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Fire Opal
Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 3050
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:07 pm Post subject: Cool Critters! |
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Pictures of a few interesting animal specimens. I thought I might as well share.
An albino crow? It's an interesting thought.
Now this is pretty amazing. This is Lonesome George, who is the last Pinta Island Tortoise on earth. There is a $10,000 reward for the person who can find a female, but this species is probably going to end in extinction.
This is a genuine whitetail buck that some lucky hunter got. Obviously he is a very rare color!
Freaky! This dog's genetic defect causes her muscles to grow way bigger than normal. |
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RZ
Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 513
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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Could they not try to clone the turtle?
Any idea where the deer was shot? Albino/white deer, and occasionally hermaphroditic deer, are often found near nuclear reactors......oddly enough, radiation counts are WAY higher around coal plants than around nuclear plants |
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Bratterratt
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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I saw that buck in an e-mail I got! It looks like my horse! Lol... |
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Chloe Taylor
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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that poor dog......... |
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Fire Opal
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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RZ wrote: | Could they not try to clone the turtle?
Any idea where the deer was shot? Albino/white deer, and occasionally hermaphroditic deer, are often found near nuclear reactors......oddly enough, radiation counts are WAY higher around coal plants than around nuclear plants |
Clone? I suppose they could, but the problem would be finding a way for the animals to naturally reproduce. I heard something about changing the X/Y chromosomes to create a female. But I'm not sure where they'd go from there. As for the deer, I failed to see where the deer was killed. You're probably right about radiation and whatnot. That is certainly not a normal color!
Lol, I bet it does, Bratteratt! Weird, huh? And yeah, that dog is kinda sad to see. She's got a good life, though. |
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ChocolateGal
Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 1868
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:57 am Post subject: |
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The muscles reminded me of something:
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Vitani
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 6665
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:46 am Post subject: |
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Awww...
Lonesome George indeed, poor lil guy |
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Misty Glen
Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 1393
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:28 am Post subject: |
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ChocolateGal wrote: | The muscles reminded me of something |
What's with the picture of the dead kangaroo? |
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wolfgirl159357
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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The muscles on the dog are ddue to a genetic defect the dog is a female whippet named Wendy |
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Chloe Taylor
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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it's so cool to see a muscular whippet since most of them are all scrawny and tiny!!!! <3 |
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wolfgirl159357
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:09 am Post subject: |
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i know and actually the dog can run as fast as a normal dog and is not stronger then a normal dog and plays with a toy poodle! |
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Ferox
Joined: 27 May 2009 Posts: 694
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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The XY swapping thing probably wont work with reptiles, as I have a feeling they're ZW like birds. Meaning the male has two of the same chromosomes, the reverse of mamals. |
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