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Green Ham and Eggs
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Freakiest Lab Animals
Not since the 1980s have we seen this much fluorescence on one creature. Born in the lab of National Taiwan University, these phosphorescent porkers are green from the inside out--heart, ham and all. Scientists injected fluorescent proteins into the pigs at the embryonic stage, hoping that their very visible tissues could later help in the study of human disease.
