Featherless Chicken Created

from the mmm-kfc-tastes-good dept

Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have created a featherless chicken. Feathers pose all sorts of problems, including making the chickens too hot, increasing processing costs, and creating a huge source of waste. I remember a few years back people complained that chickens are becoming "meat on a stick" -- I suppose they would complain about this too. As long as it tastes good, I say it's fine...

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  1. No Subject Given

    by Anonymous Coward - May 23rd, 2002 @ 2:11pm

    Yeah, hello, this article came out like three days ago, and has a very spurious link to technology.

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  2. Re: No Subject Given

    by John - May 23rd, 2002 @ 2:23pm

    Define spurious. Okay, now that we've shown how moronic you are, please go away. Most of us actually like reading stories on this site, so I'm not sure what your problem is. If you don't like the stories here, then don't come here.

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  3. Well we already have "boneless:

    by Lee - May 23rd, 2002 @ 8:46pm

    Well we already have "boneless" chickens, so a featherless one is a natural progression.

    As to being on topic, not all technology is computer/electronic, some of it is biological and other sciences.

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  4. chickens

    by ybald - May 23rd, 2002 @ 9:41pm

    the isrealis are using these chickens to combat terrorism.

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  5. It begs the question...

    by Joe Schmoe - May 24th, 2002 @ 8:11am

    Can a hairless pussy be very far behind?

    But I've been beaten to my punchline...
    http://www.cats-central.com/cat-breeds/sphynx.htm

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  6. Oh, hey

    by Joe Schmoe - May 24th, 2002 @ 8:17am

    an thanks for another "marginally" tech but insteresting article. Interesting just the same!

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  7. test

    by Dennis - Mar 10th, 2006 @ 6:33pm

    test

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  8. yummy!

    by mhh5 - Mar 10th, 2006 @ 6:35pm

    Sounds good to me. I like naked chicken.

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