You ever have one of those moments where you discover that everything you know is wrong? Happened to me. Happened this morning, in fact. See, I used to think Glow in the Dark Dog was the most adorable glow in the dark animal ever created by the wonders of science. Oh, how wrong I was. Ologists, there is another glowing animal out there in the world, with superpowers and adorability far in advance of anything previously seen by mortal eyes. Prepare for an emotional rollercoaster of Kingda Ka proportions, GeekOlogy.
Ladies and gentlemen, there is a glow in the dark cat. You have, of course, seen this by now in the banner pic, but you have only seen the tip of the cuteness iceberg. Behold, the glow in the dark cat in all its radiance!
So the deal here is that the Mayo Clinic genetically modified the cats you see here with a jellyfish protein that causes them to glow under blue light. Why? Well, presumably, because it's hilarious, but also because it makes it easier for the researchers to see some more important, less visible changes they've made to the same cats. See, the glowing cats also contain DNA from a rhesus macaque monkey, which has blocked the feline version of HIV (FIV?) in lab tests. Yes, there is a cat HIV. Didn't I say this was going to be a rollercoaster?
Bottom line: Science is battling cat AIDS with adorable glowing mutant cats. Any questions?
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