Monday, March 3, 2014

Transgenic Animals

I want to dedicate this post to talk more about genetically modified animals and share some interesting facts that I found while researching.

Now, you would think most of these animals to be super animals that have some outrageous power that makes them a mix between two or maybe even several animals. You actually aren't that far off from reality! Believe it or not, with today's technology, there are some weird and crazy looking animals out there.

Take a look at these animals. Can you guess which ones are real and which ones are fake? 


Glow-in-the Dark Cats? 


Web-Spinning Goats?



Dog + Lion = Dolion


Cat + Lemur = Lemurat


Umbuku Lizard

Of course not all of these animals are real. But you'd be surprised to finds out which ones actually do exist. Only two of these five bizarre animals are real; the cats and goats. 
Yes, there are actual cats that glow in the dark. They glow-in-the-dark because a glow-in-the-dark gene is inserted into their genomes with flourescence. And the web-spinning goat? The goat does not actually spin webs like spiders do. Their genetically modified milk is what can be used to produce web-like material. 

As you can see, animals are genetically modified to possess odd characteristics and abilities. Some are unpredictable and you wouldn't even think they are real.