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+Kardboard+ 05-29-2009 10:39 AM

OMG TALKING MICE
 
OK, not quite yet, but a team of scientsts have made some transgenic mice that have the human gene for speech. Long story short, these mice show a great deal more activity in the brain areas for language.

This will soon be a reality IRL:

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/504...eymousesvg.png

http://io9.com/5272451/transgenic-mi...ene-for-speech

124Y 05-29-2009 10:54 AM

Hah~ I doubt those mice will end up learning English or other human languages...

tamazoid 05-29-2009 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 124Y (Post 6442770)
Hah~ I doubt those mice will end up learning English or other human languages...

Never know... They might be able to say a few words like Parrots can.

!Aznboi128 05-29-2009 12:30 PM

reminds me of the episode of south park

q0192837465 05-29-2009 01:12 PM

damn, they'r gonna take over the world

124Y 05-29-2009 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tamazoid (Post 6442869)
Never know... They might be able to say a few words like Parrots can.

Nah~ unless they develop the ability to control their tongue's movement. :thumbsup:

+Kardboard+ 05-29-2009 05:15 PM

Dude, that's what the gene does, give them better nerve control lol

Toeknee 05-29-2009 06:28 PM

http://images.google.ca/url?source=i...96MeWgVbQ6W91A

Ulic Qel-Droma 05-29-2009 07:17 PM

more like

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Brain_vol1.jpg


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