Weird Science stories of 2007

[shadowgrin]

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For the lazy ones, a summary:

-Cloned cats that glow in the dark, made by Korean scientists.

-See-through frogs bred by Japanese scientists.
(Crazy japs. You can see the organs from the outside so I guess it's kewl)

-Panda porn doesn't get male panda in the mood for sex.
(It doesn't help when scientist are watching it with them)

-Female monkeys scream during sex to help males reach climax.
(And I thought only human females can fake it)

-Ultimate and unbeatable checkers computer is created. (meh)

- Crab lice becoming extinct because of the practice of pubic hair removal/shaving.

- Chimps are smarter or as good as some human students.
(Not that weird and hard to believe really. We see it daily in the NLSC)

[Gundy]

I liked the one about the Komodo Dragon. It's the same thing that happens in Jurassic Park if I'm not mistaken.

I found this interesting:

An interesting aspect to reproduction in these asexual lizards is that mating behaviors are still seen, although the populations are all female. One female plays the role played by the male in closely related species, and mounts the female that is about to lay eggs. This behaviour is due to the hormonal cycles of the females, which cause them to behave like males shortly after laying eggs, when levels of progesterone are high, and to take the female role in mating before laying eggs, when estrogen dominates. Lizards who act out the courtship ritual have greater fecundity than those kept in isolation, due to the increase in hormones that accompanies the mounting. So, although the populations lack males, they still require sexual behavioral stimuli for maximum reproductive success.

[JT_55]

Transsexual lizards. Nice.

About the chimp...wasn't there that gorilla who can point out the numbers 1-10 after seeing it flash across the screen? So that isn't too suprising, even through chimps and gorillas are slightly different.

[shadowgrin]

Transsexual lizards. Nice.

wtf. Very disturbing of you.

[Fitzy]

nothin wrong with a bitta lizard tranny action....nothin right with it either