[Raptor235]

Headlines recently have been reporting as news on genetically modifying lab animals in the name of science. The consequences to these experiments is unknown at this point. But one could easily imagine some of the destructive outcomes that modifying could bring.

The Amazing Mouse - Recently, American scientists have modified the genetics of mice. They now have a colony of 500 such mice. And the results in enhancing a metabolism gene has made the mice have more endurance. They live longer, have more sex, and eat twice as much as regular mice without gaining weight.

While this sounds great, especially for the mice with these new mousey super powers, these practices of enhancement are questionable. Is it really humane to alter these creatures from their original state to make them, as humans consider, better? What are the consequences for such actions? One puzzling consequence admitted was that the mice, despite the fact that they eat more than twice the amount of food as normal mice, only weigh half as much. Also disturbing is the fact that these mice are very aggressive. And scientists do not understand why.You can find the entire article here http://aboutmyplanet.com/science-tec...ying-creatures

[peachy]

I just wonder what the long term affect will be overall? Maybe great in the short term. But if it affects the food chain, etc., in a negative fashion, this will impact us all.

[Timetrvlr]

Do you remember years ago, well-meaning people crossed African bees with Brazilian bees and produced a superior hybrid bee? We know them as Killer Bees because they are so prolific and so aggressive. They have been spreading northward and now terrorize most of the American South. Sometimes, it's bad to mess with Mother!

[peachy]

Good point!! And you came up with a really good example of what I was thinking.

So, I say no. Don't mess with this kind of stuff if you don't need to.