Frankenfish: genetically-engineered fish, intentional or accidental. Sometimes used to describe naturally-occurring freaky fish. 1. "Attack of the Frankenfish" <http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,21831,00.html> "Frankenfish furor" <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/14/tech/main536529.shtml> "Battle lines are being drawn as the Food and Drug Administration considers a request to commercially market a genetically-engineered variety of salmon that grows twice as fast as its country cousins and is furthermore resistant to the effects of freezing temperatures" 2. "Genetically altered pet faces challenge" <http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/12/02/274952-ap.html> 3. "Genetically engineered fish" <http://www.newmoanyeah.com/2003-reviews/080403_genetically_engineered_fish.php> (Taiwan) "started selling the first genetically engineered fluorescent fish" 4. Blinky from The Simpsons <http://www.emerchandise.com/images/p/SMP/pdTSSMP0066.jpg> 5. "Taiwan scientists accidentally develop two-headed fish" <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_856411.html> 6. "Return of Frankenfish" <http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/30/1083224547111.html> A US lake will be drained "after the discovery of voracious 'walking' fish" 7. Deep-Sea Bestiary <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss/life/bestiary.html> "The ocean depths are home to a phantasmagoria of bizarre creatures, ranging from the footballfish to the 'vampire squid from hell'" 8. "Create a Frankenfish" <http://act.greenpeace.org/ecs/s2?card_id=5&sk=fish> (a John West post)
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Posted by Bruno at 8:11am