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Monday
Mar152010

I'll Be Back - Genetically Modified Terminator Trout Have 20% More Muscle

Just think of the possibilities when these bad boys escape the fish farm.

Terry Bradley, an aquaculture professor at the University of Rhode Island, has been researching how to counteract the effects of a protein called myostatin, which slows muscle growth. At last he's discovered how to block the production of myostatin in fish, resulting in this bulbous creature you see in the video above. Bradley's transgenic trout tend to grow 15-20% more muscle than average trout.

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Reader Comments (23)

Makes me want to puke for a bunch of reasons. Scary

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterpisco

I just threw up in my cereal.

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDr. Sam

Seems like a good idea to me.

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDr. Frankenstein

Look at the way he smiles when he says "six pack abs". Creepy.

wrong in so many ways

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commentertor

WRONG. I hope eats those things, and enjoys the growth of his third ball.

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDylan Rose

http://www.who-sucks.com/people/monstrous-myostatin-misfortunes-a-collection-of-myostatin-deficiency-pictures

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterchris

F U C K T H A T !

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterBig Mike

It reminds me of that episode of Southpark episode where Stan goes to the PETA camp and that Half Human half Ostrich wretched hybrid baby is begging "kiiiiilllll meeeeee...."

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commentervmabuck

I hope he loses his funding. Those things are effed

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterwill

As if triploid fish weren't horrifying enough this A-hole comes up with these monstrosities..............

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterFisky

disgusting

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDriftless6

That is so horrific, genetic engineering on trout to replace salmon/seafood? Talk about a nut job! Six pack abs on trout. WOW!

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSuckit

Just what the world needs.... As if we don't have enough problems with cancer and other weird diseases, this guy wants us to eat even more genectically engineered food. It is about time go organic....

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterFed-UP

salmon farming SH!THE@D. maybe they can destroy some wild stocks. he needs to inject himself!!!!

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterozzy

That guys a fucking idiot man, just the stuff we don't need !!

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterfishmhard

so gross, that is the most disgusting looking trout I have ever laid eyes on

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDavid R

Leave it to SCIENCE, they know best!!!

March 15, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSuckit

I want a six pack and not have to work for it does myostatin work on people. Then again maybe the sixpack abs wont balance out the mongoloid face. forget I ever mentioned it.

March 16, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterfatguyaaron

God help us! Were all gonna DIE!! LOL

March 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterRH

Friends don't let friends eat farmed fish......alien fish

March 18, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJJ

IDIOT!!!

March 20, 2010 | Unregistered Commentersavlen

Hopefully this guy gets reincarnated as a "special trout." That was some mad scientist effed up shite right there.

April 1, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDiesel

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