GeneMod Silkworms

[Dannyalcatraz]

Scientists modify silkworms to spin silk twice as strong | Technology News Blog - Yahoo! News

So...which is cooler: that they now spin silk that's stronger or that they have glowing red eyes?

(Or that they have as-yet unnoticed spider-powers?)

 

[BriarMonkey]

It would be cooler if they had glowing red silk. [nods]

 

[Relique du Madde]

It would be cooler is those glowing red eyes shot laser beams.

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[Hand of Evil]

was a story a number of years ago of modified goats that produced spider silk potein in their milk. The milk is processed and you had super strong fibers.

Hybrid Spider Goats | Scienceray

 

[BriarMonkey]

I don't think I'd want to eat any of the cheese from spider-goat milk. Somehow getting all that stuck in your teeth can't be a good thing...

 

[Hand of Evil]

I don't think I'd want to eat any of the cheese from spider-goat milk. Somehow getting all that stuck in your teeth can't be a good thing...

it is not your teeth you should worry about...mmmmm, fiber!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I don't think I'd want to eat any of the cheese from spider-goat milk. Somehow getting all that stuck in your teeth can't be a good thing...

Drinking milk & flossing simultaneously = good dental hygiene!


"Spider-goat! Spider-goat!
Spins a web that's colored taupe!
Floss with his feta cheese
Fights off all dental disease
Hey there...there comes the Spider-goat!"

 

[Relique du Madde]

The question is.. does spider silk milk keep goats from exploding when psionicists try to experiment with their psychic powers.

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[BriarMonkey]

At least those made me laugh.

And cringe.

And somehow, I'd think the silk would need to be on the outside vice the inside to keep the goats from exploding.

Auto-flossing fibrous feta... Nope. Not a product I want to see on the store shelves.