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AnotherFairportfan wrote:

GlytchMeister wrote:I still think she has honey locust in her, too.

That would explain Agent-Five-O-Clock-Shadow's careful approach and soothing words...

Hmmm, yes. At her current level of power, having both blackthorn and honey-locust ancestry means that she could easily grab an MIB agent, convert him into shish-kebab skewer meat, and then plasma-grill him to a tasty done-ness, all by herself.

I suppose that means that if her (predicted) young-adulthood "issues" lead to her running away from home, she could always get a job as a short-order cook.

She's also a very smart gal, especially for her age. Given that and her ability to pummel, skewer, and incinerate those who annoy her, she could be considered a valued employee at all sorts of places. Her bosses and coworkers might make all sorts of offerings to her to stay under the protection of her good graces. It is useful to have the local genius locust on your side, after all.

Dave wrote:It seems plausible to me that this could have reverted some of her Blackthorn genome back to a more "primitive" form, making her more of a basal Rosaceae than a Prunus per se. They could have fiddled with a few growth-regulation genes, and thus emphasized a spreading/vining growth pattern over a shrub/tree pattern.

That might be possible with a massive amount of gene mapping and statistical analyses, but it would be very, very difficult. You can't just reactivate genes that have been dormant in a lineage for very long. It might be easier to just take some other species that already has the trait and work those genes in somehow.

Catawampus wrote:...the local genius locust...

It's good to NOT turn the local Pun Jar against you...

GlytchMeister wrote:I still think she has honey locust in her, too.

Nah, with that temper of hers, I'd say it was Honey Badger instead....

Catawampus wrote:. . .

Dave wrote:It seems plausible to me that this could have reverted some of her Blackthorn genome back to a more "primitive" form, making her more of a basal Rosaceae than a Prunus per se. They could have fiddled with a few growth-regulation genes, and thus emphasized a spreading/vining growth pattern over a shrub/tree pattern.

That might be possible with a massive amount of gene mapping and statistical analyses, but it would be very, very difficult. You can't just reactivate genes that have been dormant in a lineage for very long. It might be easier to just take some other species that already has the trait and work those genes in somehow.

IF it was a targeted reactivation, as opposed to a side effect of something else . . .

--FreeFlier

scantrontb wrote:

GlytchMeister wrote:I still think she has honey locust in her, too.

Nah, with that temper of hers, I'd say it was Honey Badger instead....

Wrong side of the river for that. She's a Honey Gopher.

Honey gopher? Wait, am I going to regret asking that?

Badger : Wisconsin :: Gopher : Minnesota.

jwhouk wrote:Badger : Wisconsin :: Gopher : Minnesota.

thought so

jwhouk wrote:Badger : Wisconsin :: Gopher : Minnesota.

then again you have the governments "opinion" that they are separate animals, as this statement is taken from the Dept. of Natural Resources of Wisconsin:

Badgers don't eat brats and soda like many "badger fans," but they are carnivores (meat-eaters) and hunt for animals found in grasslands like pocket gophers, ground squirrels, rabbits, and small birds. They can sniff out food almost as well as dogs can. And, that's better than most animals. They aren't friendly like most dogs though; this animal is a ferocious fighter with an attitude and should not be bothered.

I'm inclined to believe that if they EAT Gophers, enough so that it is their first food item on the list, then they are NOT a Gopher themselves...

scantrontb wrote:I'm inclined to believe that if they EAT Gophers enough, so that it is their first food item on the list, then they are NOT a Gopher themselves...

But if you are what you eat . . . .

scantrontb wrote:

Badgers don't eat brats and soda like many "badger fans," but they are carnivores (meat-eaters) and hunt for animals found in grasslands like pocket gophers,

Pocket gopher=chipmunk or something in the same spot on the food chain? Gopher eating gopher imples a lot of high energy fighting and perhaps not the best option for dinner.