firecat: red panda, winking (Default)
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You too can own genetically modified organisms. (Ornamental fish have been bred into all sorts of weird shapes and colors over the centuries, but these fish were made by SCIENCE.)
https://www.glofish.com

10 minute science video with delightfully weird animated illustrations explaining how genetic modification works and specifically how glowing fish were created.

Date: 27 Oct 2021 02:23 am (UTC)
senmut: an owl that is quite large sitting on a roof (Default)
From: [personal profile] senmut
Nifty

Date: 27 Oct 2021 11:07 am (UTC)
sabotabby: two lisa frank style kittens with a zizek quote (trash can of ideology)
From: [personal profile] sabotabby
Oh yeah, I saw a picture of a glowing axolotl and absolutely lost my mind.

Date: 30 Oct 2021 05:58 pm (UTC)
silveradept: A kodama with a trombone. The trombone is playing music, even though it is held in a rest position (Default)
From: [personal profile] silveradept
It makes more sense for the fish to be used as biosensors than as pets, but I'm not surprised there are people who want glowing fish as pets.

Date: 13 Nov 2021 06:59 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] stonepicnicking_okapi
I have seen these in pet shops. Very interesting!

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