Claim: Researchers have developed genetically engineered fruit trees that bear meat.
Status: False.
Example: [Weekly World News, 2003]
Tree That Give Meat Instead Of Fruit! By MICHAEL CHIRON MANCHESTER, England — Here's some good news that vegetarians can really sink their teeth into: Researchers have developed genetically engineered fruit trees that bear real meat! Fruit from the new Meat Trees, developed by British scientists using gene-splicing technology, closely resembles ordinary grapefruit. But when you peel the large fruit open, inside is fresh beef. "Our trees may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but it's really a simple, down-to-earth idea whose time has come," declares "Vegetarians have been complaining for years that despite their moral convictions against consuming meat, they still crave the flavor of a good steak once in a while. Now they can have their cake and eat it too." [Click here to read the rest of this article] |
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Last updated: 21 March 2007