May
24
2010
If the kraken doesn’t get you…
(over breakfast)
RJ: I really want a pet angler fish.
Dad: There’s a problem. They’re really only happy when there’s thousands of pounds of pressure on them, and an aquarium that could do that would be very expensive and big.
RJ: Maybe we could change the fish somehow.
Dad: Like what, change its DNA and genes or something?
RJ: Yeah! Give it new genes!
Dad: What genes would you add?
RJ: Frog genes. Then it could be an angler fish with jumping legs!
… Is anyone else terrified by the idea of a 1.5 metre semi-amphibious predatory angler fish? I have visions of them lurking around coastal areas and leaping on unsuspecting swimmers.
