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Old 05-13-2008, 12:09 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by RC45 View Post
\He's legite.. some probelm with double the muscles... poor bastard has these ultra buf ripped muscles... excep his heart is apparently regular sized and is under extreme strain - If I remember the story correctly.

The grey mastiff and horse photo is a photochop as far as I can see, but the brown mastiff I hope is legit.. I would like a dog that size.. would keep my pesky neighbour from looking over the wall hehe
Yeah, the condition is a result of a mutation in the Myostatin gene. It basically means that the animal has "double muscles" or...put another way...the gene that limits muscle growth is more or less inactive.

They use this anomaly to produce a lot of meat from certain cattle breeds like the "Belgian Blue"

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