Comments on: firefly

By: DMC_Run

DMC_Run — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:44:24 +0000

Calan:
Who can explain “Mad Science”???!?

Actually, I think it’s a simple matter of:
“We’re trying to get this Gene-Splicing technology to work, & we know where in the DNA to find the code for [Glowing-In-The-Dark], so if we succeed, it’ll be really easy to tell, without resorting to DNA-testing!”

By: calan

calan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:43:42 +0000

that’s just insane! why on earth would they want to do that? i imagine it would mess up a cat’s ability to hunt should it or it’s offspring end up strays. can’t be too much of a nocturnal predator with a glowing head, lol. it’s funny and interesting and i’m sure would look kinda cool, but wtf? leave the kitties alone you crazy scientists!

By: DMC_Run

DMC_Run — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:06:34 +0000

Calan:
Actually, I was referring to a news article that spoke of altering feline DNA so that the cat’s face & ears glowed a soft orange-red in the dark…
(video footage was included)
…but the “mouse-shaped glowing belly” is quite a visual – thanks for that!

By: Chance

Chance — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:22:15 +0000

Just imagine what a big glowing smear a glowing kitty would make. I guess the only way that will happen is if we light them on fire

By: calan

calan — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:33:48 +0000

amanda thanks so much for that post. i love the idea of glowing mice and taters! and DMC, you made me lgiggle as i imagined a mouse shaped glow emanating from my kitties belly.

you guys rock.

By: DMC_Run

DMC_Run — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:12:56 +0000

“Amanda”:
Don’t forget the glowing cats too!

“matthew”:
You’re Welcome, Good Sir.

By: matthew

matthew — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:50:50 +0000

Yaaaaaaa…i think i will be avoiding glowing potatoes. Glowing mice might be nice though. Make it easy to catch em.

That fairy tale is really good. Thanks dmc.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:17:04 +0000

so seriously i got bored before going to bed tonight and decided to read up on Fireflies and the protein they use to produce light they have bio engineered certain living things to produce it. ” Mice, silkworms, and potatoes are just a few organisms that have already been engineered to produce the protein.” *stolen from Wikipedia* But how great is that glowing mice and potatoes. Thought I would share.

By: calan

calan — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:56:07 +0000

dmc – thank you so much for taking the time to post that fairy tale about the origin of the firefly’s light. i love it and it’s one i’ve never come across before. i adore fairy tales actually and now that i think of it, it’s been so many years since i’ve read any. i think i’m going to the library tomorrow!

well make that today…if it’s still open when i wake up. just got back from hanging at the airport with my boyfriend whose off to play a music festival outside of portland. it’s 5 am here. time for some zzzzzs. what perfect timing for a fairy tale! thanks again!

By: DMC_Run

DMC_Run — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:36:06 +0000

Calling as you asked.
(I’m just north of N.Y.C.)
As a child, I recall reading a VERY old book of fairy-tales in my grandmother’s home in N.C. One from Japan, was about the Lord of the Sky, who misplaced his prized ring, & asked all the animals to help search for it. As he looked don from above, he saw a small bug who wasn’t searching. He made a point of going to this bug & asking why. The bug’s reply was simple:
“There’s no need to search. All I do is look at you & there it is, gleaming down at me.”
Sure enough, the ring was hanging from one of the points of the Lord’s crown! When asked what he’d like for a reward, the bug answered:
“My family is poor, & we must work from early morn until late dusk. May we each have a lantern, so that we can find our way home at night?”
This is how the Firefly is said to have gotten his light.