➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

They’re near each other right? Or is Japan more towards Australia?

And ohhh okay. And I think I remember all that stuff from school lol so were the twins actually born or was it just an experiment?

I need to read up on the story more, but I think they were born. I’ll go find it!

And Japan is next to China, but it’s to the east of it.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

They’re near each other right? Or is Japan more towards Australia?

And ohhh okay. And I think I remember all that stuff from school lol so were the twins actually born or was it just an experiment?

Here is an article! Reportedly, the scientist used a known resistant gene, and replicated it into the zygote. They then replicated this same technique 16 times and placed them into mothers, one resulted in a twin split of the zygote which is where the identical twin girls came from. Supposedly the genetic testing confirms that the edited gene was not changed after they were born, and they still have it.

 

[R2elk]

Yes I am with husband and house. Apparently I missed the 20 year old memo.

Don’t listen to Kiki, she’s getting senile in her old age. (did you know she’s a great-grandma?)

I knew a woman who was a grandmother at 30.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Here is an article! Reportedly, the scientist used a known resistant gene, and replicated it into the zygote. They then replicated this same technique 16 times and placed them into mothers, one resulted in a twin split of the zygote which is where the identical twin girls came from. Supposedly the genetic testing confirms that the edited gene was not changed after they were born, and they still have it.

Wow that’s really cool!

 

[h2oratt]

Story time. When I was 16/17 or so I visited a local “rescue” for a day to decide if I wanted to volunteer there long term, and ended up lasting an hour, tops. The whole thing was just so off. The woman complained to me nonstop about her neighbors and how they had it out for her and apparently wanted to steal her horses; the rooms at the back reeked of urine and were stuffed with little dogs and had about 10 dogs running loose, all looked ungroomed and many had visible fleas crawling on them; the backyard of her building was about 50 small kennel runs lined up like a prison camp with dogs packed in on mud and howling nonstop.
It was truly bizzare and I didn’t know whether to feel pity (she talked nonstop about how she recieved no financial help from anyone and the dogs relied on her personal income and labor) or anger. Needless to say I got the hell out of Dodge and never went back.

Months later the Houston SPCA busted her for animal hoarding and took all her animals. It was surreal seeing her mugshot in the news and a huge eye opener for me that just because someone calls themselves a rescue doesn’t mean they’re trustworthy. It came out that her neighbors had called animal control on her multiple times, but every time she would clean up her act and hide everything and it would blow over. Oh, and the “horse stealing” was her neighbors trying to sneak food and water to her horses that were skin and bones (I never saw them).

The craziest part is, I actually almost gave that psycho my dog, Clementine. This was back when we first found her and my parents were adamant we weren’t keeping her. That “rescue” was the only one accepting dogs over 30 pounds; if I hadn’t scoped out the potential volunteer work, who knows where my baby Clem would be.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/dozens-of-animals-seized-from-sanctuary
This was the initial seizure. There were a lot more than 26 dogs in that place, I always wondered what she did with them.
I can’t find the updated article but if I remember correctly, she spent half a year in jail and reopened after that, and then was busted again and closed down for good.

A chipmunk?

 

[h2oratt]

I’m 20 haha, how old did you think?

Personally I think it’s all pretty dang cool. What an exciting time to be alive.

It’s not nice to mess with Mother Nature. It will come back to bite you in the butt.

 

[Molpet]

I keep reading about them finding out that genes affect more characteristics than they thought. So if they turn off one thing it may affect something necessary down the road. Sorta like when they brought in rabbits to australia. No natural predators and big problem.
Seems like whenever we mess with nature there are unforeseen consequences

 

[Cyprus]

I keep reading about them finding out that genes affect more characteristics than they thought. So if they turn off one thing it may affect something necessary down the road. Sorta like when they brought in rabbits to australia. No natural predators and big problem.
Seems like whenever we mess with nature there are unforeseen consequences

I agree.
I'm not against science, BUT I don't believe risky things like this should be done before all potential consequences are known.

 

[Kiki]

Here is an article! Reportedly, the scientist used a known resistant gene, and replicated it into the zygote. They then replicated this same technique 16 times and placed them into mothers, one resulted in a twin split of the zygote which is where the identical twin girls came from. Supposedly the genetic testing confirms that the edited gene was not changed after they were born, and they still have it.

This is fascinating!

 

[Cyprus]

Can't find my old hen. I figured I never would.
But at least the day is nice and my surviving birds are doing well.