Pigs
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German scientists plan to clone and then breed genetically-modified pigs this year to serve as heart donors for humans. The plan is based on a simpler version of a US-engineered animal used last month in the world’s first pig-to-human transplant. Eckhard Wolf, a scientist at Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in Munich, said his team aimed to…
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Two friends were chatting and one of them shared news of a recent purchase. “I’ve just bought a pig!” said the first. “But where will you keep it?” asked the second. “Your yard’s much too small for a pig!” “I’m going to keep it under my bed,” replied the first. “But what about the smell?”…
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A British farmer who sought help from emergency services to rescue her two piglets and two sows from a barn fire in February has become an internet celebrity for the kindness she showed the officials a few months later. The livestock farmer returned bearing sausages made from the rescued animals, local media reports. A total…
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