06 March 2009

Science marches onward!

What has Discovery Channel news got for us today?
...One such researcher is Hans Laarson of McGill University in Montreal. Laarson and his team are analyzing the genes involved in tail development and researching ways of manipulating chicken embryos in order to "awaken the dinosaur within."

I see. Altering the development of chicken embryos to re-activate genes that express dinosaur-like characteristics. Like tails. Or hands. Or teeth.

How exactly does one spell, "AUUGGGH"?

Disturbing video interview here. What disturbs me most is the idea that the Discovery Channel's reporter is quite literally sitting slack-jawed in the dirt as he's told that the saying "rare as hen's teeth" is a suitable proof that chickens once had teeth.

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