Hairy cactus

http://prinfo.no/boland/transg/cactus_project.asp

Basically, someone decided to genetically engineer a cactus to grow 'human' hair. Madness.

(and yes, I'm pretty sure it's true)

That's pretty insane. But intriuging at the same time.

Ahhh yes the advances of genetics, isn't it great. This is what I learned to do in AP Bio in High School.

Leperous said:
Basically, someone decided to genetically engineer a cactus to grow 'human' hair. Madness.

the question is.. what kind of human hair :dodgy:

I think the kind that you get on your back but carnt quite shave off

gimpinthesink said:
I think the kind that you get on your back but carnt quite shave off

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha... thats killer bud, the funniest thing i have heard in days

Great, so now even cacti have more hair on them then I do on my head. F**king baldness...

Wonderful genetic achivement... and i thought "necessity was the mother of invention"; i really can't think of any practical use of a hairy cactus....

One step closer to curing human hair loss, Kain.

More money is spent every year on curing erectile dysfunction than on helping starving kids. I can see uses for this thing.

Orpheus said:

Leperous said:
Basically, someone decided to genetically engineer a cactus to grow 'human' hair. Madness.

the question is.. what kind of human hair :dodgy:

let me just say...That hair doesnt grow on a chin. :wink

The pictures are just weird:



It sort of looks like it could of been done in PhotoShop... But your right, its probably real.

It is real, it was in my New Scientist magazine:

http://www.newscientist.com/opinion/opinterview.jsp;?id=ns24361

although i have no doubt of the reality this subject has, the statement

"It is real, it was in my New Scientist magazine:"

</I>somehow retracts more than confirms that belief :rolleyes: ..

Orpheus said:

"It is real, it was in my New Scientist magazine:"

</I>somehow retracts more than confirms that belief :rolleyes: ..

New Scientist is one of the more famous Journals around, and defintely quite well informed. I see no reason for that making it harder to believe.

Well, from an aesthetic point of vue, it's a disaster... A cactus with hair! that's extremely gross. Let's hope the juice of that thing cures baldness.

fraggard said:

Orpheus said:

"It is real, it was in my New Scientist magazine:"

</I>somehow retracts more than confirms that belief :rolleyes: ..

New Scientist is one of the more famous Journals around, and definitely quite well informed. I see no reason for that making it harder to believe.

no insult intended to your magazine fragman.

it just struck me odd, that the reliability of the subject is based on the origin of the article... didn't snarkpit recently have a debate on a book and its contents? many faithful rely solely on the book, as proof of its content.

i just thought it was ironic, that our learned master lep would fall into the same word trap :rolleyes:

try not to read my comment as an attack on the magazine, but more as an ironic comparison.. the sentance was nearly identical to ones i have heard from the faithfully religious :smile:

You can't really compare a modern factual scientific publication to what is for the most part a work of fiction written oh i don't know a gazillion years ago about events which happened hundreds of years before.

lol Orph, the point in the message was that it has been independently corroborated by something/someone who is actually quite trustworthy (and where you can investigate/question that trust all you want if you want!). It's not really comparable to the bible, due to age, intent and message.

/me stifles last of giggles..

its still funny as hell..

imagines lep upon really BIG soap box

"it is true dammit, it was written in my magzine"

i think that i'll believe it until someone can prove them wrong :razz:
but IMO, if someone can clone someone/something, then i think they could make a cactus grow human hair.

Wonderful genetic achivement... and i thought "necessity was the mother of invention"; i really can't think of any practical use of a hairy cactus....

If you saw the Hamster-controlled MIDI page, you should know that this quote is wildly inaccurate at best. It should now be changed to
"Alcohol is the mother of invention".

if they can make a hairy cactus...then perhaps...they can make...a...bird with two heads or a pig with 8 legs...or a fish with a human head or...or...a snake with a head in both ends or...a cow with three heads or...THERE'S NO LIMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:kitty: :mrT:

I think it'd be a little complicated giving a pig 4 more functioning legs. :smile:

That happens often enough in nature anyway :argh:

or they could make cat dog

boo

get out!

OtZman said:
if they can make a hairy cactus...then perhaps...they can make...a...bird with two heads or a pig with 8 legs...or a fish with a human head or...or...a snake with a head in both ends or...a cow with three heads or...THERE'S NO LIMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:kitty: :mrT:

You Could make a banana eating monkey

K I've grown some wierd cacti with white hair, and some that have grown leaves (Cacti with proper leaves?! Whats going on there?!)...

but this tops them!