MetaFilter posts tagged with moo

Cow Fighting Swiss Style

jontyjago — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:56:09 -0800

For the 2nd year in a row Tina is crowned la Reine des Reines (link & video in french). Le Combat des Reines is an annual event in the Swiss canton of Valais dating back to 1922. Limited to cows of the local Hérens breed, the battle consists of the 2 cows pushing each other (with blunted horns) until one backs off. Fights can last from a few seconds to 40 minutes.

How to breed a minotaur, step one.

WalterMitty — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:38:49 -0800

Researchers at Newcastle University have created a human-cow hybrid embryo. While previous posts on MetaFilter have addressed successful monkey cloning and the first kid to have three parents, researchers at Newcastle University have successfully created human-cow hybrid embryos as a source of stem cells for research. The controversy has been brewing for several years in the UK, where legislation and public opinion have weighed in for and against hybrid embryos. While the Catholic Church has opined that these experiments are "of Frankenstein proportion", scientists claim that this research will help them gain insights into diseases including cancer and Parkinson's Disease, as well as overcoming a shortage of available human eggs. The process used - the injection of skin cell-derived human DNA into a cow ovary - is different from what is termed a "full hybrid", which involves the fusion of sperm and egg, which is decidedly illegal. Despite the Church's distaste for embryos, its distaste for abortion continues to be even stronger. The scientists, OTOH, promise that any and all such embryos are destroyed within 14 days of creation, and that these embryos will never be allowed to come to term. BBC and Guardian Q&As on hybrid embryos. Could this be the first step to creating a minotaur or a chimera? Perhaps the debate regarding a minotaur versus a centaur can finally be resolved.

Armoogeddon

homunculus — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:27:59 -0800

MOO! The latest brain-spillage from Cyriak. [Embedded QuickTime.] Smaller Flash version. Previous cow post.

Nature gone Wild

ewkpates — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:06:40 -0800

Birds that rap and cows with accents. The big picture is urban adaptation, which is pretty cool. (...and the egg wins.)

Mini Business Cards from Moo/Flickr

BuddhaInABucket — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:45:15 -0800

Flickr MiniCards Finally, a business card that won't make you look like one of those douchebags that likes to hand out business cards.

Animal Accents

pracowity — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:19:48 -0800

We're Schleswig-Holsteins, darling. (Ah, from the Low Countries.) Cows have accents. Some other animals with accents: birds, otters, frogs, monkeys.