2018, 09:20:18 PM
Uh, you misunderstand me Dr. Howl. I have no offer of a deal. You fascinate me. I could never agree to not interact with you. Is that a bannanable offense? You're the power-possesser here.
Nope. The 6 things that get you banned were listed on registration. It's not my fault if you sign things without reading them.
Quote from: Prelate Diogenes Shandor on January 11, 2018, 01:09:17 AM
Why do they need "ethical approval" to hatch it? In general it's always more ethical to nurture an organism than to destroy it, with the only clear exceptions being pathogenic organisms, parasites, and fascists.
Yes, in general. That's the key phrase there. This doesn't fall under general, this is an unusual.
Quote from: Cramulus on January 11, 2018, 01:28:13 PM
I think they'd have a lot less problems if they stopped calling it a chicken.
kind of a 'ship of theseus' question here - how much DNA can you swap out and still call it a chicken?
but I guess we want gene-hacked people to still be human, so maybe it's better to think of it as a mutant-chicken than as something new
learning important lessons from prometheus here
If it is still interfertile with chickens and the resulting offspring are also capable of breeding with chickens, it's a chicken under Biological Species Concept.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on January 11, 2018, 03:49:56 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on January 11, 2018, 01:28:13 PM
I think they'd have a lot less problems if they stopped calling it a chicken.
kind of a 'ship of theseus' question here - how much DNA can you swap out and still call it a chicken?
but I guess we want gene-hacked people to still be human, so maybe it's better to think of it as a mutant-chicken than as something new
learning important lessons from prometheus here
It comes down to "what is the essential object of a chicken?" The purpose of a chicken is to be fried and eaten. Can this monster chicken be eaten? If it can, then it is a chicken with dentures. If it cannot, then it is an abomination that should be released into the MBTA station at 5 PM.
I approve of this!
:O wow first giant killer worms are destroying france... and now we have dinosaur chickens... :O
sigh... what is next... dancing zombies?