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24 Apr 2009, 10:34 pm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 03453.html

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In some breeds, specific variants of behavior-related genes are "fixed," or seen in essentially every animal. Curiously, some of those genes are in regions that in the human genome seem to be involved in autism, brain development and mental retardation.

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24 Apr 2009, 10:57 pm

I don't know about that....all I know is that they are delicious.

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24 Apr 2009, 11:47 pm

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm beeeeeeef tasty.

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25 Apr 2009, 12:38 am

Does that actually suggest the genes have a similar effect?

I find it terribly sad to think that in order to survive with humans a species would have to be mentally ret*d or altered. Maybe it lessens any pain they might feel for having an uneventful life in slavery.
Ugh, bred to be ret*d walking masses of flesh... it's like a horror story. Monstrous.

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25 Apr 2009, 1:22 am

Moo.

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25 Apr 2009, 3:40 am

No wonder Temple Grandin specializes in cows

Lab Pet had beef for dinner tonight......Just wondering, are there savant cows?

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25 Apr 2009, 3:46 am

Being tasty!
Some cows have a savant ability at that :lol:

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25 Apr 2009, 4:02 am

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Being tasty!
Some cows have a savant ability at that :lol:

hah hah!! ! Savant cows become top sirloin, steak tartar, or crown roasts - the rest are hamburger helper

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25 Apr 2009, 6:12 am

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No wonder Temple Grandin specializes in cows

Lab Pet had beef for dinner tonight......Just wondering, are there savant cows?

some of what Temple says about cows in thinking in pictures makes them sound on the spectrum.

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25 Apr 2009, 6:22 am

That means you can have an autistic steak or an NT steak??

... and suddenly all the asburger thing makes more sense... :mrgreen: :chef:

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25 Apr 2009, 6:59 am

Weird. :lol: :lol: But it reminds me of the book "All Cats Have Asperger's Syndrome."

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25 Apr 2009, 8:25 am

No wonder Temple Grandin writes extensively about the similarities between autistics and cows.

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25 Apr 2009, 9:27 am

KingdomOfRats wrote:

LabPet wrote:

No wonder Temple Grandin specializes in cows

Lab Pet had beef for dinner tonight......Just wondering, are there savant cows?

some of what Temple says about cows in thinking in pictures makes them sound on the spectrum.

C-AUT-tle topic

Got milk? Where's the beef?

Now, picture thinking cows? Mooove on over. Imagination running rampant while chewing the cud.

Things change when you are involved in Sl-AUT-ER-ing issues.

Mad cow disease, perhaps? Uddering such claims!! Graze-y.

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25 Apr 2009, 10:15 am

Elska wrote:

I don't know about that....all I know is that they are delicious.

Nom Nom Nom!

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25 Apr 2009, 10:52 am

Mortiferus wrote:

Does that actually suggest the genes have a similar effect?

if you're saying eating cow meat makes humans autistic I'd like to know that

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25 Apr 2009, 12:14 pm

computerlove wrote:

Mortiferus wrote:

Does that actually suggest the genes have a similar effect?

if you're saying eating cow meat makes humans autistic I'd like to know that

LOL no!

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Curiously, some of those genes are in regions that in the human genome seem to be involved in autism, brain development and mental retardation.

What I means is, is it likely that having those genes in the certain regions will cause similar effects in cows than they do in humans.

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