Dr. Seuss - author, master of linguistics, futurist?
When famous childrens author Dr. Seuss wrote about the deplorable "Green eggs and ham," I would assume he wrote it with whimsey, intending it, much like almost all of his other volumes, for children of all ages. At the time, the idea of green ham was just absurd. I mean, green eggs can be produced with a couple drops of food coloring. You probably couldn't make green eggs, say, sunny-side up. But scrambled, for sure.
Well, here' s an oddity on the Reuters wire this morning ...
Taiwan breeds transgenic, fluorescent, green pig
Well, here' s an oddity on the Reuters wire this morning ...
Taiwan breeds transgenic, fluorescent, green pig
By injecting fluorescent green protein into embryonic pigs, a research team at the island's leading National Taiwan University managed to breed three male transgenic pigs, said professor Wu Shinn-Chih of the university's Institute and Department of Animal Science and Technology.
"There are partially fluorescent green pigs elsewhere, but ours are the only ones in the world that are green from inside out. Even their hearts and internal organs are green," Wu said on Thursday.
The transgenic pigs, commonly used to study human diseases, would help researchers monitor and trace changes of the tissues during the physical development, Wu said.
I do not like them, Sam I Am. I do not like Green Eggs and Ham!
