I like my beef… er, ripped?
With a regular application of the right chemicals, it’s amazing what you can do to a living creature. Observe:
That’s a bull of the Belgian Blue breed, which has a genetic anomaly that suppresses the production of a hormone called myostatin that inhibits muscle growth – hence the ‘double muscling’ seen above.
“So what,” you say. Well, myostatin inhibitor drugs are being developed with the intent of treating muscle-wasting diseases like muscular dystrophy in humans. And we all know how the street finds its own use for things… as does the sports arena, the university, and the boardroom.
Double-muscled beefcake – coming to a gymnasium near you, very soon. [via SentientDevelopments; image from Kottke article, no attribution available]
February 18th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Give it ten years, and it’ll be Governor of California.
February 18th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
A similar mutation can also occur in whippets (and probably other creatures I don’t know about). They’re said to be good-tempered, despite their appearance, but sadly, shorter-lived than regular ones.