[ExI] blue bug

[William Flynn Wallace]

Wait a minute - I thought that dogs were descended from wolves not that the
two had common ancestors.  ???

bill w

On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 11:19 AM, <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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> *From:* spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com>
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> >…So.  What if… we breed a skerjillion of these guys (rolly pollys, not
> shrimp) … spike
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> No wait, better idea.
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> Domestic dogs were bred from wolves.  All breeds of dogs are the same
> species and are cousins (same genus) as modern timber wolves.  We can see
> the size span in dogs which have been bred downsize generally, but all the
> genes in modern dogs come from the wolf/dog common ancestor.  Stands to
> reason that one could start with a bunch of Chihuahuas and toy poodles and
> such, eventually breed them upsize to something with some dignity, ja?
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> So we could selectively breed armadillo bugs up to a size which would make
> them more meaty, ja?  Perhaps we would end up with something as big as the
> old-time trilobites (I suppose one needs to be as old as I am to even
> remember those things).  Perhaps they could be marketed as a crustacean
> treat so big it takes three bites to devour one.
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> No, wait, better still: we could play a terrific gag.  Get your camera
> ready, post a text… ends up with:
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> …beep boop boop… brrrrring…
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> 911, what is the nature of your emergency?
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> That crazy bastard next door is breeding… giant… blue… CRUSTACEAN
> THINGIES!  They got loose and are going all over the goddam NEIGHBORHOOD!
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> Ten minutes later, the drug enforcement team is hauling him away in a
> straight jacket as he shrieks he is not stoned, there really are giant blue
> bugs and they are getting away, and so forth, such carrying on you never
> saw, until they taser his ass.   We video record the whole thing, post to
> YouTube, goes viral, a million hits, we sell ad space by the cubic ton,
> make a buttload of money.
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> spike
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