glowing fish!

[Bluenoise]

They sell these?? why didn't anyone tell me??!!

 

I'm getting me some now.

 

http://www.glofish.com/default.asp

 

Here's a quote taken from a recent new scientist article.

 

I see a close analogy between von Neumann's blinkered vision of computers as large centralised facilities and the public perception of genetic engineering today as an activity of large pharmaceutical and agribusiness corporations such as Monsanto. The public distrusts Monsanto because the company likes to put genes for pesticides into food crops, just as we distrusted von Neumann because he liked to use his computer for designing hydrogen bombs secretly at midnight. It is likely that genetic engineering will remain unpopular and controversial so long as it remains a centralised activity in the hands of large corporations.

[herpguy]

Whoa! I might buy some too, as long as the fish are as healthy as normal zebra fish. It's amazing how we are using genetic engineering.

[Bluenoise]

Oh this is only the first, and relativley simple I can't to see what's next.

 

But yeah apparently they're just like normal zebra fish but glow red.

[jeskill]

If you want to go au naturel, you could just get some deep-sea fish that naturally bioluminesce. Of course, I've no idea how they would survive up here .

[ecoli]

If you want to go au naturel, you could just get some deep-sea fish that naturally bioluminesce. Of course, I've no idea how they would survive up here .

 

I suppose you could get a high-pressure tank and keep the water really cold. I'm sure such things exist for research purposes.

[Skye]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0701_040701_oceantrap.html

[zyncod]

Grrr... They don't actually glow. They're just fluorescent. Hence, not that interesting, since there are many naturally fluorescent aquatic organisms. Like Aqueora victoria.