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March 10, 2016 12:29 PM Subscribe
Scientists have genetically modified a chicken to make its fibula tubular all the way down, just like a dinosaur. A different group of scientists previously modified a chicken to give it dinosaur teeth. Previously, and previously-er.
I can't decide if they're playing God or playing Chicken
posted by the uncomplicated soups of my childhood at 12:34 PM on March 10, 2016 [22 favorites]
posted by the uncomplicated soups of my childhood at 12:34 PM on March 10, 2016 [22 favorites]
God schmod I want my monkeyman!
posted by graymouser at 12:40 PM on March 10, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by graymouser at 12:40 PM on March 10, 2016 [4 favorites]
I can't decide if they're playing God or playing Chicken
They're actually the same thing.
posted by Rangi at 12:40 PM on March 10, 2016 [5 favorites]
They're actually the same thing.
posted by Rangi at 12:40 PM on March 10, 2016 [5 favorites]
Next, we adjust the "body size" slider and get dino-sized drumsticks.
posted by Strange Interlude at 12:42 PM on March 10, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by Strange Interlude at 12:42 PM on March 10, 2016 [7 favorites]
Where are the pictures of chicken with teeth? I need this for giving my friends nightmares.
posted by JDHarper at 12:42 PM on March 10, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by JDHarper at 12:42 PM on March 10, 2016 [7 favorites]
Funding generously provided by Dinocorp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Foreseeable Tragedies Inc.
posted by clockzero at 12:46 PM on March 10, 2016 [44 favorites]
posted by clockzero at 12:46 PM on March 10, 2016 [44 favorites]
I'm just picturing some poor farmer who has a bunch of those chickens with teeth; but he forgets one day, and when he goes to reach under his hens to retrieve the eggs..... ouch!
posted by easily confused at 12:47 PM on March 10, 2016
posted by easily confused at 12:47 PM on March 10, 2016
From first link: "However, these studies are not aimed to producing dinosaurs for commercial or non-scientific purposes, as in the “Jurassic Park” movie series."
posted by larrybob at 12:50 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by larrybob at 12:50 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
On a similar note, while considering the possibilities a couple of years ago I horked up a short story (file under dinosaur erotica or shaggy chicken jokes): A Bird in Hand.
posted by cstross at 12:51 PM on March 10, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by cstross at 12:51 PM on March 10, 2016 [8 favorites]
Best terrible idea ever.
posted by Pope Guilty at 12:53 PM on March 10, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by Pope Guilty at 12:53 PM on March 10, 2016 [4 favorites]
You were so busy wondering if you could make a chicken's fibula tubular, you never stopped to ask if you should.
posted by 0xFCAF at 12:53 PM on March 10, 2016 [26 favorites]
posted by 0xFCAF at 12:53 PM on March 10, 2016 [26 favorites]
Fermi paradox suspect identified:
Take the dumbest meat animal available, and turn it into a top predator, because you can.
posted by hank at 12:54 PM on March 10, 2016 [18 favorites]
Take the dumbest meat animal available, and turn it into a top predator, because you can.
posted by hank at 12:54 PM on March 10, 2016 [18 favorites]
"However, these studies are not aimed to producing dinosaurs for commercial or non-scientific purposes, as in the “Jurassic Park” movie series."
Yeah but anyone who has seen those movies would know that human aims don't always determine outcomes. Or in other words, those who do not know the history of Jurassic Park are doomed to eventually open a dinosaur-themed amusement park, and Jeff Goldblum will end up there somehow
posted by clockzero at 12:54 PM on March 10, 2016 [11 favorites]
Yeah but anyone who has seen those movies would know that human aims don't always determine outcomes. Or in other words, those who do not know the history of Jurassic Park are doomed to eventually open a dinosaur-themed amusement park, and Jeff Goldblum will end up there somehow
posted by clockzero at 12:54 PM on March 10, 2016 [11 favorites]
Where are the pictures of chicken with teeth? I need this for giving my friends nightmares.
