Weird-News: Cloned Glow-in-the-Dark Cats

[arniejolt]

Yes.

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/071213/071213_clonedcats_hlrg_930a.jpg

Really.

South Korean scientists say they have cloned cats whose genes have been altered so that they glow in the dark - taking advantage of a technological twist that could someday be used to make more dramatic genetic changes in all sorts of creatures.

A research team at Gyeongsang National University, headed by Kong Il-Keun, produced several kitty clones in January and February, the government-managed Korea.net news service reported Wednesday. This week the scientists showed off the cats, which now weigh about 7 pounds (3 to 3.5 kilograms) and glow a dull red under ultraviolet light.

Check out the rest of the article and a news video at MSNBC (http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/12/13/514602.aspx)

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[IbanezBassist_v2]

That is just ****ing freaky.....

[Huskie]

Reminds me of a recent episode of
The Big Bang Theory S1.E4 ?The Luminous Fish Effect? (October 15, 2007) (http://www.mytvisonfire.com/couchpotato/2007/10/16/the-big-bang-theory-s1e4-the-luminous-fish-effect-october-15-2007/)

Fish that glowed to be used as nightlights.

[IbanezBassist_v2]

Reminds me of a recent episode of
The Big Bang Theory S1.E4 ?The Luminous Fish Effect? (October 15, 2007) (http://www.mytvisonfire.com/couchpotato/2007/10/16/the-big-bang-theory-s1e4-the-luminous-fish-effect-october-15-2007/)

Fish that glowed to be used as nightlights.

Eh, thats really no different than the Angler Fish.

[Huskie]

Eh, thats really no different than the Angler Fish.
That's where he got his inspiration. He was turning goldfish into nightlights.
I just figured he did it because keeping an Angler in a little bowl on the kid's dresser would be a tad bit difficult.

[LZ_Reborn]

Ha!!! I was gona make a thread about this, but I realized that "Wierd news threads" are your department Arniejolt..;)

I'm trying to find a use for a glow in the dark cat....

[Eastwood]

They made human - rabbit hybrids in Korea that got all the way to the embyronic stage. They destroyed them after that. That would have been damn creepy.

[LZ_Reborn]

They made human - rabbit hybrids in Korea that got all the way to the embyronic stage. They destroyed them after that. That would have been damn creepy.

Are you sure they destroyed them???!!:eek:

*enter X-files theme song*

[Stryfe666]

All I can think of is:

"I'm in ur bathroom being ur nitelitez"

[battle_axe_of_doom]

guyz CLONING IS TOTALLY EVULLLL

[WiseOldUnicorn]

All I can think of is:

"I'm in ur bathroom being ur nitelitez"

^ rofl.

Also, that is quite odd.

[devo193]

Awesome! I want one now!

[Jixzer]

Glowing cats would be easier to hit with your car at night.

[StratATTACK]

All I can think of is:

"I'm in ur bathroom being ur nitelitez"
LMAO I can picture it now.:D

[Stryfe666]

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I went and did it...kthxbai! ;)

[Quinarvy]

^ I loled at that.


They made human - rabbit hybrids in Korea that got all the way to the embyronic stage. They destroyed them after that. That would have been damn creepy.

W...t...f

Meh, I guess it would be cool to be super fast and jump high.

But you'd have horrible posture and hair problems...

And I want a glow-in-the-dark-cat!

[battle_axe_of_doom]

guys cloning is going against god. R U AGAINST GOD

[Quinarvy]

guys cloning is going against god. R U AGAINST GOD

Point to a page in the bible/torah/qoran (sp?)/[insert religious text here] that says "Thou shalt not clone"

[battle_axe_of_doom]

you obviously didn't sense my sarcasm

[Quinarvy]

you obviously didn't sense my sarcasm

Nope...didn't.

Sorry, its one of those things that gets me going, the whole "Are you against god" thing...It's also hard to tell on the internet :P

[Jixzer]

sarcasm doesn't speak ASCII.

[FrshChees]

ok um...whats the point of cloning?