Scientists mix spiders with goats

[ThePresence]

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[Aves]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
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Sounds cool, so long as they don't start making goat-sized spiders! :Q

 

[Ameesh]

COOL!!!!

 

[RGN]

I read that 6 months ago on slashdot.

 

[Yossarian451]

This is older news, I did a report on it early in the year.
But it is actually really cool, becaus the orb spider's silk gland and the goats mamary glands are nearly identical, not same size of couse.
So they just splied the genes for the silk, and they strain the silk out of the milk, the freaky thing was one article I read on it said "The milk tastes exactly like the real thing," which means some guy actually tried it.
They have actually goat a whole herd of the mixed african-goats/orb-spiders

 

[BCYL]

Hey that's pretty cool... bullet-proof vests that's just like a normal shirt...

And it's being developed in Canada too!

 

[gopunk]

goat sized spiders = bad
spider sized goats = cool!

 

[LordMaul]

Yeah, a little old...but I thought of something new.

Do you think they could insert this into MY genes, and then I could piss out spiderwebs?!

WOOHOO!!!

 

[RGN]

Originally posted by: LordMaul
Yeah, a little old...but I thought of something new.

Do you think they could insert this into MY genes, and then I could piss out spiderwebs?!

WOOHOO!!!

So, does that mean you could swing like spiderman from your **** ?

:Q

 

[Wallydraigle]

The applications are limitless. This is some really cool stuff!

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: LordMaul
Yeah, a little old...but I thought of something new.

Do you think they could insert this into MY genes, and then I could piss out spiderwebs?!

WOOHOO!!!

You don't need genes to shoot webs... well, at least something that looks kinda like webs.

 

[BCYL]

Originally posted by: LordMaul
Yeah, a little old...but I thought of something new.

Do you think they could insert this into MY genes, and then I could piss out spiderwebs?!

WOOHOO!!!

Wouldnt that be a lot more difficult to clean up??? It's all sticky...

 

[trmiv]

Hopefully those goats don't start walking up walls, and spinning webs trying to catch some prey.

 

[ThePresence]

It may be old, for some reason the news story is dated today! Maybe it takes time for news to get to Australia?

 

[Cougar]

Scientists mix spiders with goats

Ah, finally my vision for world domination will come to fruition. I shall overthrow the government and be hailed supreme ruler of all that is gravy with my mutant spoats.

All hail! Cougar your new lord and master!

 

[Goosemaster]

maybe ol' Roosevelt's party can finally have a materialzied mascot

 

[glenn1]

Cool. Now if scientists could only mix a fork with a spoon, they'd be onto something... you could rule the world with one of those "spork" thingys...

 

[Martin]

Cool stuff. Saw a clip on that company on the Discovery chanel years ago.


I'd be interested to see some real applications of it. Sounds like it has tons of potential.

 

[Yossarian451]

The biosteel, they said can be used for really cool stuff like false ligaments and other high stress, applications like bridges.

 

[DanFungus]

Yeah, a little old...but I thought of something new.

Do you think they could insert this into MY genes, and then I could piss out spiderwebs?!

WOOHOO!!!

ahahaha ....thinking of the MTV's version of Spiderman...lol