It looks like I oversold that part. In the article I linked to, they gave 'em snouts, not teeth. The chicken-with-teeth were from 2006, and the teeth were more like alligator teeth, and these particular mutants never make it past the embryo stage.
You can find pictures and read the tortured, intentional misunderstanding of evolution in this creationwiki.org article. It's kind of fun to see how they try to explain it away, actually.
posted by clawsoon at 12:57 PM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
It looks like I oversold that part. In the article I linked to, they gave 'em snouts, not teeth. The chicken-with-teeth were from 2006, and the teeth were more like alligator teeth, and these particular mutants never make it past the embryo stage.
You can find pictures and read the tortured, intentional misunderstanding of evolution in this creationwiki.org article. It's kind of fun to see how they try to explain it away, actually.
posted by clawsoon at 12:57 PM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
Actually, that creationwiki article has great detail if you want to learn more about the genetics of dinochicken teeth, e.g.:
posted by clawsoon at 1:00 PM on March 10, 2016
Matthew Harris and biologist John Fallon, working with the same talpid2 genes, later engineered a virus that mimics the chemical signals of the mutation and exposed the virus to healthy chickens. The virus caused small teeth to burgeon on the beak that were quickly reabsorbed.So... apparently you can develop a virus to temporarily turn a chicken into a dinosaur. What could possibly, etc.
posted by clawsoon at 1:00 PM on March 10, 2016
Its tubular fibula, all the way down.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:07 PM on March 10, 2016
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:07 PM on March 10, 2016
Tubular fibula
Tubular fibula
Tubular fibula
Bok bok bok
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:08 PM on March 10, 2016 [3 favorites]
Tubular fibula
Tubular fibula
Bok bok bok
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:08 PM on March 10, 2016 [3 favorites]
Most people just know 'Tubular fibula' as the theme music from The Exorcist.
posted by beerperson at 1:09 PM on March 10, 2016 [12 favorites]
posted by beerperson at 1:09 PM on March 10, 2016 [12 favorites]
Has anyone in this family ever even seen a chicken?
posted by Room 641-A at 1:12 PM on March 10, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by Room 641-A at 1:12 PM on March 10, 2016 [5 favorites]
and Jeff Goldblum will end up there somehow
Jeff, uhh...finds a way.
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:14 PM on March 10, 2016 [11 favorites]
Jeff, uhh...finds a way.
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:14 PM on March 10, 2016 [11 favorites]
This seems to qualify the human race for a collective Darwin Award.
posted by ZeusHumms at 1:15 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by ZeusHumms at 1:15 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
The John Madden 8-legged turkey is next!
posted by briank at 1:16 PM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by briank at 1:16 PM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
Next, we adjust the "body size" slider and get dino-sized drumsticks.
Weird Science II: The Fieri'ing
"However, these studies are not aimed to producing dinosaurs for commercial or non-scientific purposes, as in the “Jurassic Park” movie series."
SPOILER ALERT JEEZ
So... apparently you can develop a virus to temporarily turn a chicken into a dinosaur.
Those who bullied these scientists in middle school just got a shiver.
posted by rhizome at 1:16 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
Weird Science II: The Fieri'ing
"However, these studies are not aimed to producing dinosaurs for commercial or non-scientific purposes, as in the “Jurassic Park” movie series."
SPOILER ALERT JEEZ
So... apparently you can develop a virus to temporarily turn a chicken into a dinosaur.
Those who bullied these scientists in middle school just got a shiver.
posted by rhizome at 1:16 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
there is something here, I'm not quite reaching it...something something....
posted by supermedusa at 1:17 PM on March 10, 2016
posted by supermedusa at 1:17 PM on March 10, 2016
THE CHICKEN IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE DINOSAUR!!!
posted by supermedusa at 1:18 PM on March 10, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by supermedusa at 1:18 PM on March 10, 2016 [3 favorites]
> just like a dinosaur.
