12/9/2003: GloFish, first genetically engineered pet - Page 2

SteveDallas · 12-09-2003, 03:36 PM

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Originally posted by jinx

Blasphemer!!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, burn me at the stake already.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-09-2003, 04:23 PM

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Originally posted by SteveDallas

Yeah, yeah, yeah, burn me at the stake already.

Not stake, fish.

warch · 12-09-2003, 04:33 PM

I still think Alba the bunny is the first GM pet. Even if the relationship is forbidden. sniff.

juju · 12-09-2003, 05:11 PM

I think the fish are the first genetically engineered pets that are being <i>sold</i>.

By the way, they're on sale January 5th!

emmtayoe · 12-09-2003, 05:25 PM

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Originally posted by Ghost
I thought Sea Monkeys were the first genetically engineered pets.

Unless they genetically altered snot somehow, then I suppose they weren't.

richlevy · 12-09-2003, 09:26 PM

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Originally posted by Ghost
I thought Sea Monkeys were the first genetically engineered pets.

sea monkeys = brine shrimp = bait

wolf · 12-10-2003, 12:57 AM

One of my friends and I went through a "Sea Monkey™ Phase."

We each had a Sea Monkey™ MicroView Ocean Zoo™, purchased during a pilgrimage to Edmund Scientific.

We lovingly raised our sea monkeys, fed them, spoke to them, and were disappointed when they did not turn out to wear little crowns, or have furniture.

One Friday evening, Bob (yeah, Forks Bob) happily said goodbye to his Sea Monkeys™, knowing they would happily greet them in their happy undersea way the following Monday.

He spent a care-free weekend, awaiting his return to his special friends (to whom he was a kind of a god, dispenser of all that is good, particularly match-head's worth of Sea Monkey™ nutrient powder).

He entered his office that fateful morning to check on his pals before embarking on his day's toil as a programmer at a local university. He looked through the magnifying lens of the MicroView Ocean Zoo™ and beheld with amazement that a population explosion had occured over the two days and where about a half-dozen Sea Monkeys™ had reposed a mere three days before, there were HUNDREDS!!

In his amazement, he summoned his coworkers, and babbled his excitement at how well his care and tending of the tiny creatures had succeeded!!

He basked in the glow of his own awesomeness.

Until his boss confessed to knocking over the Sea Monkeys after he left on Friday.

She had gone to a specialty aquarium store in a panic, looking for Sea Monkeys™. Several clerks had denied the existence of such things as Sea Monkeys™ until she was rescued by the owner who was wise to the ways of comic book marketing, and sold her the brine shrimp, with great amusement.

(I had my own Sea Monkey™ near-tragedy, when the accountant from the company I was working for at the time was holding my MicroView Ocean Zoo™ (i had the blue one, Bob's was red) up to the light for a better view, when she was struck by vertigo, and fell on her ass. To her credit, although she fell, she kept a tight grip on the Sea Monkeys™, and they only got sloshed around a bit. Didn't lose a drop.)

OnyxCougar · 12-10-2003, 10:16 AM

I've been playing with genetically engineered pets for years. I've played Creatures, Creatures2, and Creatures3.

mitheral · 12-10-2003, 12:41 PM

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Originally posted by SteveDallas

I had not been aware that there was a big market for eating zebra fish.

But then, I don't like any kind of seafood!

And probably don't have cats or three year olds running around. One of my cats (admittedly not the sharpest tool in the shed) occasionally knocks her self out chasing my fish with a leaping crouch.

Torrere · 12-11-2003, 10:26 PM

They're worried about adverse affects upon the environment? From glow-in-the-dark fish? Are they kidding?

Those things would get gobbled up so fast in the wild...

juju · 12-12-2003, 12:48 AM

No, no. They're not worried about these fish. Since there are no laws set up to regulate genetically engineered pets, they're worried about what could happen with future genetically engineered pets being released into the wild.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-12-2003, 03:47 PM

I could see them being sold as bait for night fishing. I've bought glow-in the-dark artificial lures.

Gary M. Climer · 12-14-2003, 01:47 PM

If they hurry we can have catdogs for christmas!

xoxoxoBruce · 12-14-2003, 02:17 PM

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Originally posted by Gary M. Climer
If they hurry we can have catdogs for christmas!

Oh boy, the worst of both worlds. It would help with inventory in Chinatown though. Welcome to the Cellar, Gary.

12-10-2003, 12:57 AM	#22
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	One of my friends and I went through a "Sea Monkey™ Phase." We each had a Sea Monkey™ MicroView Ocean Zoo™, purchased during a pilgrimage to Edmund Scientific. We lovingly raised our sea monkeys, fed them, spoke to them, and were disappointed when they did not turn out to wear little crowns, or have furniture. One Friday evening, Bob (yeah, Forks Bob) happily said goodbye to his Sea Monkeys™, knowing they would happily greet them in their happy undersea way the following Monday. He spent a care-free weekend, awaiting his return to his special friends (to whom he was a kind of a god, dispenser of all that is good, particularly match-head's worth of Sea Monkey™ nutrient powder). He entered his office that fateful morning to check on his pals before embarking on his day's toil as a programmer at a local university. He looked through the magnifying lens of the MicroView Ocean Zoo™ and beheld with amazement that a population explosion had occured over the two days and where about a half-dozen Sea Monkeys™ had reposed a mere three days before, there were HUNDREDS!! In his amazement, he summoned his coworkers, and babbled his excitement at how well his care and tending of the tiny creatures had succeeded!! He basked in the glow of his own awesomeness. Until his boss confessed to knocking over the Sea Monkeys after he left on Friday. She had gone to a specialty aquarium store in a panic, looking for Sea Monkeys™. Several clerks had denied the existence of such things as Sea Monkeys™ until she was rescued by the owner who was wise to the ways of comic book marketing, and sold her the brine shrimp, with great amusement. (I had my own Sea Monkey™ near-tragedy, when the accountant from the company I was working for at the time was holding my MicroView Ocean Zoo™ (i had the blue one, Bob's was red) up to the light for a better view, when she was struck by vertigo, and fell on her ass. To her credit, although she fell, she kept a tight grip on the Sea Monkeys™, and they only got sloshed around a bit. Didn't lose a drop.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-12-2003, 03:47 PM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I could see them being sold as bait for night fishing. I've bought glow-in the-dark artificial lures. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-14-2003, 01:47 PM	#28
Gary M. Climer Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dover, Arkansas Posts: 3	Glowing fish If they hurry we can have catdogs for christmas! __________________ Mark

12-09-2003, 04:33 PM	#18
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	I still think Alba the bunny is the first GM pet. Even if the relationship is forbidden. sniff.

12-09-2003, 05:11 PM	#19
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	I think the fish are the first genetically engineered pets that are being <i>sold</i>. By the way, they're on sale January 5th!

12-10-2003, 10:16 AM	#23
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	I've been playing with genetically engineered pets for years. I've played Creatures, Creatures2, and Creatures3.

12-11-2003, 10:26 PM	#25
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	They're worried about adverse affects upon the environment? From glow-in-the-dark fish? Are they kidding? Those things would get gobbled up so fast in the wild...

12-12-2003, 12:48 AM	#26
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	No, no. They're not worried about these fish. Since there are no laws set up to regulate genetically engineered pets, they're worried about what could happen with future genetically engineered pets being released into the wild.

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