CAN GREAT WHITE SHARK GENES MAKE US SUPERHUMAN? - Spigot 2/19/19

🚰 40 PUSHUPS CHECKS YOUR HEART

_{Great white sharks have 41 chromosomes; human beings have just 23.
Now that the shark’s genome’s been cracked, we’re finding things that could be
Useful to humans if they could be added, like resiliency against cancer.
They also have “regenerative abilities,” which could be either question or answer.
They say they’re reviewing the genome for future, drugs that they may create.
Gene-splicing success would create superhumans; this should be up for debate.}

_{Men, can you do over 40 pushups? If you can then you’re likely okay.
You likely won’t have heart disease; your heart muscles are not in decay.
You’re “96 percent less likely to have” a ticker that’s prone to disease,
Than guys who can’t do even ten when they try, who likely spend more time at ease.
It’s more of a test, rather than challenge; it’s a gauge of one’s fitness score.
It tells us if we’re in need of activity, and if our life is worthy of more.}

_{If something claims to cause a “delay in your brain,” it’s scary enough to decline
Suggestions we look - it’s just an illusion; “delaying” the brain just doesn’t seem fine.
It may be a poor choice of words to explain, what we see with back and forth moves,
And delaying refers to the illusion of movement; it seems kind of like record grooves.
Our friend Penderis should find this of interest; he creates illusionary art to behold.
Illusions can also be used in deception, as a useful tool keeping people controlled.}

_{Queen is performing at the Oscar Awards, and in five days it will take place.
This could be enough to stir up some interest, and avoid a show ratings disgrace.
We’re even thinking it might be worthwhile, just to hear Brian May’s guitar licks.
We don’t know what Adam Lambert sounds like, or if he does magical tricks.
Vulture says the performing’s odd; Bohemian Rhapsody’s not up for best song.
But it’s definitely the best they could conceive, to move massive boredom along.}