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[Gypsy Nirvana]

PIGCASSO


This topic is VERY wide ranging and encompasses everything and everything to do with PIGS....PORK.....BACON and all derivatives.

Yes that includes the shaming of those who have enslaved these much maligned and misunderstood creatures for centuries, and others who hate pigs so much that they even refuse to eat such delicious pig products as bacon and honey-roast ham....

So lets have at it, and have a SERIOUS PIG DEBATE!

*Yes, Yes!.... I know that the cops are often called 'PIGS' ....so if you wish to go off on some L.E.O. tangent...it's still kinda on topic...

 

[wh1p3dm34t]

don t forget to mention, they are great for searching truffles

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[Gypsy Nirvana]

Ahhh...yes, not all pigs are lazy bastards, hanging around the pigsty all day collecting welfare...

Oh no!.....some pigs actually have a job, as we see with Princess Nini here...As we can see she has the job of rooting out TRUFFLES, that will eventually end up on the plates of fine food served at the top restaurants...

*What a hard working pig she is..

don t forget to mention, they are great for searching truffles

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[The_Skunkist]

Well, they are used to train people at tatooing :

Well, they are used to train people at tatooing :

Those little thugs !

 

[buzzmobile]

PIGS can make anything happen

PIGS can make anything happen

 

[The_Skunkist]

don t forget to mention, they are great for searching truffles

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This is black gold !

"La truffe se négociait aujourd'hui entre 500 et 800 euros le kilo, avec un prix moyen de 700 euros." ( https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/20...aison-de-tous-les-records-pour-la-truffe.html )

So it says beetween 500 and 800 euros/kilo for an average 700 euros .

 

[Stoner4Life]

I've got a great smokehouse not too far away, just bought a package of his peppered bacon which helped to glorify several otherwise mundane sammiches.......



my little dachshund can't counter surf so my bacon stash is always intact

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Now there is a VERY HAPPY looking dawg.....Obviously feeling glorified due to the abundance of BACON present....

I've got a great smokehouse not too far away, just bought a package of his peppered bacon which helped to glorify several otherwise mundane sammiches.......



my little dachshund can't counter surf so my bacon stash is always intact
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[Bird of Hermes]

Pig in a pigmobile

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Pigs and humans share more genetic similarities than previously believed
New genetic analysis reveals hidden evolutionary relationship between pigs and primates.

Pigs share a number of surprising comparable traits with humans. For instance, we both have hairless skin, a thick layer of subcutaneous fat, light-colored eyes, protruding noses and heavy eyelashes. Pig skin tissues and heart valves can be used in medicine because of their compatibility with the human body. Medical students often practice suturing on pig's feet.

Most of these shared traits are likely due to convergent evolution, happenstance; they aren't the sign of close ancestry. But new genetic analysis suggests that pigs and primates may actually share a hidden evolutionary relationship after all, reports Phys.org.

The new study focused on genetic elements called SINEs (short interspersed elements). SINEs, which make up about 11 percent of human DNA, were once considered "junk DNA," but researchers have now come to believe that analyzing these elements could glean important hints about mammalian evolutionary history.

The most common SINE in humans is called the Alu transposable element. That's important because it is derived from the small cytoplasmic 7SL RNA, and that's important because 7SL RNA is also the source for a common swine SINE, according to the latest research. This would be an unlikely coincidence. Essentially, it lends evidence to the idea that pig and primate evolution have some close parallels that were previously hidden using more conventional genetic analysis.

The upshot of all of this, according to the study's author, is that the suidae family (that is, the swine family) could conceivably be grouped into a family that is otherwise mostly inhabited by primates, at least in terms of 7SL RNA-derived SINEs.

What evolutionary story might this tell about the relationship of pigs and primates? For now, phylogeneticists can only speculate. But it goes to show that our relationships to our animal brethren are often closer than first appearances may suggest. Despite the great diversity of life, there is a string connecting us all together — a string that geneticists are only beginning to learn how to unravel.

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/a...ly-related-thought-according-genetic-analysis

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Lungs from genetically modified pigs could soon be used to save human lives
Biologist Craig Venter's company has received $50 million in funding to develop 'humanized pig organs.'

Here are some shocking statistics: About 400,000 people die in the U.S. every year from lung diseases. Meanwhile, only about 2,000 people a year receive life-saving lung transplants because there aren't enough implantable organs to meet the need. That leaves about 99.5 percent of people with these diseases with no medical alternatives to save their lives.

