# Green Mice Are From Earth, Not Mars! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-mice-are-from-earth-not-mars/128522 "2002-09-15T06:25:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-mice-are-from-earth-not-mars/128522/1 "2002-09-15T06:25:55Z")
The world get’s weirder and weirder everyday! > [@](#): > > Scientists put jellyfish genes into the hair follicles of mice, which grew fur that glowed fluorescent green [Link.](http://www.msnbc.com/news/807248.asp?pne=msn) ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-mice-are-from-earth-not-mars/128522/2 "2002-09-15T06:53:44Z")
Red. I want red. or purple… ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-mice-are-from-earth-not-mars/128522/3 "2002-09-15T07:08:32Z")
[Verdant bunny.](http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/rabbit000918.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-mice-are-from-earth-not-mars/128522/4 "2002-09-15T07:32:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\*[Verdant bunny.](http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/rabbit000918.html) \*\* Why am I having a _Night of the Lepus_ flashback all of a sudden? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-mice-are-from-earth-not-mars/128522/5 "2002-09-15T08:05:22Z")
Aw, dunno, **Tuckerfan**. Could make for an intriguing [remake](http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JoeEkaitis/lepus.htm) of a classic of its kind? Interesting how they’re experimenting with smaller animals, not larger, tho’. ---
**Author:** ![FeFe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@FeFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeFe)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-mice-are-from-earth-not-mars/128522/6 "2002-09-15T16:07:44Z")
umm your scary.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-mice-are-from-earth-not-mars/128522/7 "2002-09-15T16:51:44Z")
Most unintentionally funny line from _Night of the Lepus:_ “There’s a herd of killer rabbits headed this way!” ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-mice-are-from-earth-not-mars/128522/8 "2002-09-15T16:55:24Z")
They created glowing green mice before the bunny, so it seems this report is a little behind the times. I don’t like mice, but glow in the dark ones? That’s almost appealing 🙂