First genetically altered dogs get superlame power

You can't tell me someone didn't think of glowing red eyes. Or even glowing white eyes. Just glowing eyes in general is cooler than a glowing red body...under ultraviolet light.

The Associated Press is reporting that South Korean scientists have cloned four dogs with the "power" to glow under ultraviolet light.

By day, mild-mannered (assumed) beagles. By night, they glow red...Um, OK?

According to the AP article, this is a photo of one of the glowing dogs, but I honestly can't really discern what I'm looking at here. I guess I'll have to take the AP's word for it.

(Credit: Seoul National University)

Basically, the scientists did this to prove that it's possible to insert a specific trait into a living animal. The scientists hope that this process could be used to fight diseases.

All well and good, but I'm just saying: glowing eyes, much cooler.

[dyetheskin]

isn't this considered animal cruelty?

If they are clones...then they are born that way...they were not alive then genetically altered, they were genetically altered prior to being alive...I'm not sure that being born with the ability to glow under UV light is animal cruelty.

[q335r49]

haha right, as a power-hungry billionaire with aspirations for global domination and genetically enhanced super-beasts, how am I to strike fear into my enemies with dogs that glow red under ultraviolet light?

[wcunning]

how about laser eyes? beagles with laser eyes would be a good tool for world domination.

[Stang5150]

Landsharks with laser beams genetically attached to their friken heads.

[checodaman]

Stang, dont you mean "frickin landsharks with frickin laser beams..." ?