PPheonixtail lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesFun fact: humans are actually bioluminescent, however the amount of light produced by our skin is lower than what humans can see!31
VViking_Hippie replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyGFP? Go Fuck Poland? Get fresh produce? Gerbil frat party?2
oooterness replylemmy.worldGFP = Green fluorescent protein. It's an easy gene to add to just about anything. If you really want to bioluminesce, we have the technology to make this happen.6
vvivadanang lemm.eeI dunno, if the species ends up living underground because of climate change I could see it.4
Fun fact: humans are actually bioluminescent, however the amount of light produced by our skin is lower than what humans can see!
It's weird true https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1978506/
Now I wonder if we could boost the light output with gene modification
CRISPR. GFP.
You can do it, I believe in you.
GFP? Go Fuck Poland? Get fresh produce? Gerbil frat party?
GFP = Green fluorescent protein. It's an easy gene to add to just about anything.
If you really want to bioluminesce, we have the technology to make this happen.
Ha ha. Fuck you, humans.
-- A squid.
I dunno, if the species ends up living underground because of climate change I could see it.
If only I could be so grossly incandescent.
Humans ARE bioluminescent.
I've been told that I am not very bright though
I hate these advertisments