In a bizarre attempt to introduce more ewes into the Hungarian sheep population, agri-geneticists attempted to combine sheep DNA with that of a prolific vegetable, the cauliflower.
Although the offspring of this combination appears to be thriving, the result is a sheep that yields neither tasty meat nor soft fleece.
"We were very hopeful," says one of the scientists who asked to remain anonymous, "but as you can see the results were less than desireable."
While the failed experiment has resulted in a loss of the government grants much needed to complete the program, the scientist remains optimistic that the work will continue in the private sector.
"We're currently negotiating with an Estonian company that believes it can produce better results combining Magyar Merino DNA with winter wheat," he informed us. "We're also speaking to Germans who have had success with their new glow-in-the-dark cabbages that were created with DNA from fireflies to achieve bioluminescence in their most recent crops."
While the novelty has made glow-in-the-dark cabbages popular amongst German consumers, farmers complain that it's difficult for them to get any sleep.
"I've had to get black-out curtains," one farmer informed us, "because the damned things put on a laser show all night. As soon as the sun goes down, my cabbages start glowing like crazy. Each one puts out about 8000 lumens of light."
8000 lumens is equivalent to a 500-watt lightbulb, which makes it easy to harvest the cabbages at night, but the impact on the surrounding environment and the resultant sleep deprivation of the local population have created sociological problems in rural Germany. Scientists are working on a way to reduce the luminescence to a more comfortable level.
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