"Is this kind of frozen meat that has been frozen for thousands of years a delicacy? It is actually used to entertain guests?" Mu Ling also said in shock.[
Han Kongque spread his hands and said, "I don't know about this, but the people who discovered it all said that mammoth meat is smelly, but have you smelled the smell?"
Han Peacock pointed at a giant mammoth that had just been excavated. This mammoth was relatively well preserved, but judging from the shape of its legs, it should have broken two of its legs when it fell into the ice cave.
Because of its size, all the ice on the outside was peeled off, exposing part of the body inside. However, Han Kongque and others at close range did not smell the peculiar smell.
According to previous discoverers, mammoth meat was only of interest to the expedition dogs, and its stench was unbearable. However, this was obviously not the case with the mammoth discovered by Han Kongque and his colleagues, because they could not smell the stench.
taste.
"Maybe it's because it wasn't cut open." Finally, Mu Ling said.
Han Peacock thought, maybe this is the reason. After all, mammoths are too big. Even if the climate in Siberia is very cold, it is unlikely to freeze immediately. As long as they don't freeze, it is possible for these huge mammoths to freeze
rot.
In fact, it is impossible for mammoths to be frozen in the natural environment. After all, nature's freezers are not as good as modern technology.
In slowly frozen meat, crystals will appear in the cells, causing the cells to burst and lose all moisture. This kind of meat is inedible.
Moreover, in order for the giant mammoth to be completely frozen, it must be at minus 1oo. No matter how cold Siberia is, it is impossible to have such a low temperature.
Therefore, the mammoth that appears to be intact on the outside is actually "gold and jade on the outside, but rotten on the inside", and its internal organs have slowly rotted away.
If someone has actually eaten it, it is probably due to two reasons: First, curiosity, and they boldly tried it like the first person to eat crabs, but this time they did not create a new way to gourmet food for future generations.
The second is the last resort adopted when hunger was hard. Even today's gourmets who specialize in eating rare birds and exotic animals would probably have to stay away from such precious "ten thousand-year-old meat"!
"It seems that if you want to eat mammoth meat, you have to wait until our research institution captures them!" Huangshan sighed.
"You really want to eat mammoths?" Han Peacock said funny.
Huang Shandao: "Don't talk about mammoths. If possible, I would like to taste dragon meat, but it's a pity that I don't have it!"
Han Peacock was happy: "There's no way to do it with dragon meat, but if it's dinosaur meat, it might still be possible."
"Dinosaurs? There are no active cells in the dinosaur fossils we found, right?" Huangshan has been following Han Peacock recently, but he doesn't understand anything, so it is difficult for Han Peacock to fool him.
Han Peacock said: "The dinosaur resurrection plan has been going on for a day or two. Don't you know that someone wants to pass the mosquito blood in amber? There may be dinosaur gene chains in it, and there are also dinosaur eggs.
May contain viable cells."
"I don't know what will happen in the future." Huang Shan curled his lips and said.
Han Peacock said: "If you really want to eat it, it's not difficult to get it now. I'll get a chicken for you to try later. It tastes similar to dinosaur meat."
"Chicken? So I don't eat dinosaur meat often?" Huang Shan said with a smile.
Han Peacock said: "Of course, you may not know that the DNA of chickens contains the genetic memory of dinosaurs. Now some scientists are using chickens to breed prehistoric dinosaurs."
"It's really whimsical." Jin Yao said.
"This is not a whim, but has scientific basis." Han Peacock said with a smile.
Technology makes the world more colorful. In this era of rapid technological advancement, human beings' desire to explore the unknown world becomes more intense.
And relying on high-end technology, we have a better understanding of unknown areas.
Now many people are working hard to awaken the dinosaur characteristics of chickens based on the memory of dinosaur genes contained in the DNA of chickens, and breed an animal "dinosaur chicken" that is half dinosaur and half chicken.
Then in the future, real prehistoric dinosaurs can be cultivated and this prehistoric extinct species can return to the earth.
They restored the diverse features of dinosaurs, such as tails, teeth and front claws, by changing the protein levels of features that had been suppressed during the course of evolution in modern chickens.
Birds are the descendants of dinosaurs, so technically, dinosaurs can be restored from their descendant species.
The reason for using only chicken bodies and not other birds is that the chicken's genetic map has been mapped and the chicken has been thoroughly studied.
"These scientists really dare to think." Even the wood spirit could only sigh with a small mouth.
"Birds are the descendants of dinosaurs? Isn't it said that they are the descendants of Archaeopteryx?" Huangshan objected at this time, and he also made a look like don't think I haven't been to school, because in the primary school textbook, the teacher is like this
Taught.
