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Science Monday: Vat Grown Rabbit Penises
Researchers have found a way to grow new
organs by grabbing cells, spraying them onto a protein frame,
dunking them in "growth-stimulating compounds," and then sticking
them in an oven. Naturally, they're using this technique to grow
rabbit
penises:
The...penises responded normally to electrical and chemical stimuli, and — more importantly — to biological imperative. When given the chance to have sex, eight were able to ejaculate, and four became fathers.
And a bonus:
Oddly, the procedure seemed to make the rabbits randier than usual.
“Most control rabbits did not attempt copulation after introduction to their female partners,” wrote the researchers. “All rabbits with bioengineered neocorpora attempted copulation within one minute of introduction.”
Via @mikeriggs
|11.9.09 @ 5:33PM|#
Can the mock bunny penises be used with one of these?
http://gizmodo.com/5399414/rob.....l-purposes
Cliché Bandit|11.9.09 @ 5:43PM|#
KMW is begining to worry me with her article foci.
If the costume fits then wear it
|11.9.09 @ 6:04PM|#
Would have also accepted some derivation of "fuck like bunnies" as the cliche du jour.
|11.9.09 @ 6:02PM|#
The first quote is a bit... disturbing. The way it's worded makes it sound as if the experiment were being conducted with just the, err, organs themselves. I'd *really* rather not think about disembodied rabbit penises "responding to their biological imperative."
|11.9.09 @ 6:17PM|#
“Most control rabbits did not attempt copulation after introduction to their female partners,” wrote the researchers. “All rabbits with bioengineered neocorpora attempted copulation within one minute of introduction.”
When you get a new gun, you just can't wait to take it to the range and squeeze off a few rounds.....
|11.9.09 @ 6:26PM|#
I think the article forgets to mention that a majority of the funds for this research came from Bob Dole.
Bob #2|11.9.09 @ 6:40PM|#
The first person to mass product human vaginas will be the world's first trillionaire.
Johnny Longtorso|11.9.09 @ 9:06PM|#
Dick Cavet used to say you could rearrange the letters of "Spiro Agnew" to make the phrase "grow a penis".
|11.9.09 @ 9:40PM|#
I heard they were looking for SugarFree for the experiment because the convenient fit in one of those little petri dishes.
Warty, however, you'd need a petri dish the size of Arrowhead Stadium. I've seen pictures of it taken from the space station.
|11.9.09 @ 9:43PM|#
“All rabbits with bioengineered neocorpora attempted copulation within one minute of introduction.”
The quicker pecker picker upper!!!
cynical bastard|11.9.09 @ 10:57PM|#
And the link to the H&R post is:
reason.com/blog/2009/11/09/science-monday-vat-grown-rabbi
Antisemitism or Zionist conspiracy to produce a clone army to take over the world? :D
JB|11.10.09 @ 1:38AM|#
KMW, I want that image out of my head.
Need lobster-girl chaser. Those boing-boing fascists have their unicorns, I want my lobster-girl!
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