yes, but do yours glow in the dark?

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:53 am

glow in the dark cats, people, glow in the dark cats

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071212/sc ... reacloning

Aiken · Post by **Aiken** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:11 am

Afraid cats aren't the first animal to glow, so far i've seen rabits, pigs and goldfish. The pigs and goldfish don't need to be exposed to UV light either. And you can buy the GM goldfish as pets.

What is quite cool is a company has announced their plans to create a hypoallergenic cat. They were orginally going to GM it, but they must have realised how much the animals would cost, so instead the're working on selective breeding them.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:44 am

I would buy a glow in the dark cat in a heartbeat, even if it cost a thousand dollars. So long as it was a good fit in our home.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:46 am

I need some glow in the dark huskies so I can get rid of my car and just go dogsledding to work.

KWill · Post by **KWill** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:56 am

Am I the only one that thinks this is a horrible abuse of the poor cats?

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:14 am

Aiken wrote:Afraid cats aren't the first animal to glow, so far i've seen rabits, pigs and goldfish. The pigs and goldfish don't need to be exposed to UV light either. And you can buy the GM goldfish as pets.

What is quite cool is a company has announced their plans to create a hypoallergenic cat. They were orginally going to GM it, but they must have realised how much the animals would cost, so instead the're working on selective breeding them.

didn't say they were the first, just saying "now there's cats"

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:42 am

KWill wrote:Am I the only one that thinks this is a horrible abuse of the poor cats?

Dude, they're genetically crafted glow-in-the-dark cats who can save lives! They're like superheroes! How is making them into comic book fantasy creatures abusing them?

KWill · Post by **KWill** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:46 am

Jim North wrote:
KWill wrote:Am I the only one that thinks this is a horrible abuse of the poor cats?
Dude, they're genetically crafted glow-in-the-dark cats who can save lives! They're like superheroes! How is making them into comic book fantasy creatures abusing them?

I'm sure I'd have trouble sleeping if I couldn't turn the light off

The Neko · Post by **The Neko** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:29 am

I remember from the ANDi case that it was really hard to get even one monkey to express the implanted gene, and most of them didn't even make it to the point of being born. I wonder what the ratio was for this one.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:13 pm

I thought this thread was about condoms.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:18 pm

mcDuffies wrote:I thought this thread was about condoms.

When I read the title, I thought that too.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:14 pm

The Neko wrote:I wonder what the ratio was for this one.

The article wrote:The cats were born in January and February. One was stillborn while two others grew to become adult Turkish Angoras, weighing 3.0 kilogrammes (6.6 pounds) and 3.5 kilogrammes.

So I'd say about 67%.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:24 pm

I saw this yesterday. But...it made me wonder. I mean, they glow under UV light, right? But they're white cats...don't ALL white things glow under UV light?

Laemkral · Post by **Laemkral** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:02 pm

I'm sorry, I made a mistake. Night vision uses Infrared lightsources, not ultraviolet. Don't know why I made that mistake. Though those cats are glowing a different color than white makes under ultraviolet.

Mon Ami · Post by **Mon Ami** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:17 pm

They're still adorable! <3

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:44 pm

Oh wait...maybe they work like regular glow in the dark objects? You know, explose them to uv, then turn it off, and they glow for a bit? That would make more sense.

This gives me an idea...

LEGO! I demand glow in the dark death squirrels! Particularly the saliva, if you please.

Black Sparrow · Post by **Black Sparrow** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:10 pm

theSuburbanLetdown wrote:
mcDuffies wrote:I thought this thread was about condoms.
When I read the title, I thought that too.

Well, now we know who the community perverts are.

As far as the cats go... as long as the glowiness doesn't mean they're radioactive or anything... they're adorable.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:13 pm

Black Sparrow wrote:
theSuburbanLetdown wrote:
mcDuffies wrote:I thought this thread was about condoms.
When I read the title, I thought that too.
Well, now we know who the community perverts are.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:54 pm

MixedMyth wrote:Oh wait...maybe they work like regular glow in the dark objects? You know, explose them to uv, then turn it off, and they glow for a bit? That would make more sense.

This gives me an idea...

LEGO! I demand glow in the dark death squirrels! Particularly the saliva, if you please.

working on it

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:40 pm

Doesn't squirrel saliva already glow under UV light? I thought I saw that somewhere.

Unless that was just a special effect to illustrate how squirrels mark their acorns.