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| 06 Apr 2015 10:16 AM |
| Soon we will have ants devouring humans... Chimera Ant all over again |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:17 AM |
| I look forward to that day. |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:17 AM |
| That's fascinating! They could probably use what they learned in doubling the sizes of ants to double the size of other animals, too! Think of the uses for that -- people who are naturally born short could use that science to become taller! |
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pluspower
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:19 AM |
| I don't like this. I hate bugs. |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:19 AM |
| Not actually double, as in double their offspring, so that they're bigger than a normal ant. |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:20 AM |
"we made a new spaceship" "WE MADE BIG ANTS" what a usefull skill |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:20 AM |
"Not actually double, as in double their offspring, so that they're bigger than a normal ant."
Oh, so they've been using selective breeding?
That's not as exciting of a discovery, but selective breeding is still something very important. It's our way of controlling evolution! |
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nathfuzz
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:21 AM |
| am i the only one thinking about twice as big livestock. |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:23 AM |
"am i the only one thinking about twice as big livestock."
Wow, I didn't even consider that, but that's definitely a good use! We could breed bigger animals, they could produce more meat, we could feed more people! It might also help the environment slightly, since we would need less space for producing meat. |
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Kotawl
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:24 AM |
| won't that mean more food to feed and more dung |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:24 AM |
"Canadian scientists double the size of ants in experiment
Researchers at McGill were able to grow ants that were twice as big or half the size of normal by manipulating a particular gene." |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:24 AM |
| 8===============================================================================D |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:26 AM |
"won't that mean more food to feed and more dung "
Yeah, that too. Dung could be used as fertilizer to produce the food that we're using to feed the livestock, though.
"'Researchers at McGill were able to grow ants that were twice as big or half the size of normal by manipulating a particular gene.'"
Oh. |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:31 AM |
"That's fascinating! They could probably use what they learned in doubling the sizes of ants to double the size of other animals, too! Think of the uses for that -- people who are naturally born short could use that science to become taller!"
What if you want to be shorter. |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:33 AM |
"What if you want to be shorter."
Well, they were able to made ants smaller, too. (I read the article). |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:38 AM |
By the way, Chimer Ants are fictional insects in a show. I doubt you care what the show is but they are CARNIVOROUS insects that usually eat meat, one can't do much to a human, but if you step into a whole nest they'll devour you alive.
There is one Chimera ant that had a mutation in her genes, she was over 2 feet tall. Chimera ants have a special type of reproduction system called phagogenisis- the species gene's that she devours are put into her offspring. She's over 2 feet tall, so she can devour humans. She devours humans along with other animals, so the ants she produces are extremely powerful, and try to take over the world.
Cool RIGHT>>>??? |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:44 AM |
awesome now I can breed wingless dragons from salamanders so i guess that would just kind of be wyverns or we could just call them giant salamanders
Time what is time?/Come lock the door, don't let me in/I am the one/Your destiny |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:45 AM |
"awesome now I can breed wingless dragons from salamanders so i guess that would just kind of be wyverns or we could just call them giant salamanders"
Aren't wyverns dragons without forelimbs, though? |
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koopaNGC
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:46 AM |
"Well, they were able to make ants smaller, too. (I read the article)."
I'd love to be short. (It's my secret thing) |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:49 AM |
"I'd love to be short. (It's my secret thing)"
Oh. Are you really tall? |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:54 AM |
"Aren't wyverns dragons without forelimbs, though? "
IIRC wyverns are dragons with "hands" on their wings like bats
Time what is time?/Come lock the door, don't let me in/I am the one/Your destiny |
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| 06 Apr 2015 10:55 AM |
"IIRC wyverns are dragons with "hands" on their wings like bats"
Or like pterosaurs! :) |
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