Genetically Engineered Pets Hit the Market

psoriac writes "According to this article the Taiwanese Taikong Corporation is starting to sell "Night Pearls" - zebrafish that glow in different red and green patterns thanks to genes from jellyfish and marine coral. US sales are expected to follow."

Comments

Re:Huh?

[hoggoth]

> There is the potential (and its likely) that the GM version is more hardy than the natural version

Are you saying that five-assed monkeys may have some advantages over natural one-assed monkeys in the wild? Even that is is *likely*?
I don't think a feature that makes a pet more appealing for purchase in a pet store is *likely* to give it a survivor advantage in the wild.
Fish with neon banners scrolling across their sides will be easy prey for predators and will use up metabolic resources making glow-in-the-dark juice instead of oh... glucose or hormones or something...