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Genetic modification...; ...of prehistoric lifeforms
Topic Started: Oct 19 2009, 11:51 AM (1,982 Views)
Ddraig Goch
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I don't know if you have ever read any of these "theories", but some believe that humanity was the result of genetic engineering by aliens, 230 million years ago. Others even believe that it wasn't aliens, but future humans (which creates an incredible paradox)

My point is, if this did happen (which I know it didn't, but still...), then which prehistoric lifeforms do you think have been genetically modified?

My own personal vote goes for Tyrannosaurus Rex. I mean, what was up with those arms?...
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Scvnark blorgle flik, bazeegner flergner.

And now it's eaten.
Whew, I thought we were gonna have another Chippenham '99.
Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea.

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Yep - Blibbering Humdingers are LETHAL. But fun to squash.
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I've been watching Life on the BBC and realised. We live on a very strange planet, half the animals look like they were made up. I mean a lizard, that has an organic wire guide missile in it's mouth, can change colour and has eyes on independent turrets? That must be artificial.
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Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth.

Anything that flies. How do they defy gravity like that? GE is the answer.
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The Sarcastic Fringe Head.

No, I didn't make that up. It's a species of fish, whose mouths have huge flaps, used in territorial displays.They look insane.
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The Blobfish. A failed experiment to create the most beautiful aquatic lifeform ever.
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Urgh... I just googled it, and realised that no matter how many times I look at it, it still repulses me to the point of retching.

The convict fish is kinda weird.
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Life is very interesting. And random, like the pent up randomness within me.
You're in for a world of hurt...
Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea.

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Ddraig Goch
Oct 27 2009, 06:05 AM
"Blblbl! *raspberry* eeweeweeweeweeweeheehe pluuuu! Blblblblblblblblblbl!"

Oh god! The Blibbering Humdingers' loose again! Quick...
What is a Blibbering Humdinger anyway?
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Well, a Blibbering Humdinger is a bright orange creature, roughly a metre or so in height, with one leg, unfocused eyes, and an extremely large tongue. They usually make a "blibbering" sound, hence their name, and also delight in blowing raspberries. They are very annoying, presumably as a defense aginst predation, but it rarely works, as it is so annoying that often quite peaceful herbivores will try and kill it, just to stop it from annoying them. Below is a non-colour sketch;
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Holben
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Maybe they were genetically engineered.
Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea.

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Ddraig Goch
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Nope. They just exist. No one knows why.

(Except for President Sarkozy, but that's another story...)
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Tell us in randomness, perhaps?
Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea.

"It is the old wound my king. It has never healed."
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Good point. Sorry everyone.
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You don't have to be sorry, i've done it.
Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea.

"It is the old wound my king. It has never healed."
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