Meet Mr Green Genes - the world's first glow-in-the-dark cat

Daily Mail ^ | 23rd October 2008 | Daily Mail Reporter and Ryan Kisiel

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His eyes glow ghoulishly in the right light, just like any other cat's - but so do his nostrils, gums and tongue.

Mr Green Genes of New Orleans in the U.S. is the country's first 'glow in the dark' ginger tom.

In daylight he looks normal, but put him in a darkened room and switch on an ultraviolet light, and his face will beam out a bright green.

The six-month-old cat was created by scientists who are trying to combat a range of diseases such as cystic fibrosis.

They modified his DNA to see if a gene could be introduced harmlessly into an animal's genetic sequence.

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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was this month awarded to the three scientists who had discovered the glowing gene through working with jellyfish.

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Betty Davis Eyes

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[Daffynition]

I see what you did there ...

[martin_fierro]

OK. Who's gonna be the first to say it.

[A knight without armor]

lol! I've been trying to rationalize it myself.

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HAHAHA!

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[Salamander]

So what’s the big deal with the pic?

[GovernmentShrinker]

Having nursed 2 cats through advanced old age with multiple illnesses and one serious injury (compound fracture of a hind leg due to osteoporosis, surgically repaired with a metal plate and screws), I thoroughly disagree. These cats knew that I and the vets and vet techs were helping them, and they behaved accordingly. Like small children, any cat (and dog) occasionally gets scared by something an instinctively lashes out in self-defense, but this can almost always be avoided by thinking carefully about how your actions will be interpreted by a nervous kitty and and choosing your approach accordingly.

One of my cats needed an enema at home every 2-3 days for the last few months of his life, due to a neurological problem, but I went about it in a way that didn’t frighten him, and he quickly figured out that he felt better afterwards. The other cat had renal insufficiency and diabetes, and for the last 18 months of his life, needed daily subQ fluids, and twice daily blood sugar testing and insulin shots — he knew I was a “helper” and didn’t object at all. He actually LOVED the fluids sessions, where the routine involved lying on my bed getting combed while the fluids dripped in — if I was late for our nightly fluid sesssion, he’d head up to the usual spot on the bed and glare at me as I sat at my computer.

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Hint: Tail or XL appendage?

[Salamander]

She’s a girl and that’s her tail.

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S-W-E-E-T! “Bad things are going to happen to whoever did this to me.”

[Goonch]

“The other cat had renal insufficiency and diabetes”

Been there. Had to change 3 litter boxes daily for my one cat - Hagan.

Miss him.

[Goonch]

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

[randomhero97]

You don't like cats but have a couple of rat dogs?

Why even post this does this give some sort of satisfaction?

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Morse code for: It's getting hotter up here.

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