Anywhooooo, I ended up in the zoology department clicking around until I landed on the Notochord page. I considering hitting that page, but when I checked the history tab first and noticed some recent activity, I decided to pass. Some dorkus probably has it on their watchlist or something. I figured while I was there, I may as well scroll through the page and learn what a notochord is. Then I discovered some funny text on the bottom:
The notochord secretes a protein called sonic hedgehog homolog (SHH), a key morphogen regulating organogenesis and having a critical role in signaling the development of motoneurons[1]. The secretion of SHH by the notochord establishes the ventral pole of the dorsal-ventral axis in the developing embryo.
Did someone beat me to the vandalism?
Actually, no. Sonic Hedgehog Homolog is real. And boy, did I learn my lesson. I tried to take a short cut and be a 2-bit anonymous vandal, when I could have just studied biology in college and went to years and years of grad school to discover something unique and give a silly name - THE HONEST WAY!
Ah, fuck it, I'll take the warp zone.


I'm so immature, but I just can't help myself.

1-up?
2 comments:
I can only imagine this was partially inspired by our trip to the boardwalk this weekend. For the record, the Ro-Beast whipped my ass in pinball, Police Trainer and Super Mario Bros. Despite having to play Luigi.
super mario cuomo lol
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