Pig's Heart: We go from Richard the Lion-Hearted to Paul the Pig-Hearted. Our porcine neighbors may have solved the shortage of hearts available for transplant. A pig's heart was...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

We go from Richard the Lion-Hearted to Paul the Pig-Hearted.

Our porcine neighbors may have solved the shortage of hearts available for transplant. A pig's heart was successfully transplanted into a person. If I had that done, I would not want people to know. Can you imagine the thousands of jokes?!

David Martin Loc: Cary, NC

jerryc41 wrote:

We go from Richard the Lion-Hearted to Paul the Pig-Hearted.

Our porcine neighbors may have solved the shortage of hearts available for transplant. A pig's heart was successfully transplanted into a person. If I had that done, I would not want people to know. Can you imagine the thousands of jokes?!

Jokes aside, I believe that Muslims and Orthodox Jews would accept a porcine heart in order to save a life.
My question is, would a vegan accept it as well?

Rashid Abdu Loc: Ohio

If you look inside the pig's abdomen, the organs look like those of a human. (evolution at work)! It seemed logical that with gene manipulation, the pig was a good candidate for a heart donor. And, this is only the beginning!

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

In biology classes pigs are the favored dissection animals because their anatomy is so close to a human.

RiJoRi Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC

Retired CPO wrote:

In biology classes pigs are the favored dissection animals because their anatomy is so close to a human.

Is _that_ what happened to Porky Pig! I'd often wondered... 🙄 🤣 🐷

--Rich

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

David Martin wrote:

Jokes aside, I believe that Muslims and Orthodox Jews would accept a porcine heart in order to save a life.
My question is, would a vegan accept it as well?

There's a big difference between choosing a luncheon item and getting medical treatment to stay alive. At least I hope people would accept any usable heart to keep them alive.

On the other hand, there are countless horror movies about people getting hearts from bad people. : )

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Retired CPO wrote:

In biology classes pigs are the favored dissection animals because their anatomy is so close to a human.

Many humans are almost indistinguishable from pigs in their behavior.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

jerryc41 wrote:

Many humans are almost indistinguishable from pigs in their behavior.

Well, yes. That's true. And because of that they might taste good too. Used to be, that cannibals, on isolated islands called their human victims "long pigs".

wjones8637 Loc: Burleson, TX

jerryc41 wrote:

Many humans are almost indistinguishable from pigs in their behavior.

Many pigs behave better.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Pig valves as replacements have been used for many years - it was only a matter of time.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

jerryc41 wrote:

We go from Richard the Lion-Hearted to Paul the Pig-Hearted.

Our porcine neighbors may have solved the shortage of hearts available for transplant. A pig's heart was successfully transplanted into a person. If I had that done, I would not want people to know. Can you imagine the thousands of jokes?!

My son has a cadaver valve, so I guess you could call him....Dead man walking!!!

KindaSpikey Loc: English living in San Diego

jerryc41 wrote:

We go from Richard the Lion-Hearted to Paul the Pig-Hearted.

Our porcine neighbors may have solved the shortage of hearts available for transplant. A pig's heart was successfully transplanted into a person. If I had that done, I would not want people to know. Can you imagine the thousands of jokes?!

Just wondering if that would affect my insatiable love of bacon? Lol.
Ray.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

David Martin wrote:

Jokes aside, I believe that Muslims and Orthodox Jews would accept a porcine heart in order to save a life.
My question is, would a vegan accept it as well?

Would a vegan accept a human heart transplant? Or would (s)he demand a celery heart? Heart of palm? Beef Hearts (Old baked bean joke)?

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

jerryc41 wrote:

Many humans are almost indistinguishable from pigs in their behavior.

Truer words . . . .

Stan

St.Mary's

With a pig's heart, would you have to cry "wee wee all the way home"?