4 ms·

What ... happens to the pigs who get accidental heart attacks? Are they ...? Do they ...?

by Victerius 5y ago

ricc 5y ago
Yes
valachio 5y ago
They end up on my dinner plate as a delicious high-protein meal.
- hellbannedguy 5y ago
  No reason to gloat. Yea, I eat them too, but not proud of my actions.
  - valachio 5y ago
    Not gloating. I genuinely enjoy eating pork and meat in general. It's the most nutritious food a human can eat in my humble opinion. I hold no shame in eating and enjoying meat. If I was a scientist and a piggie died as part of an experiment or whatever. I would do my best to eat the piggie and not let any part of it end up in the trash and going to waste.
    - arcticbull 5y ago
      > It's the most nutritious food a human can eat in my humble opinion. Citation needed on this one. I'm curious.
      - deleted 5y ago
        [deleted]
      - kaba0 5y ago
        If parent means nutritious as rich in energy than it has plenty of calories indeed (though sugary drinks will easily beat it) If they mean as in provides many kind of nutrition, it is still false as it is mostly fat and protein. It is quite homogenous to be called nutritious.
- gitgrump 5y ago
  Careful, or they might eventually become a human heart attack!
meepmorp 5y ago
They get rushed to a special hospital for pigs and then go to live long happy lives with other porcine MI survivors on a farm far, far away.
- tiborsaas 5y ago
  I've heard they have a great staff of dogtors.
tricky 5y ago
oh, the heart attacks weren't accidental. They imaged the pig real time while inducing a heart attack to see how the muscle deformed. I never did ask what they did with the dead pigs, but they did have special carts to wheel them around the hospital. People didn't like seeing sedated pigs in the hospital so they had a cart with high sides and they'd throw a sheet over it.
thedailymail 5y ago
They get a "That'll do, pig" and a pat on the head.
deleted 5y ago
[deleted]
throwaway2331 5y ago
They're not accidental. They stick a metal rod, that's been frozen in liquid nitrogen, into the piggy's heart. This kills the heart cells. Then they stuff the piggy into an MRI machine and take a picture of its heart -- because an alive piggy's heart beats and makes the picture blurry. Then the scientists get a pretty picture on their computers and high-five one another. Success, they all think: "mission accomplished. Funding secured."

What ... happens to the pigs who get accidental heart attacks? Are they ...? Do they ...?

ricc 5y ago

Yes

valachio 5y ago

They end up on my dinner plate as a delicious high-protein meal.

hellbannedguy 5y ago
No reason to gloat. Yea, I eat them too, but not proud of my actions.
- valachio 5y ago
  Not gloating. I genuinely enjoy eating pork and meat in general. It's the most nutritious food a human can eat in my humble opinion. I hold no shame in eating and enjoying meat. If I was a scientist and a piggie died as part of an experiment or whatever. I would do my best to eat the piggie and not let any part of it end up in the trash and going to waste.
  - arcticbull 5y ago
    > It's the most nutritious food a human can eat in my humble opinion. Citation needed on this one. I'm curious.
    - deleted 5y ago
      [deleted]
    - kaba0 5y ago
      If parent means nutritious as rich in energy than it has plenty of calories indeed (though sugary drinks will easily beat it) If they mean as in provides many kind of nutrition, it is still false as it is mostly fat and protein. It is quite homogenous to be called nutritious.
gitgrump 5y ago
Careful, or they might eventually become a human heart attack!

meepmorp 5y ago

They get rushed to a special hospital for pigs and then go to live long happy lives with other porcine MI survivors on a farm far, far away.

tiborsaas 5y ago
I've heard they have a great staff of dogtors.

tricky 5y ago

oh, the heart attacks weren't accidental. They imaged the pig real time while inducing a heart attack to see how the muscle deformed. I never did ask what they did with the dead pigs, but they did have special carts to wheel them around the hospital. People didn't like seeing sedated pigs in the hospital so they had a cart with high sides and they'd throw a sheet over it.

thedailymail 5y ago

They get a "That'll do, pig" and a pat on the head.

deleted 5y ago

[deleted]

throwaway2331 5y ago

They're not accidental. They stick a metal rod, that's been frozen in liquid nitrogen, into the piggy's heart. This kills the heart cells. Then they stuff the piggy into an MRI machine and take a picture of its heart -- because an alive piggy's heart beats and makes the picture blurry. Then the scientists get a pretty picture on their computers and high-five one another. Success, they all think: "mission accomplished. Funding secured."