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Apr1-07, 05:30 PM   #1
 
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Glacier breeding project


Climatologists Secure Funding To Breed Glaciers In Captivity

...As the number of glaciers worldwide is less than half what it was 40 years ago, it is evident that we must do something to improve glacial fertility or they will face imminent extinction," said NOAA chief glacier behaviorist Ingrid Boorstein [continued]
http://www.theonion.com/content/news...logists_secure

I'm not familiar with the finer points of glacial fertility, but it sounds interesting. And I hear that glacial breeding is already threatening the llama markets.
 
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Apr1-07, 05:35 PM   #2
 
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Gosh, getting pandas to mate is hard enough.

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The fools, they know not what havoc will be wrought! Can you imagine glaciers running rampant down city streets, attacking your kids? And the decay of their corpses will only worsen the dihydrogen oxide pollution of our rivers and streams!
 
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The fools, they know not what havoc will be wrought! Can you imagine glaciers running rampant down city streets, attacking your kids? And the decay of their corpses will only worsen the dihydrogen oxide pollution of our rivers and streams!
 
Apr1-07, 06:26 PM   #5
 
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I'm not familiar with the finer points of glacial fertility, but it sounds interesting. And I hear that glacial breeding is already threatening the llama markets.
Nice one!
 
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