Mad Scientists Have Created a Glow in the Dark Dog

Sal

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Yeah, kind of an idiotic habit. But our dogs, being mostly black, would be easier to find in the night and it wouldn't freak hell outta wifey or me when they snuck up on us. I see you comin, Teddy and Violet. lol

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now that WOULD freak me out... lol.... when my cat is in a mood, she hovers around the bed and awaits movement, then she leaps straight up and lands...could you imagine if she glowed green...I'd have a fuking heart attack.

That's largely because the subject of human life-span is more of a solved subject than most people know.

Scientists have learned that 82% of your longevity is genetically determined. If you had nonogenarian parents, then odds are good that you will be nonogenarian too.

The remaining 18% is affected by things like diet, excercise, and substance abuse, which means, if you had nonogenarian parents, but you didn't take care of yourself, you'll only live to ge an octogenarian, while someone with parents who died in their 60's is still probably going to drop in his 60's, regardless how well he took care of himself.
mostly agree but we still come out of a gene "pool"
 

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... but we still come out of a gene "pool"

Indeed, and the way those genes get dealt to an individual can be calculated by the percentage occurence of a gene's alleles with Chi-square analysis etc., but still, no matter the quality of the gene pool, you can't get around telomerase degredation.
 

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So was mine.

no probs.