Anyone who doesn't read this in that Barney Fife-ish Mr. DNA voice, "Just like a dina-sour!" is dead to me.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:20 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
Anyone who doesn't read this in that Barney Fife-ish Mr. DNA voice, "Just like a dina-sour!" is dead to me.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:20 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
supermedusa: there is something here, I'm not quite reaching it...something something....
They never make chicken-shaped nuggets. Dinosaurs, stars, moons, flowers, etc., sure. But never chickens.
clawsoon: So... apparently you can develop a virus to temporarily turn a chicken into a dinosaur. What could possibly, etc.
Someone should probably research "Chicken Vulnerable Spots" while there's still time....
posted by zarq at 1:24 PM on March 10, 2016
They never make chicken-shaped nuggets. Dinosaurs, stars, moons, flowers, etc., sure. But never chickens.
clawsoon: So... apparently you can develop a virus to temporarily turn a chicken into a dinosaur. What could possibly, etc.
Someone should probably research "Chicken Vulnerable Spots" while there's still time....
posted by zarq at 1:24 PM on March 10, 2016
So... apparently you can develop a virus to temporarily turn a chicken into a dinosaur.
All those worried about catching bird flu? Pfffft. This here is DINOSAUR FLU.
posted by barchan at 1:30 PM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
All those worried about catching bird flu? Pfffft. This here is DINOSAUR FLU.
posted by barchan at 1:30 PM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
I foresee KFC investing heavily in Dinosaur-chicken related research.
posted by FallowKing at 1:38 PM on March 10, 2016
posted by FallowKing at 1:38 PM on March 10, 2016
They're actually the same thing.
I thought for sure you were going to link to this.
posted by entropicamericana at 2:11 PM on March 10, 2016
I thought for sure you were going to link to this.
posted by entropicamericana at 2:11 PM on March 10, 2016
Scientists have genetically modified a chicken to make its fibula tubular all the way down
Radical! I am stoked to ride some gnarly fibulas and get barrelled.
Fast and bulbous. Also tapered, got me?
posted by Herodios at 2:21 PM on March 10, 2016 [6 favorites]
Radical! I am stoked to ride some gnarly fibulas and get barrelled.
Fast and bulbous. Also tapered, got me?
posted by Herodios at 2:21 PM on March 10, 2016 [6 favorites]
Scientists have genetically modified a chicken to make its fibula tubular
I'll be more impressed when they can make a chicken's tibula fubular.
posted by The Tensor at 2:25 PM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
I'll be more impressed when they can make a chicken's tibula fubular.
posted by The Tensor at 2:25 PM on March 10, 2016 [2 favorites]
Humanity is making chickens with teeth? Garry Larson would have had a field day.
posted by WalkerWestridge at 2:44 PM on March 10, 2016
posted by WalkerWestridge at 2:44 PM on March 10, 2016
"So... apparently you can develop a virus to temporarily turn a chicken into a dinosaur. What could possibly, etc."
Headline News: Viciously mutilated and partially eaten corpses found at research facility, and also one smug, strutting Rhode Island Red.
posted by King Sky Prawn at 3:12 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
Headline News: Viciously mutilated and partially eaten corpses found at research facility, and also one smug, strutting Rhode Island Red.
posted by King Sky Prawn at 3:12 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
Humanity is making chickens with teeth? Garry Larson would have had a field day.
Eh, call me when we figure out how to add a thagomizer.
posted by Pope Guilty at 3:19 PM on March 10, 2016 [3 favorites]
Eh, call me when we figure out how to add a thagomizer.
posted by Pope Guilty at 3:19 PM on March 10, 2016 [3 favorites]
The virus caused small teeth to burgeon on the beak that were quickly reabsorbed.
You know, I don't think I've ever heard "burgeon" used as a verb before.
posted by nebulawindphone at 3:30 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
You know, I don't think I've ever heard "burgeon" used as a verb before.
posted by nebulawindphone at 3:30 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
"However, these studies are not aimed to producing dinosaurs for commercial or non-scientific purposes, as in the “Jurassic Park” movie series."
