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| Topic Started: Oct 19 2009, 11:51 AM (1,981 Views) | |
| Ddraig Goch | Oct 19 2009, 11:51 AM Post #1 |
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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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| Ddraig Goch | Nov 15 2009, 03:22 PM Post #46 |
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oK. So, back on topic. I think that the spider is a possible GM candidate. A creature which can produce a) incredibly strong silk that can make bullet proof vests, and b) venom that would make a brilliant assassination tool... it must have been created by the military. |
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| Holben | Nov 15 2009, 04:22 PM Post #47 |
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Erm, only three species can cause potential fatalities without allergy. |
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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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| Ddraig Goch | Nov 21 2009, 03:41 PM Post #48 |
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True, but those species that do produce fatal venom could be very useful... *stifled yet evil giggle* |
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| Holben | Nov 21 2009, 03:44 PM Post #49 |
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For me, yes, but where'd you find them? |
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| Ddraig Goch | Nov 21 2009, 04:32 PM Post #50 |
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Erm... |
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| Holben | Nov 22 2009, 11:16 AM Post #51 |
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Okay then. Penguins as GM? |
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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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| Ddraig Goch | Nov 22 2009, 02:43 PM Post #52 |
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Howd'you figure? |
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| Holben | Nov 22 2009, 03:02 PM Post #53 |
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They're (ahem, evil) different to all other living birds, swim well, have a weird life cycle, etc. |
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| Ddraig Goch | Nov 22 2009, 06:29 PM Post #54 |
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Gannets can swim well, as can dippers. The cuckoo has a pretty random life cycle, and as Alfred Hitchcocks' thriller shows, all birds are evil. |
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| Holben | Nov 23 2009, 02:51 PM Post #55 |
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That wasn't their fault though, it was DRUGS. And that, children, is why you stay away from performance-enhancers. |
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| Ddraig Goch | Nov 23 2009, 03:17 PM Post #56 |
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Thank you, Holbenilord, for that insightful piece of advice. Moving on, I think that cats are gentically altered. No thing could naturally be so evil. Edited by Ddraig Goch, Nov 23 2009, 03:17 PM.
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| Holben | Nov 23 2009, 03:38 PM Post #57 |
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They aren't that evil. |
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| Ddraig Goch | Nov 23 2009, 03:47 PM Post #58 |
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Have you ever been attacked by a cat?!? |
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| Holben | Nov 23 2009, 03:49 PM Post #59 |
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Yes. |
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| Ddraig Goch | Nov 23 2009, 03:55 PM Post #60 |
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How about when you were six years old and only trying to stroke it? (Y'know, everything seemed to happen to me when I was six. Hmm...) |
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