Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Frankenfish

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)