Gene geeks, that's who. (Not geeks named "Gene." Geneticists.)
In case the news escaped you, scientists in South Korea claim to have cloned four Beagles that glow red in the dark. (That's one of the pups at right.) They say it could help them develop cures for human diseases. Sure it's a useful technique, but you wonder how much of it is science geeks thinking it's cool to see an animal glow in the dark. (You must admit ...) AP has some video.
This isn't the first time a fluorescent creature has been cloned -- other South Korean researchers cloned three glowing Turkish Angola kittens in 2007. Our friends at Texas A&M created the first cloned cat, Copy Cat, in 2002. But that's another story.
My first dog, Skipper, was a beagle. And even though he wisely ran away from home first chance he got, I still have a soft spot in my heart for beagles. So maybe that's why a glowing beagle is a bit freakish to me. 'Course that fluorescent green cat was very weird.
What's your take?
-- T-Bone






That's because this morning we received an unsolicited photo from Grapevine readers David and Debbie Simon of their three children (from left) 






















