Old Mice, New Tricks

3:33pm - 15 December 2007 - 341 views - 2 Comments
Posted in: Bizarre

A while ago, I remember reading about some US scientists genetically engineering mice which they very scientibombasticfically named PEPCK-Cmus mice a.k.a “Mighty Mice”.  They can’t fly nor are they faster than a speeding bullet, but they’re no pushovers.

These genetically engineered mice also eat 60 percent more than controls, but remain fitter, trimmer and live and breed longer than wild mice in a control group. Some female PEPCK-Cmus mice have had offspring at 2.5 years of age, an amazing feat considering most mice do not reproduce after they are one year old.

However, what’s really astounding is that these mighty mice can run up to 6 kilometres and up to 6 hours without stopping. I’d have trouble running a single kilometre non-stop, how in the world do they manage SIX, and not forgetting how small their strides are!

So, these mice have super strength and super stamina. But that’s not enough. As long as cats are around, the mice will never be able to take over the world, even with Pinky and Brain’s help. That’s when some smart Japanese scientists got even smarter, and made fearless mice.

 

Even our last line of defence has been breached. What could possibly stop hoards of super strength, super stamina, fearless mice rampaging around your home stealing your cheeseburgers?

Not to be outdone, the Koreans came up with an answer.

Glow-in-the-dark cats. It is not known what special abilities they have (if glowing in the dark isn’t special enough already) but even I’d be frightened if an eerily-orange-glowing-thing were to pop out from the darkness and chase after me.

This is just the beginning. I bet some evil genius will come up with something more.

It wouldn’t be surprising if I see a mouse flying one day.