Golden Egg? A drabble of Science!
Mar. 25th, 2012 04:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aldersprig"We think we've come up with a problem for the oil shortage."
"You've what?"
"Look at these duck eggs. It took us a bit of finagling to do it, and more than a few changes at the genetic level, but now instead of needing calcium and laying calcium-rich eggs... they take in a variety of supplements and lay plastic eggs. The shells can then be recycled for their plastic, and the egg inside is still perfectly viable. There's just one flaw..."
"There's always a flaw."
"In order to get out of the eggs, the hatchlings needed...
"You made duck Unicorns."
"You've what?"
"Look at these duck eggs. It took us a bit of finagling to do it, and more than a few changes at the genetic level, but now instead of needing calcium and laying calcium-rich eggs... they take in a variety of supplements and lay plastic eggs. The shells can then be recycled for their plastic, and the egg inside is still perfectly viable. There's just one flaw..."
"There's always a flaw."
"In order to get out of the eggs, the hatchlings needed...
"You made duck Unicorns."
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Date: 2012-03-25 11:21 pm (UTC)You need art of this.
-Anon
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Date: 2012-03-26 12:23 am (UTC)I definitely want to see them come to life. ^v^
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Date: 2012-03-27 01:43 am (UTC)Makes me wonder what sort of plastic it is. Is it like a plastic bag, or like an Easter egg, or what? Because the latter would seem to take a lot of energy, even with a unicorn horn...
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