http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/monkeygenes991223.html
I was hoping for something more like the Senator from X-Men, now that would be cool. I can’t find a picture online, but the monkey looks pretty normal.
I am not sure about that article but mine mentions how this last monkey was still born but it had fluorescent hair and fingernails. This monkey is not flourescent though. So they are saying the jellygenes are not active or functioning poorly…
(From the Price/Stern/Sloan “The Elephant Book” of the 1960s:)
Q: What do you get when you cross an elephant with peanut butter?
A: Peanut Butter with a Long Memory
or
An Elephant that Sticks to the Roof of your Mouth.
Q: What do you get when you cross a monkey with a jellyfish?
A: A Jellyfish with an opposable thunb and a prehensile tail
or
A Really Neat Accessory for a Organ-Grinder
or
A Monkey that Sings
or
A Monkey that Dries out and leaves a stain
or
A Monkey that glows in the dark
I think it’s just cruel to put a jellyfish into a monkey’s jeans.
The gene was never intended to make a fluorescent monkey. It was simply a marker designed to see if the monkey could pass the gene on to offspring. If so, it might be possible to develop genetically engineered monkeys for use in disease treatment experimentation.
The article was on the front page of The New York Times today.
“Floursecent Monkey” - there’s another good band name!
Well, a search on “monkey” “jellyfish” and “picture” came up with this:
THEY’VE CLONED DAN QUAYLE?!?!
Or a monkey that stings.
Too bad. I think a glow-in-the-dark monkey would make a cool pet, but only if they turned off the feces-throwing gene too.