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Sweet! Science is only a few steps away from creating actual live pokemon! | |
Silly Canadians :P | |
Ergh. I don't want to see the first results of this man "flipping genetic levers". Or any of the poor, freaky looking bastardised dino-chickens. | |
Well hes got a theory going, good for him. Not sure where his funding will come from, i wonder if he hangs out with that one scientist who claims every now and then to have cloned a bunch of people. | |
These are going to be some fucked up chickens... Actually I really hope this works. It would be pretty badass to have a pet dinosaur, even if it is just a reverse chicken or whatever. | |
I am currently re-reading Jurassic Park (much better than the movie, btw) and so, of course, I am having serious concerns about how the dinosaurs might react to humans (i.e. eating their faces off). | |
Silly Canadians. Everyone knows it was frog DNA in the films. | |
Oh you wacky Canadians, let me get my chequebook. *sniggers* | |
How soon until the Colonel unveils "KFT-Rex: the end of hunger"? | |
One more reason why Canada is fucking awesome. Although won't they die because of tempertures. Also will we be eating them? :D | |
I can forsee no possible problem arising from this cautious, well-thought-out plan. Heh-heh-heh...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *clap of thunder* -- Steve PS: I wonder what the eggs would taste like? "Black coffee, bacon, wheat toast, two velociraptid eggs over-easy..." | |
TEH DINOS AREN'T LIZARDS THEY ARE TEH BIRD$!!1! They may have also been warm blooded so probably not. And Jurassic Park Canada wouldn't be as cool as Jurassic Park from the movie. It just wouldn't have the same prehistoric atmosphere, you know, the jungle style thing. Ice Age Park Canada cooler! | |
Oh. My. God. Where can I sign up to support this dashing hero of a man?! | |
Somehow I highly doubt this'll actually work, and yeah I don't want to see his first attempts at this. | |
Wait.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8zlUUrFK-M This actually a bit awesome. | |
He should try to breed a T-Rex. There's 'totally' no possible negative repercussions in doing so. | |
Dammit, Canada! You're giving Osama Binladen more ideas!!! | |
He's breeding...Raptors? | |
I honestly can't make up my mind if it's a good idea or a bad one. One one hand, we have Jurasic Park happening, on the other we have the potential for Velociraptor Cavalry. | |
Did they not see the Dexter's Lab episode where Dexter resurrects a T-Rex with a dog's brain and heart?! | |
I think dinosaur sized chickens would be better, Megafowl which could be rode into battle like a giant Chocobo. | |
^^this. Also, if the guy worked on the JP films, one would think he would learn that actual live dinosaurs in this day and age aren't a terribly good idea... | |
Hey. It can happen. I have seen a chicken with teeth and scales, this happens by somehow making old genes alive again... Canada rules. I love Canada. EDIT: And would it not be awesome to keep one as a pet? Scales, lizardy tail, weird little slit eyes, no little thing on the neck or head, and no teeth (As he can decide not to flick the genetic switch.) and you have the perfect pet. I'd love to show that of at pet day. Mrs.TeacherName: What is your pet? | |
Either we'll get some awesome Pokémons and possibly some Chocobos (finally, magic happenings coming to life by science, science rules!), or they're going to bring Godzilla to kill us all. My bet's on Godzilla. They're gonna lose control and will let lose dinosaurs all over the world, and it'll be a new world war, only with dinosaurs... Hey, that would be a cool idea for a game! | |
has Jurassic park taught us nothing? | |
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA! soon with our dinosaur riding army we will be fit to take over the world!!! NOTHING WILL STOP US NOW!! * adjusts monocle and tophat* yes not even canniblistic batman *twirls tiny mustach* | |
Old news. They've been playing with this idea for a while now, though they focused on the growth of feathers vs. scales. I suppose if he's going to take it to the next step, that'd be good... Just hope Wayne Knight isn't in charge of their computers... | |
"Canadian scientist Hans Larsson believes he can revive dinosaurs..." | |
Would this be yours? It seems like it could be used to hit the nail on the head, like you just did. | |
Forgive my bad English, but how is it ironic he worked on the Jurassic Park films? Isn't irony when something is not what is expected? | |
leave it to the Canadians to get something as lame as the chicken and make it into something as awesome as a dinosaur | |
Am I the only one who is totally skeptical? Does everyone else really think this will work? I didn't know I was that jaded. | |
Instead of putting frogs in the teacher's desk, kids will be putting miniature Tyrannosaurs. I can just imagine that, it'd be hilarious. | |
And Beedrill will STILL SUCK! | |
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Canadian Hopes to Resurrect Dinosaurs With Chicken DNA
Canadian scientist Hans Larsson believes he can revive dinosaurs by reverse engineering the genetic code of their closest living relative, the lowly chicken.
The plan, which PhysOrg.com likens to simply "flipping certain genetic levers during a chicken embryo's development," came from Larsson's discussions with famed American archaeologist Jack Horner -- who, ironically, worked as a consultant on the Jurassic Park films.
Larsson's immediate plans do not involve creating a breeding program for full-sized Tyrannosaurs -- he currently has ethical and practical objections to the idea -- but he does believe his theoretical ability to reproduce "dinosaur anatomy" from chicken embryos is "a demonstration of evolution."
"If I can demonstrate clearly that the potential for dinosaur anatomical development exists in birds, then it again proves that birds are direct descendants of dinosaurs," Larsson says.
Sounds like a win-win to me: The scientific community gets some fascinating data, and we get itty bitty chicken-sized dinos. Who will probably spit poisonous venom at us and eat our faces off, true, but they'll be so cute!
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