Originally Posted by
MD11Fr8Dog
I've always thought they bred the beagles without vocal chords as opposed to severing them. They definitely can't bark, just droppy eyed whimpers!
That would be a real leap in science, breding an animal without a physiologically normal body part. If they could do that, first of all, GW Bush would be going nuts, and secondly, they would then probably have the technology to "bred" humans without an appendix. Both would be a rather good thing, IMHO.
I think it would take an act of evolution, of maybe 20,000 years, before a normal part of the body became extinct due to lack of use. Has something to do with DNA.