"Instead, they are aimed at producing totally uncontrollable super-mega-dinosaurs for commercial or non-scientific purposes, as in 'Jurassic World.'"
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 3:49 PM on March 10, 2016 [3 favorites]
"Instead, they are aimed at producing totally uncontrollable super-mega-dinosaurs for commercial or non-scientific purposes, as in 'Jurassic World.'"
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 3:49 PM on March 10, 2016 [3 favorites]
"Ooh, ah," that's how it always starts. But then later there's stuffing and roasting.
posted by Cookiebastard at 3:59 PM on March 10, 2016
posted by Cookiebastard at 3:59 PM on March 10, 2016
All about coulda, not shoulda!
posted by sourwookie at 5:04 PM on March 10, 2016
posted by sourwookie at 5:04 PM on March 10, 2016
Chris Pratt will train the dino-chickens to fight for us.
posted by humanfont at 5:15 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by humanfont at 5:15 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
butwhy-ryanreynolds.gif
posted by ostranenie at 8:41 PM on March 10, 2016
posted by ostranenie at 8:41 PM on March 10, 2016
Jurassic Cluck
posted by hank at 9:41 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by hank at 9:41 PM on March 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
Oh, oh, Mr. DNA, where did you come from?
Clever scientists.
Strange Interlude: Next, we adjust the "body size" slider and get dino-sized drumsticks.
To make the greatest Ren Fairs of all time!
posted by filthy light thief at 8:57 AM on March 11, 2016
Clever scientists.
Strange Interlude: Next, we adjust the "body size" slider and get dino-sized drumsticks.
To make the greatest Ren Fairs of all time!
posted by filthy light thief at 8:57 AM on March 11, 2016
It would be SO nice not to hear the same old tired Jurassic Park jokes when these things come up, but even on Mefi, here they are.
I believe we should be doing this to all chickens because we already modify the hell out of them. And who doesn't want dino chickens?
posted by agregoli at 9:38 AM on March 11, 2016
I believe we should be doing this to all chickens because we already modify the hell out of them. And who doesn't want dino chickens?
posted by agregoli at 9:38 AM on March 11, 2016
And who doesn't want dino chickens?
Anyone who's dealt with even a non-toothed rooster, for starters. Damn things are already permanently enraged about no longer being dinosaurs; we don't need to give them any encouragement along that path.
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:53 AM on March 11, 2016 [2 favorites]
Anyone who's dealt with even a non-toothed rooster, for starters. Damn things are already permanently enraged about no longer being dinosaurs; we don't need to give them any encouragement along that path.
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:53 AM on March 11, 2016 [2 favorites]
Ctl+F "talons"
*nothing*
Aw come on people!
Do the chickens have large talons?
posted by freecellwizard at 12:09 PM on March 11, 2016
*nothing*
Aw come on people!
Do the chickens have large talons?
posted by freecellwizard at 12:09 PM on March 11, 2016
Can we stop with the "reverses evolution" headline, as though evolution had some specific direction it was moving in?
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 2:01 PM on March 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 2:01 PM on March 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
Uh, oh.
Step by step, part by piece, they're growing dinosaurs
posted by hank at 6:39 PM on March 15, 2016
Step by step, part by piece, they're growing dinosaurs
posted by hank at 6:39 PM on March 15, 2016
Inch by inch
Toe by toe
Gonna breed my own dino
All I need are some genes and some dough
And a PCR machine.
Base by base,
Each chromosome,
Making up a new biome.
Making birds from long ago,
'til civilization comes tumbling down.
posted by maryr at 10:37 AM on March 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
Toe by toe
Gonna breed my own dino
All I need are some genes and some dough
And a PCR machine.
Base by base,
Each chromosome,
Making up a new biome.
Making birds from long ago,
'til civilization comes tumbling down.
posted by maryr at 10:37 AM on March 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
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