tommy Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 The first seedless grapes were kind of an accident. Thousands of years ago in the Middle East, a random genetic mutation caused a group of grapes to spontaneously abort their own seeds before the seeds could develop hard casings. The result: seedless produce. To reproduce the fruit, a sly farmer simply cloned the vine (with no seeds, there?s nothing to plant)?meaning that all seedless grapes today are direct descendants of that one mutated grape vine. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 A bit like bananas then. All bananas in shops come from clones of the one plant. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsaboy Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 You're never alone with a clone. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saila Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 GM is everywhere - RUN FOR YOUR LIVES Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Curtain Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Boneless Chickens haven't faired so well though !Nette:-S Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Road Barbers Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Seagulls can't fart. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huguenot Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Tragically BBB, that one is strange but not true. :(They're different from mammals in the sense that the waste pipes for both the kidneys and the intestines use the same pop hole, but the intestines have the same basic function using gut flora that have a gaseous by-product.When the gas pressure exceeds the elastic strength of the cloaca muscle, the result must inevitably be a fart. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Road Barbers Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Gosh... It's just that I've been told many a time (from people that grew up on the coast) about seagull popping. I dont want to say what it is cause i dont want people to try it cause its cruel Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Is a fart the expulsion of gas or the BRADDAAPPP sound? If it's the latter then surely neither seagulls nor dogs can fart because they lack the requisite buttocks. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Curtain Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Seagulls sh*t at will (I think)They use it to attack predators near their nestsThey've attacked people in Weymouth ( do read the post comments after the article :)))So if they can sh*t, surely they can 'emit gas' can't theyOne word BBB:Bicarbonate ?Nette:-S Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsaboy Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 It must be true, it's on the internet! POP! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Rats can't vomit. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saffron Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Snopes and others say seagulls do not explode from bicarbonate/calcium carbonate etc. I agree. I think anyone who was paying attention in anatomy and physiology would as well.The theory that when gas pressure exceeds muscle strength, then the muscular closure will be opened by the presseure, must surely be true for the esophageal sphincter as well.The fact that rats and many other animals inc horses don't vomit is not related to this. Vomitting is an active reflex; whereas, gaseous escape is an involuntary release. In addition although horses don't actively vomit, the accidental ingestion of too much of the wrong type of feed will cause distention of the horse's relatively small stomach (most digestion takes place in the large hindgut through fermentation), leading to stomach fluids being involuntarily exuded through the nostrils. This is a vetinary emergency requiring immediate supervision. I haven't seen this in rats, but I have seen profound bloat in mice, which also cannot vomit. In the case of bloat, a dysregulation of digestion has occured most likely in the hindgut due to illness. The gas pressure is trapped between the many internal valves of the digestive tract and cannot escape rapidly enough to relieve the bloat. In a larger animal you would be able to surgically release the gas. Sadly in mice you're best to euthanise them in this case. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Kangaroos can't fart - scientists are trying to use this knowledge to stop sheep and cows from farting out so much methane - which is a shame when you think of it - all that jumping and no accompaniment. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saffron Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 You mean don't fart, I think? They certainly would be able to expel gas, were it produced. They don't appear to produce methane like cows b/c their intestinal fauna is different. http://www.greenlivingtips.com/blogs/109/Kangaroos-dont-fart.html Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I'm finding this all very informative Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saffron Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I'm hoping someone will adapt the kangaroo digestive model to farty husbands. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Can't fart Don't fart - from Dario Fo's Aeolian Trilogy... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsaboy Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 There is no word in the English language (that I can think of) that rhymes with 'Orange'. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 lozenge? Sort of. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodrot Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 cat owners are 15% less intelligent than the UK average. And it shows. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Can you make cringe rhyme with orange? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 What about 'Oh minge' ? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsaboy Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Nope. Say them together and none of them work properly. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-546999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Saffron Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I'm hoping someone will adapt the kangaroo digestive model to farty husbands.Are you saying you never succumb to the odd trouser burp, Saffron? She who smelt it... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/23576-strange-but-true/#findComment-547007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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