Scientists are hoping to change that. Synthetic Genomics, a company founded by noted geneticist J. Craig Venter, has received $50 million in funding to help develop lungs and other organs that could be implanted into needy human patients. The source of these organs: genetically modified pigs.

The process of transferring an organ from an animal to a human is called xenotransplantation. Although it is used to some degree — pig heart valves, most notably — it usually fails because genomic differences cause the human body to reject the organs or cause related problems such as blood clots. Genetically modifying pigs, which already share about 90 percent of their DNA with humans, could help to solve those problems.

Venter told Reuters that the company's first goal is to generate "a brand new super-accurate sequence of the pig genome." The geneticist is best known for his work in sequencing the human genome, so this ties directly into his previous research.

Once they have that genome in hand, the team from Synthetic Genomics will be able to "go in and edit, and where necessary, rewrite using our synthetic genomic tools, the pig genes that seem to be associated with immune responses," Venter said. The company said the level of this genome modification is unprecedented. Venter told the Financial Times that "we believe this is one of the most exciting and important programs every undertaken in modern medical science."

The funding for this research comes from Lung Biotechnology Inc., a subsidiary of United Therapeutics Corporation. In a news release, United Therapeutics CEO Martine Rothblatt called this work a "huge" step toward "accelerating our efforts to cure end-stage lung disease. Our combined expertise should enable us to develop an unlimited supply of transplantable organs, potentially helping millions of patients who die from end-stage organ disease."

The two companies will work together on this research. Venter's organization will edit and rewrite the pig genome, while United Therapeutics will implant them into pig eggs and take the research from there.

Of course some animal rights groups oppose xenotransplantations and related genetic work. The Campaign for Reponsible Transplantation, for example, notes that many diseases can jump from animals to humans and that pigs, in particular, "are highly intelligent and sensitive animals" which "can be subjected to painful biological and surgical manipulations at experimenters' discretion, causing great pain and suffering before death."

The announcement doesn't mean that implantable lungs will be available any time soon. Developing the edited genome will take a few years, and then clinical trials in human subjects will likely take several additional years.

https://www.mnn.com/green-tech/rese...netically-modified-pigs-could-soon-be-used-to

 

[Bird of Hermes]

I've heard about that stuff before gypsy apparently in the future we'll have pig farms that grow us pretty much every major organ besides the brain. Though there is also talk of 3d printers eventually being able to print new organs too. Plenty of people dying on organ donor waiting lists so if they can figure out how to do either method it'll be a lifesaver for tons of people.

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Yes....but somehow I feel sad for the pigs. They have been working in perpetual indentured servitude, and being eaten...as - SLAVES -...for centuries.

And now they want to harvest them for their body-parts!

<<OUTRAGEOUS!>>

I've heard about that stuff before gypsy apparently in the future we'll have pig farms that grow us pretty much every major organ besides the brain. Though there is also talk of 3d printers eventually being able to print new organs too. Plenty of people dying on organ donor waiting lists so if they can figure out how to do either method it'll be a lifesaver for tons of people.

 

[Illuminate]

Might make a bacon roll.

 

[Capt.Ahab]

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

Bad PIG Transportation!

*As we see here PIGS are often abused....Imagine if a motorcycle taxi driver transported us humans in such a way...(Hmmm, yeah, some might like it..)

 

[wh1p3dm34t]

oh, one important advice to all dog keepers, NEVER feed your dogs with raw pigmeat.

they can carry a fcking dangerous virus called Aujeszky's disease

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorabies

 

[Capt.Ahab]

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[Gypsy Nirvana]

I'd be careful feeding them humans too.....they could carry the EBOLA VIRUS!

oh, one important advice to all dog keepers, NEVER feed your dogs with raw pigmeat.

they can carry a fcking dangerous virus called Aujeszky's disease

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorabies

 

[Bird of Hermes]

Yes....but somehow I feel sad for the pigs. They have been working in perpetual indentured servitude, and being eaten...as - SLAVES -...for centuries.

And now they want to harvest them for their body-parts!

<<OUTRAGEOUS!>>

Yeah it is kinda messed up considering how intelligent they can be same can be said for cows.

But don't worry too much a lil piggy told me the other day that they are planning their revenge someday soon...

Behold the Pigocalypse!!!