Anyway, these "scientists" are frauds. An American company beat them to the green pigs by a wide margin:
Posted on 01/12/2006 6:39:00 AM PST by NYer
Scientists in Taiwan say they have bred three pigs that glow in the dark.
They claim that while other researchers have bred partly fluorescent pigs, theirs are the only pigs in the world which are green through and through.
The pigs are transgenic, created by adding genetic material from jellyfish into a normal pig embryo.
The researchers hope the pigs will boost the island's stem cell research, as well as helping with the study of human disease.
The researchers, from National Taiwan University's Department of Animal Science and Technology, say that although the pigs glow, they are otherwise no different from any others.
Taiwan is not claiming a world first. Others have bred partially fluorescent pigs before. But the researchers insist the three pigs they have produced are better.
They are the only ones that are green from the inside out. Even their heart and internal organs are green, they say.
To create them, DNA from jellyfish was added to about 265 pig embryos which were implanted in eight different pigs.
Four of the pigs became pregnant and three male piglets were born three months ago.
Green generation
In daylight the researchers say the pigs' eyes, teeth and trotters look green. Their skin has a greenish tinge.
In the dark, shine a blue light on them and they glow torch-light bright.
The scientists will use the transgenic pigs to study human disease. Because the pig's genetic material is green, it is easy to spot.
So if, for instance, some of its stem cells are injected into another animal, scientists can track how they develop without the need for a biopsy or invasive test.
But creating them has not been easy. Many of the altered embryos failed to develop.
The researchers say they hope the new, green pigs will mate with ordinary female pigs to create a new generation - much greater numbers of transgenic pigs for use in research.
Maybe they're just the offspring of Kermit and Miss Piggy.
LOL! There may be a purpose for them after all!
Good for St. Patricks Day in Mecca
Future report from Taiwan:
"Hwang-Hwong Wing has admitted to smearing pigs with glow-in-the-dark paint rather than breeding them. He brings great dishonor to his ancestors and to the bad name of Taiwanese biological research."
We need to to this to humans ASAP! We could have night football without lights. Red versus green.
This seems weird and wrong on so many levels.
But, I MIGHT be "prejudiced".
PORKCHOPS 4 Mahound
LOL, good observation....
this should go to Jay Leno's Headlines
There you go. Glow in the dark pigs should scare the c**p out of terrorists. lol!
The green pig does not look healthy enough to eat. I've got it! It's a ploy by PETA to discourage people from eating pork. lol!
Glowing green pig ping
UPDATE!!!
(Just testing)
A superior glowing green pig.
Mint jellyfish?
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