Scientists create glow-in-the-dark bunnies.

So, yeah.  They’re adorable as hell, to be sure.

I have two things to say:

1. (Lame and Punny) I, for one, welcome our new glow-in-the-dark, hopping, loves-to-eat-carrots (not yet quite zombied) bunny overlords.
2. (Serious) At what point does genetic modification yield a new organism altogether?  Are these really bunnies?  They’re injected with jellyfish DNA.  Is it a bunny/jellyfish hybrid?

To quote Jurassic Park’s Ian Malcolm (<3 Jeff Goldblum) “Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should.”

I am a scientist at heart, but we must closely examine the possible repercussions of futzing around with the very essence of an organism.  To not do so is borderline insane and -definitely- dangerous.

Food for thought.