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Lets jump right into our list of the Top 5 Terrifying Creatures Created By Science
Starting off at number 5--Belgian Blue Super Cows- This breed of incredibly lean- hyper
muscular cows comes from Belgium…you know if you couldnt already tell that by the name.
These cattle have an increased number of muscle fibers which is a hereditary condition known
as being double muscling.
This particular trait is shared with another breed of cattle.
Both the breeds have an increased ability to convert food into lean muscle- which causes
the breeds meat to have a reduced fat content and reduced tenderness.
Yeah these guys look pretty terrifying.
I definitely would not want to cross paths with one of them.
In at number 4--Bat Bombs- During World War 2 the US Marine Corps worked on a project
to train bats as Kamikaze bombers against the Japanese.
Oddly enough the person who came up with this idea in the first place was a dentist from
Pennsylvania named Lytle Adams.
In 1942 he proposed this idea to the White House after going on a trip and seeing the
Bat filled caves in New Mexico.
Adams came up with the idea of strapping tiny combustible explosives to the animals and
exploiting their use of echolocation to find roosts in barns and attics.
Adams suggested having the bomb-strapped bats fly to Japan- nestle in the nooks of the mostly
wooden buildings in Japanese cities and then blowing them up so they set the city ablaze.
Yeah that’s absolutely terrifying- if those little guys do get to the right spot then
that could cause a lot of damage.
Even though this was a very farfetched plan- the government loved it.
So the Marine Corps captured thousands of Mexican free tailed bats and developed explosive
devices to strap to their backs.
But then in 1943 the project was scrapped.
Probably because they realized how crazy it was or it could’ve been due to the fact
the US government had made progress on the atomic bomb.
At number 3--Spider Goat- Spider goats-yeah this definitely doesn’t sound like the best
combination.
Thats one really extreme cross-breed.
The person who developed this creature is professor Randy Lewis who teaches genetics
at Utah University.
This Transplanted gene means the goat produces milk containing an extra protein which is
extracted and spun into spider silk thread.
About his creation Randy says- Were interested in dragline silk- the silk that spiders catch
themselves with when they fall.
Its stronger then Kevlar.
It really has some amazing properties for any kind of a fiber.
So you might be wondering how does one cross bread a goat and a spider?
Well He went on to say- The trouble is you cant farm spiders.
Theyre very cannibalistic.
So he and his team took the gene that encodes dragline silk from an orb-weaver spider and
placed it among the DNA that prompts milk production in the udders.
This genetic circuit was then inserted in an egg and implanted into a mother goat.
Now when the goat lactates- her milk is full of the spider-silk protein.
The university has been producing large quantities of this spider silk- and its being referred
to as one of the strongest substances known to man.
Coming in at number 2--See through Frog—These little guys freak me out!
No one needs to see whats going on in there.
All the organs- and guts- and pulsing.
bleh.
Scientists decided to create this frog after a new glass frog species had been discovered.
In these frogs you can literally see their hearts beating through their chest.
This frog is being identified through a combination of fieldwork in the Amazonian Lowlands of
Ecuador and DNA sequencing in the lab.
They crossed 2 kinds of recessive colour mutant black eyed and gray eyes frogs through artificial
insemination.
And F2 offspring produced frogs whose skin is translucent throughout the life cycle.
These frog have shown unique physical and behavioural traits.
But through creation these frogs do sometimes come out with different traits.
For example not all of the glass frogs have hearts that are visible through their chest.
In some of the frogs the heart itself is white so you don’t see the red blood.
The scientists behind these frogs believe they will help us understand the evolutionary
pattern that lead to frogs being glass-like in the first place.
Scientists wanted to create these frogs so we could see their organs- blood vessels-
and eggs through the skin instead of having to dissect them.
Also for the fact that translucent skin enables observation of organ growth- and cancer formation-
and progression in the frog- which can now be monitored through its entire life.
Sadly Even though this species has recently been created its already in danger of extinction
due to its habitat being threatened by oil exploitation.
At number 1--Zombie Dogs- Back in 1940 Russian scientist had released pictures and a video
of multiple severed dog heads which they managed to keep alive for several hours after the
dogs death- This was known as the Zombie dog experiment.
The head was actually able to wiggle its ears in response to sound and lick their mouths
for the few hours after the head was detached from the body.
They were able to keep the heads artificially alive by providing artificial blood circulation.
While this is a great step forward in science it was very disturbing to see.
This experiment was performed to try and see if humans can be resurrected after death.
This experiment was preformed yet again in 2005 this time by American Scientists who
got a pack of dogs and killed them rapidly by flushing all of the blood from the dogs
bodies and replaced it with oxygen and sugar-filled saline. 3 hours later the doctors gave the
dogs a blood transfusion and an electric shock later and the dogs were back from the dead.
Most of the dogs seemed to be as good as could be expected while others suffered permanent
damage.
Theres still some more testing that needs to be completed but scientists are feeling
really proud of these results.
They hope that one day this could revive people who are hemorrhaging blood too quickly for
doctors to repair the injuries.
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