Tuesday, May 25

Frankenfish

   Frankenfish: genetically-engineered fish, intentional or accidental.  Sometimes
   used to describe naturally-occurring freaky fish.

   1. "Attack of the Frankenfish"
      < http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,21831,00.html >
      "Frankenfish furor"
      < http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/14/tech/main536529.shtml >
   "Battle lines are being drawn as the Food and Drug Administration considers a
    request to commercially market a genetically-engineered variety of salmon that
    grows twice as fast as its country cousins and is furthermore resistant to the
    effects of freezing temperatures"

   2. "Genetically altered pet faces challenge"
      < http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/12/02/274952-ap.html >

   3. "Genetically engineered fish"
      < http://www.newmoanyeah.com/2003-reviews/080403_genetically_engineered_fish.php >
   (Taiwan) "started selling the first genetically engineered fluorescent fish"

   4. Blinky from The Simpsons
      < http://www.emerchandise.com/images/p/SMP/pdTSSMP0066.jpg >

   5. "Taiwan scientists accidentally develop two-headed fish"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_856411.html >

   6. "Return of Frankenfish"
      < http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/30/1083224547111.html >
   A US lake will be drained "after the discovery of voracious 'walking' fish"

   7. Deep-Sea Bestiary
      < http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/abyss/life/bestiary.html >
   "The ocean depths are home to a phantasmagoria of bizarre creatures, ranging
    from the footballfish to the 'vampire squid from hell'"

   8. "Create a Frankenfish"
      < http://act.greenpeace.org/ecs/s2?card_id=5&sk=fish >

   (a John West post)