"I'm afraid the original textbook was wrong. Now someone has proven that Archaeopteryx is no longer the 'ancestor of birds' and should belong to the early Deinonychus." Han Peacock said with a smile.
"The teaching materials are wrong?" Huang Shan really didn't expect that Han Kongque could actually say this. The teaching materials were all wrong, so how many children were delayed?
"There is no way. Science is based on countless conjectures. It is not uncommon for some conjectures to be wrong. Just like Archaeopteryx, it has worn the title of 'ancestor of birds' for 150 years. However, this halo has now been replaced.
I took it off." Han Peacock explained.
The British "Nature" magazine published a paper by Xu Xing, a researcher at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and others: According to the latest phylogenetic analysis, Archaeopteryx should belong to the early Deinonychus, not to birds. It is no longer a bird.
Considered to be the earliest birds.
"Isn't this the transitional stage between half dinosaur and half bird? Just like the existence of Deinodon and Stegodon?" At this time, Mu Ling understood what Han Peacock meant.
Han Peacock said: "Yes, Archaeopteryx is a kind of dinosaur, and later birds evolved from dinosaurs."
"Half bird, half dinosaur? I wonder if modern scientists can create a half-orc?" The golden demon is similar to Huangshan, with more muscles than brains.
Han Peacock was silent for a while. Human experiments do exist, and the orcs mentioned by Jin Yao are not impossible to appear.
As far as Han Kongque knew, there were only 155 embryos, which once caused panic. At that time, many people shouted that "orcs" would be born.
The people who did this were British scientists. They spent three years secretly creating 155 hybrid embryos that contained both human and animal genes.
British scientists said that when the embryos were mixed, the animal cell nuclei had been taken out, and 99% of the embryo's genetic material belonged to humans, with only some animal mitochondria present.
However, because of this, some scientists are opposed to using adult embryos for clinical use, fearing that the animal genetic information present in mitochondria will bring diseases to humans.
"There can't really be such a crazy scientist, right?" Mu Ling reacted the fastest. Seeing Han Kongque's silence, he knew that such a thing might really happen.
Han Kongque could only say: "It seems that it has not been used in clinical trials. Therefore, we should not be able to see orcs in recent decades. At least, we cannot see them without entering secret laboratories in some countries."
When Han Kongque said this, Huangshan and the others were all speechless. They all knew the lower limits of high-level officials in various countries, such as genetic research. Why are so many people opposed to researching this now, but there are still countless people, especially the rich and powerful.
people support?
In fact, there is no need to think too complicated. The purpose of studying genes is to increase human lifespan. Who is the most afraid of death and the least willing to die?
Of course they are those who are rich and powerful. Just like the song "Borrow from Heaven for Another Five Hundred Years" says, I really want to live for another five hundred years, but why do I want to live for another five hundred years?
Don’t they all want to stand on the cusp of the storm, holding on to the sun and the moon?
If he is a pauper who does not have enough to eat every day and suffers from hunger every day, he still wants to live for another five hundred years?
Therefore, the progress of human science is entirely driven by passion. Whether it is war or technology, it is human passion that drives progress.
"Don't talk about this, let's still think about how to find some more mammoths! We don't study half-orcs, at least we have to research mammoths. Then we will each have a mammoth fur coat and have a mammoth barbecue.
Drinking beer and eating mammoth meat skewers is one of the great pleasures in life!" The golden demon seemed to be hungry, so he also thought of eating mammoth.
"It seems that the temperature in Siberia is still too high. If there is a place like the boss said, it can be lowered so that we can eat mammoth meat now." Huangshan said with great pity.
Jin Yao said: "The coldest place now is the Antarctic. I don't know if mammoths have lived there. If they have, a cold wave will freeze them to death in minutes."
"You really dare to think so wildly. There are only penguins left in Antarctica." Huangshan laughed and said.
The golden demon said unconvinced: "Penguins can survive in Antarctica, how do you know that mammoths can't?"
Mu Ling also smiled and said: "Yes, it turns out that the boss said that the fur of mammoths can keep you warm."
"Why didn't you two say that there were dinosaurs in Antarctica?" Huang Shan said shamelessly. Is this couple bullying him because of the large number of people? No way!
"There are really dinosaurs in Antarctica, and maybe mammoths can really be found." Han Peacock looked at Huangshan in surprise. Doesn't this guy really know that dinosaur fossils have been unearthed in Antarctica?
"Really?" Jin Yao and his wife said in unison. After saying that, they both burst into laughter immediately.
Huangshan's face turned black. Is there such a thing?
If this couple says that aliens will visit the earth tomorrow, will they see an alien battleship when they wake up tomorrow morning?
"Giant herbivorous dinosaurs once lived in Antarctica." Han Peacock said in a funny voice. (To be continued.) 8