What do you blades think out this idea? Im sure people are already working on it and it may not be an origional idea, but to me it sounds like the perfect buisness venture. Im a huge fan of pets and im working on a biology major. Ive always been into art. It seems to me that gmo pets and house plants can open a new field combining art and science. Can you imagin having a dinosaur? Or a rat with colored fur? Or even something more amazing like a feathery winged angel monkey. This is my goal if i ever get outta school provided laws allow for such things.
feathery winged angel monkey sounds bad ass as fuck, im sure it'll happen eventually... they'll slowly introduce genetically modified animals into the market until it eventually becomes the norm and people won't even object to it anymore the futures gonna be FUCKED
The prospect is intriguing but I think the implementation would be an issue. I would like to see our focus on longevity (human life span) also shown to animal health (pet health) since you're scrambling genetic code anyway. I have some pets I'd keep around for as long as I could providing their health wasn't an issue. ... I wonder if cats are scared of the FoxO genes.
My wife is manager at petsmart. When told her about this idea she told me thay they already have GE fish,, such as glowfish
I actually have a picture of those glow fish, I'm just on mobile right now. They have them at the petshop here too. People already have breeding programs to force animals to mate for certain outcomes, I personally don't see an issue with GMO pets. And I'm a nature/animal lover, just a realist..
I want a two headed, 19 limbs, giant dog whale turtle. But seriously, that is what the future is going to be like. Our grandkids are going to own some strange mutant shit.
GFP FTW. Quite possibly one of nature's most brilliant "inventions". The folks who discovered this protein won the Nobel not too long ago. It's importance in research cannot be understated. It's importance in creating cool glowing pet fish, on the other hand, is debatable.
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My friend used to have a green duckling and we saw puppies with glow in the dark paws. They were trying to get the whole puppy to glow.
Dogs with thumbs...so they can let themselves out to pee (and get back in)....GAWD am I tired of the middle of the night potty breaks...