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T-Rex DNA Found! Chickens closest relative to T-Rex!

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:46 am
by GetterDragun
Pretty cool, maybe they can clone it. And I don't know the difference between a piece of Protein and DNA, so if the topic is misleading, oh well.

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a ... 0000000001

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:48 am
by Milanion
Col. Sanders better watch his back.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:52 am
by Wheeljack35
I was just reading this in the USA Today I almost leaped at the thought if they found flesh they could possibly clone one

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:04 am
by Tammuz
just becuase a protein exists doesn't mean you can recreate an entire organism from it.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:22 am
by Cyber Bishop
Milanion wrote:Col. Sanders better watch his back.


That's one big ass chicken wing..

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:31 am
by Dr. Caelus
Cyber Bishop wrote:
Milanion wrote:Col. Sanders better watch his back.


That's one big ass chicken wing..


It would be nothing compared to the Drumstick.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:31 am
by GetterDragun
Tammuz wrote:just becuase a protein exists doesn't mean you can recreate an entire organism from it.


Hence my original post where I stated "I don't know the difference between a piece of Protein and DNA".

Image

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:35 am
by Wheeljack35
Tammuz wrote:just becuase a protein exists doesn't mean you can recreate an entire organism from it.


I said I leaped at the thought

I didn't say they could 8-|

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:29 pm
by CyberTooth
Big deal... I have Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles book around here that stated the same over a decade ago. Donatello went on to befriend the small T-Rex created by Krang and Shedder by de-evolving a chicken. I believe the little Dinosaur even wore Donatello's mask as a scarf.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:32 pm
by Cyberstrike
Why would anyone want to clone a T-Rex?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:34 pm
by Tammuz
DINO-RIDERS!

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:40 pm
by Jelze Bunnycat
Cyberstrike wrote:Why would anyone want to clone a T-Rex?


Maybe start a Dinosaur Theme Park à la Jurassic Park? ;;)

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:46 pm
by CyberTooth
Cyberstrike wrote:Why would anyone want to clone a T-Rex?


Ian Malcom is that you?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:03 pm
by tequila stu
Today on Fear Factor!

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:29 pm
by ScorpoMax
Doesn't surprise me that Grimlock's closest relative would be a chicken. We all know what stupid birds chickens are. :D

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:36 pm
by DREWCIFER
I'm glad that they may have found proof. This was hinted at and theorized back when Jurassic Park was written. Which means it was theorized prior to that.

For years, whenever someone asks, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" I always answered "The Egg". Something that was no longer a dinosaur and not quite a chicken laid and egg. A chicken hatched. Hence the egg came first.

This was actually brought up in an evolution discussion that we had months before the crash that lost everything. It's cool that they found more conclusive evidence. Given enough time, who knows what else they may find?!?

Cyberstrike says,
Why would anyone want to clone a T-Rex?


The same reason that they have cloned about everything else, because they can! The only thing that is stopping cloning a human is morals...and believe me that won't last long...actually I think some scientist in South East Asia has stated that he plans to clone a human...not sure though.

So, back on point. It's about the glory to be the first to do something.

The Nobel prize for most satisfying defeat of Nature goes to...

:DEVIL:

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:48 pm
by Loki120
So if Megatron were to evolve his form it wouldn't have been a dragon he would have been a Transmetal 2 Chicken! Kick ass!

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:53 pm
by Handels-Messerschmitt
Yay for dinosaurs. I don't really have much else to add, except that the carnivorous ones scare the crap out of me as enemies in video games and movies.

Loki120 wrote:So if Megatron were to evolve his form it wouldn't have been a dragon he would have been a Transmetal 2 Chicken! Kick ass!


Heh. Y'know, some kind of murderbird would've been pretty cool.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:24 pm
by Burn
ScorpoMax wrote:We all know what stupid birds chickens are. :D


Certain breeds are actually quite intelligent.

But then it depends on what people define as stupid. Frankly I think some of my chooks down the back are far more intelligent than some people on the internet.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:13 pm
by Dr. Caelus
Burn wrote:chooks down the back


Okay, just jumped the language barrier there.

What does that mean?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:10 pm
by Burn
Caelus wrote:
Burn wrote:chooks down the back


Okay, just jumped the language barrier there.

What does that mean?


:))

Chooks = chickens

down the back = the backyard (house - bit of a yard - chookhouse, hence "down the back")

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:42 pm
by Rebirth Megatron
Me Grimlock hate new alt..Me Grimlock keep laying eggs. :P

I leapt out of my chair seeing this. I was a dinosaur nut as a kid, the old excitement is kinda coming back to me.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:48 pm
by Barricade
bush would use them as weapons toward "terrorists"

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:10 pm
by Dr. Caelus
Burn wrote:
Caelus wrote:
Burn wrote:chooks down the back


Okay, just jumped the language barrier there.

What does that mean?


:))

Chooks = chickens

down the back = the backyard (house - bit of a yard - chookhouse, hence "down the back")


You have chickens? You never stop being strange Burn.


Cujo wrote:bush would use them as weapons toward "terrorists"


Well, they've got the great sense of smell, but I don't they'd fair well vs RPGs or IEDs.

Still, we've got Dolphins and Sea Lions on the pay roll, I could see it, though as much for PR as anything.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:08 pm
by Burn
Caelus wrote:You have chickens? You never stop being strange Burn.


We've had plenty of animals over the years, chooks, guinea foul, turkeys, goats, turtles, cats, dogs, guinea pigs, peachfaces, budgies, cockatoo, galah, cockateils, horses and cows in the paddock over the road and the regular visits from snakes.