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I just posted a new blog entry on The Green Rocket (my “green side”) about a giant tortoise that might be brought back from extinction thanks to advances in DNA documentation. Hopefully, with a financially supported directive, biologists can reverse engineer the remaining hybrid species stumbling about on the island of Floreana in a effort breed the original extinct species once again.

As cool as I thought this story was–and with a little hope that it was actually more along the lines of the Tasmanian Tiger story released months ago–that isn’t the reason why I am re-posting about it here on my personal blog. No, no, folks, the coolest part of this tale happened when I published the story on TGR and checked the live site to make sure all was well.

I was presented with a Google ad that was nothing but a banner with the freakin’ TURTLES on it!!! Well, Rapheal in any case… (not the point)! Awesome or what? Thank you Google for making my day!

I did a Lowdown on Cloning way back in the day that mentioned the “spider goats” being developed by Nexia Biotechnlogoies (here in Canada—woot!); a goat that produces spider silk in its milk that when woven into, say, a bullet proof vest, is actually tougher than steel.

It seems the transgenic research and development groups haven’t stopped there! From the Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences of the Estonian University of Life Sciences (man that’s a mouth full) we get the “Golden Calf”; a bovine able to produce insulin in its cow milk!

It doesn’t stop there, the technology behind this development can actually have the transgenic cow produce other hormones and antibodies in its milk—like antibodies for people suffering from cancer or rheumatism. Imagine that! This Golden Calf development, if proven successful, can provide the miracles humanity could worship over with transcendent song, sexual dance and festivities—

Oh shit… wait a minute that didn’t turn out so well in the bible, did it?

Ignore that last part.

Professors Sulev Kõks and Ülle Jaakma, the leads on the project hope to see this <whisper>Golden Calf</whisper> in production as early as 2010. Think about this: They state that producing one cow capable of this milky medicinal marvel is 30 to 40 times cheaper and more effective than current methods. One of these “normal” calves, valued at half a million USD, eating grass all peaceful-like in a field could theoretically produce 10% of the WORLD’s insulin market, which is valued at $10 billion USD!

ONE COW PEOPLE!

I can see the commercial adoption of this biological alternative to substance manufacturing becoming the new trend in the next century. Why produce stuff in labs with man labour when you can let it produce itself and then just harvest it? Many jobs could be lost—but then again, who’s going to take care of the new breed of cows?

I just got hit with the silly notion that future farmers are going to have to have some sort of Sciences degree to scale in the farming industry… crazy thoughts… crazy thoughts…

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When the hell did the UK get added to the list of “unfortunate family members with crap loads of millions from some dead relative, and weep weep, we have no access to the Scrooge MacDuck (was he a Mac or a Mc? He always seems uber-Scotish to me) a fund without your help”?

This is the third financial assistance email in my Inbox today (not total that have come in for the last week; not all from the UK by the way):

Assist Us
Good day, I am writting you today from the United Kingdom, I hope you are doing well? my name is Ms. Lolly Stevens and my aim of contacting you is to ask for your assistanace to help my family retrieve some funds deposited by my late father in a security company as consignment. The worth of the consignment is Twenty Million Dollars and the security company wants us to present a foreign beneficiary to claim the funds. We do not have anyone outside the UK that is why I am writting you. We shall reward you in Millions after completion. I can not tell you much now, if you are interested reply me back via my private address idiot@morons.com [ed. not real email send to me] I will feed you with all informations needed. Thanks.
Ms. Lolly Stevens

I mean, honestly, PLEASE tell me there aren’t still people gullible enough to fall for this buffoonery? You’d think, Ms Lolly-Pop that if you’re from the UK the 20-million-bucks would at least be in POUNDS! Your father was a schmuck who didn’t have the reason to keep his penis-raising life-savings in English Pounds for crying out loud!

I can understand it’s a hard world out there for some middle-aged people coming to the internet or to email for the first time in their lives–these things aren’t assumed to be a rampant tumor on the digital communication highway. There are people hungry to make riches quick–I get it. But sometimes I just wish more people kicked in their RATIONAL sensibilities more often.

This is a scenerio where the curiosity of a click can make you hate computers and the internet (and British people) for the rest of your life.

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