# Half monkey/ half jelly fish **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-monkey-half-jelly-fish/49729 "2001-01-12T17:26:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-monkey-half-jelly-fish/49729/1 "2001-01-12T17:26:53Z")
[http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/monkeygenes991223.html](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. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-monkey-half-jelly-fish/49729/2 "2001-01-12T17:29:37Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-monkey-half-jelly-fish/49729/3 "2001-01-12T20:00:32Z")
(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 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-monkey-half-jelly-fish/49729/4 "2001-01-12T20:06:07Z")
I think it’s just cruel to put a jellyfish into a monkey’s jeans. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-monkey-half-jelly-fish/49729/5 "2001-01-12T21:26:42Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-monkey-half-jelly-fish/49729/6 "2001-01-12T22:22:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by THespos \* > \*\*The gene was never intended to make a fluorescent monkey. \*\* “Floursecent Monkey” - there’s another good band name! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-monkey-half-jelly-fish/49729/7 "2001-01-12T22:26:25Z")
Well, a search on “monkey” “jellyfish” and “picture” came up with this: [http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/8163/whatusee.htm](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/8163/whatusee.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-monkey-half-jelly-fish/49729/8 "2001-01-12T23:14:01Z")
**THEY’VE CLONED DAN QUAYLE?!?!** ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-monkey-half-jelly-fish/49729/9 "2001-01-12T23:32:59Z")
> [@](#): > > A Monkey that Sings Or a monkey that stings. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-monkey-half-jelly-fish/49729/10 "2001-01-13T19:13:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by THespos \* > **The gene was never intended to make a fluorescent monkey.** 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.