Shane Johns

March 13, 2009

Hi I’m Shane Johns

My issue is against using growth enhancers in any beef, swine, poultry, or any other meat products.
I guess the only reason I can think of for being against this is how I was brought up and the way I was raised. You see where I come from I was taught that a little hard work never hurt anyone, always get the job done right no matter how long it takes, and never make somebody something or do something that you wouldn’t do yourself.
Now this is the way we do every thing in our farm, our day, and even our lives. So if you get beef or eggs from us you know there’s nothing that we wouldn’t eat. Statistics say that nearly 80% of todays beef has been injected with a growth hormone at some point in time.

For more on this go to www.beeftechnologies.com

So when you say that you’re using growth enhancers to help your beef along, I don’t agree with that. Neither would a lot of farmers I know, we raise our animals with the strength of our backs and the sweat of our brow, nothing more nothing less and it really ticks me off that some people do this kind of junk just to speed up the job.
I understand it’s just business but let’s think about it, would you eat some of the beef that you raise? Some of the stuff that these industrial farmers raise I wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot-pole.

Another point against this is that commercial farmers use bleach so that they have more white eggs from their chickens. Nearly all of the eggs you see on the market today are bleached white simply because they look a little neater.

Then they are all sprayed with a coating so that they look shiny and polished. Look brown eggs aren’t dirty, they’re just healthier because they aren’t sprayed with pesticides, coatings and bleach.

For more info, go to www.petalumapoultry.com

My scientific article is about the controversy of how pterosaurs took flight. Until the turn of the century it was believed that these giant flying reptiles took off on two legs, much like modern birds. My scientifc article suggests otherwise. Micheal Habib is a biomachanicist at the Johns-Hopkins University of Medicine in Baltimore. He suggests that due to the prints he found, pterosaurs actually leapfrogged into the air instead of jumping into it.

This meant that they took off from all four legs. The animals used the combined strength of their arms and legs to thrust themselves into the air. This method Habib says can cause the pterosaur to get up to speeds of 30 miles per hour before it even starts flapping it’s wings.

This would let the pterosaur take off two times faster than the ground predator’s it was escaping. This is what allowed the pterosaur to thrive in it’s environment.

My article is from www.sciencenews.com

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