This is a clip from the iconic horror film Frankenstein.
Here we witness the OJ mad scientist- Dr. Henry Frankenstein who brings his monster
to life.
He definitely seems crazy- but then again he thought to assembled a bunch of decapitated
body parts and sewed them together to create a monster- and then added lightning to bring
it life.
So yeah definitely crazy.
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Alright lets get started on out list of the top 5 scary animals created by science.
Starting off at our number 5 spot--Glofish- This is the first ever genetically created
designer pet.
They first came around in the late 90s and they are a patented and trademarked brand
of genetically engineered fluorescent fish.
This was done as a proof of concept of gene splicing.
The Japanese anime cult classic Bagi was actually done specifically to protest the Japanese
governments approval of recombin-ant DNA research that would later allow the Glofish to even
be possible.
These fish were released into the wild at one point but they just kept getting eaten
as they were basically like a glowing bright beacon calling over predators to come and
gobble them up.
These fish were basically modeled after the naturally florescent fish that are already
out there.
They are now basically sold as pets.
The first Glofish available in pet stores were the Zebrafish.
Currently Glofish are sold in the fluorescent colours- bright red- green- orange yellow-
blue- and purple.
They are sold in the United States where they remain the only genetically modified animal
to be publicly available.
The rights to this fish are owned by Spectrum Brands Inc.
In at number 4-- Sterile Pink Bollworm- yay an ugly little worm the world definitely needs
more of those.
This insect is known for being a pest in cotton farming..yep they just love to eat up all
the cotton.
They are a dangerous little species that is known for ruining cotton farms in Asia.
They are rather odd though because unlike most moths- which is what they grow up to
be- they don’t like to eat cotton as a cloth but rather when its still raw in the fields.
Obviously cotton farmers across the southwestern United States are trying to get rid of these
little guys- but it turns out its pretty expensive and kind of difficult.
So in comes science to save the day.
They have actually created a bollworm that is pretty sterile and can actually make other
bollworms sterile as well.
Not exactly sure how they went about doing this but it has seemed to work.
The lab tests have come back as being quite effective.
After tests showed positive results these little guys were released onto the cotton
farms to get down to business.
No more little bollworm babies to eat up all the fresh cotton.
at number 3--Featherless Chicken- well now that’s just sad.
So I don’t know if you guys are aware of this- I know I wasn’t- but apparently chicken
feathers are really expensive and time consuming to remove.
You know because clearly chickens are only used as a source of food- its not like theyre
needed for laying eggs- or just being a pet- yeah apparently that’s not a thing.
Vegetarians and Vegans are going to hate this one.
So you know scientists being the smart people they are thought to themselves- hey- why don’t
we just create a featherless chicken and avoid all the fuss.
So they began to play around with the chickens DNA until they came out with a featherless
chicken.
Scientists have said this chicken is easier to process- and has fewer calories- but still
has a higher protein content overall.
But aside from those few positives theres one huge negative- aside from the fact that
this is really cruel- and that is the fact that these featherless chickens are more susceptible
to a number of health conditions.
Due to their flesh being exposed they are more likely to have parasites invade their
bodies.
Yeah that’s not pleasant.
Coming un at number 2--Vac-anti Mouse- This is a laboratory mouse that has a human ear
growing on its back.
Yeah its very strange yet very real.
So this ear is actually an ear shaped cartilage structure.
This whole thing started back in 1995 at the University of Massachusetts Medical school
when a scientist- Dr Charles Vac-anti wanted to prove that it is possible to transplant
fabricated cartilage onto the human body by doing the same thing on a mouse.
So he took cow cartilage cells and formed it into a biodegradable ear shape mould and
then implanted it under the skin on a mouse.
Then as time went on the cartilage naturally grew by itself.
A few years later this picture began circulating the internet and people thought it was just
a hoax.
But at the same time the picture also prompted a wave of protests against genetic engineering.
Although as it was confirmed- no genetic manipulation was preformed.
Even the strain of mouse being used- the nude mouse- is actually the result of a spontaneous
natural genetic mutation.
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And in at number 1--Human Pig Hybrid- yeah now were getting into the really creepy and
messy stuff.
So what would happen if you crossed human and animal DNA?
Well to be honest we don’t fully know thanks to things such as ethics.
But that’s not to say that people didn’t at least try.
However due to you know the massive ethical considerations and definite backlash they
never went the whole way with this experiment.
What they did do was- inject human stem cells into an early stage pig embryo and then implanted
sed embryo into a female pig.
They allowed the embryo to develop for a total of 28 days so basically one third of the pigs
pregnancy before removing it.
They stopped this experiment because this was long enough of a time frame to somewhat
understand how pig and human cells interact with each other without raising any ethical
concerns.
They feared that had they let the pig-human come to term and be born the results would
just be too unpredictable.
But one scientists was rather certain the hybrid would be born looking like an animal-
with certain human characteristics- but would have a human like brain and human like thinking
patterns.
I couldn’t even imagine what this hybrid would come out looking like.
I think if they did bring it to term and made it through the birthing process that it definitely
would not live for that long.
But thankfully the brains behind this experiment didn’t let it get that far.
Or you know they could be lying to us and they are just creating a bunch of pig-human
hybrids and preforming a bunch of tests on them to see what works.
Oh my god it’s a freaking real life Peppa pig.
Looks like a pig but has a human like brain and thinking patterns.
Yeah I kinda believe in conspiracy theories if you couldn’t tell.
Yep im standing behind my theory.
It just makes sense.
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