Comments on: How pig parts make the world turn https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/ Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:32:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: khan https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523607 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:32:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523607 A vague memory: wasn’t the Cawnpore Mutiny partly related to the use of pig (or cow) parts in munitions?

]]> By: Ciwan Kurd https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523606 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:47:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523606 I loved it.

Thank You.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523605 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:22:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523605 I loved the video, but I have to say, having worked on major pig-related research project, nothing was a surprise to me. (And she only touched on the ways in which pigs infiltrate everything!). Gelatin is used in the process of loading powder into the shells.

A different use may be ordnance gelatin, which is what you shoot at when conducting experiments with bullets. I’m not sure if she meant that, though.

]]> By: TheBrummell https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523604 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:35:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523604 She didn’t finish the bullets story, sadly. I hope it’s in the book, I am curious as well.

I noticed that many of the products included one specific pig part, gelatin. Rather useful stuff, it seems. The part about pig-hair in bread flour was pretty interesting, too.

]]> By: John https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523603 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:58:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523603 Did anybody get the part about bullets? I missed whatever it was that pigs contribute.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523602 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:13:17 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523602 Bambi was not shown as a pig. You need to go back and rewatch the whole video but pay closer attention.

]]> By: MadScientist https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523601 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:52:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523601 Can I just point out that Bambi is not a pig? I’ll just attribute that to a blonde moment (ouch! ouch! ouch! – my blonde girlfriend is punching me now – and telling her the other blonde is very cute doesn’t seem to be helping me either.)

@omar: there are plant derived gelatines – you don’t have to use animal goo. I have no idea if there is any toothpaste etc. manufactured from plant gelatines though.

]]> By: omar https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523600 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:14:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523600 Hmmm, you know some Muslims and Jews have a fetish about avoiding any contact with pigs, so what do they use in Kosher toothpaste and kosher glue and soap and so on? Is there a well differentiated stream of beef gelatin or halal gelatin (and other pig part alternatives) that they get to use?

]]> By: Art https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523599 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:47:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523599 Seeping pigs? Corking them prevents seepage, increases weight, and provides a big surprise at the slaughterhouse. Always good for a laugh.

]]> By: stripey_cat https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523598 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:23:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/22/how-pig-parts-make-the-world-t/#comment-523598 ^^Pigshit (or any other species) can foul ground water surprisingly easily if there’s a problem with waste disposal at one of the big, modern factory farms.

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