Glow-In-The-Dark Pets

09-10-2001, 08:23 AM

Okay. I feel like it's taboo to start a new thread on Tony's awesome Image of the Day, but I liked this one because a) I thought it would spark some good discussion and b) I found it too interesting. I kept coming back to the image and looking at it.

The caption to the image is as follows:

A few genetically modified Medaka fish glow in the dark as they swim in a tank in Taipei on Sept. 6. Taiwan aquatics firm Taikong Group, which developed the fish, plans to start marketing them in six months as the world's first glow-in-the-dark pets.

My question to you is:

Is it acceptable to genetically modify animals for entertainment (i.e., serving no real purpose)?

What do you think about glow-in-the-dark pets?

Undertoad · 09-10-2001, 09:55 AM

Just to address the first concern, if an image is excellent, and you figure it fits in with the IotD, feel free to post it. If you don't have web space to host images, or need a pointer on getting your image to show, I will happily host it here and give you the line to add to your post to have the image show up.

dham, here's the funny thing... I had that image in the queue, to be posted this week. Not exactly the same - I had another version of it - but anyway! Good going!

doc · 09-10-2001, 10:08 AM

It sure would make it easier to find the dog hiding after getting into the garbage again and knows he's busted.

Turn the lights off and...whoa, what's the green glow coming from under the bed?

elSicomoro · 09-10-2001, 07:38 PM

If it doesn't serve any real purpose, then what is the point?

OTOH, if this were put into bigger fish, it could make a boon for commercial fishing.

Hubris Boy · 09-10-2001, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by dhamsaic
Is it acceptable to genetically modify animals for entertainment (i.e., serving no real purpose)?

I don't know... but it would explain 'N Sync, wouldn't it?

Quote:

Originally posted by sycamore
If it doesn't serve any real purpose, then what is the point?

Heh. I often asked the same question about my ex-wife's pekingese. Never did get a satisfactory answer.

Nothing But Net · 09-10-2001, 11:38 PM

Blacklight will produce this effect on almost all tropical fish.

Or else they were captured in the Susquehanna near Harrisburg!

jaguar · 09-11-2001, 12:31 AM

Yet another angle on the moral ethical mess that is GM. I don't see a problem as long as teh fish don't suffer as a result. THough thats hard to prove.

Their eyes are seriously wierd.
and if N'sync starting glowing in the dark i'd be running. Fast.

Slight · 09-11-2001, 04:59 AM

Ok, this seems wrong but my first thought after reading the caption is I want some of those fish. They look cool. Whether or not they look cool all the time is another thing but you have to admit glow in the dark fish would look cool next to blinky and a lava lamp.

09-10-2001, 08:23 AM	#1
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Glow-In-The-Dark Pets Okay. I feel like it's taboo to start a new thread on Tony's awesome Image of the Day, but I liked this one because a) I thought it would spark some good discussion and b) I found it too interesting. I kept coming back to the image and looking at it. The caption to the image is as follows: A few genetically modified Medaka fish glow in the dark as they swim in a tank in Taipei on Sept. 6. Taiwan aquatics firm Taikong Group, which developed the fish, plans to start marketing them in six months as the world's first glow-in-the-dark pets. My question to you is: Is it acceptable to genetically modify animals for entertainment (i.e., serving no real purpose)? What do you think about glow-in-the-dark pets?

09-10-2001, 10:08 AM	#3
doc Caste-Away Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 48	It sure would make it easier to find the dog hiding after getting into the garbage again and knows he's busted. Turn the lights off and...whoa, what's the green glow coming from under the bed? __________________ --- \|> /\ \/ @

09-10-2001, 11:38 PM	#6
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	T'aint nothing Blacklight will produce this effect on almost all tropical fish. Or else they were captured in the Susquehanna near Harrisburg!

09-11-2001, 12:31 AM	#7
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Yet another angle on the moral ethical mess that is GM. I don't see a problem as long as teh fish don't suffer as a result. THough thats hard to prove. Their eyes are seriously wierd. and if N'sync starting glowing in the dark i'd be running. Fast. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain Last edited by jaguar; 09-11-2001 at 11:43 PM.

09-10-2001, 09:55 AM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Just to address the first concern, if an image is excellent, and you figure it fits in with the IotD, feel free to post it. If you don't have web space to host images, or need a pointer on getting your image to show, I will happily host it here and give you the line to add to your post to have the image show up. dham, here's the funny thing... I had that image in the queue, to be posted this week. Not exactly the same - I had another version of it - but anyway! Good going!

09-10-2001, 07:38 PM	#4
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	If it doesn't serve any real purpose, then what is the point? OTOH, if this were put into bigger fish, it could make a boon for commercial fishing.

09-11-2001, 04:59 AM	#8
Slight Semi-Evil Genius Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Boulder CO Posts: 195	Ok, this seems wrong but my first thought after reading the caption is I want some of those fish. They look cool. Whether or not they look cool all the time is another thing but you have to admit glow in the dark fish would look cool next to blinky and a lava lamp.

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