salmon: genetically modified for your enjoyment

Whoa! Big debate about genetically modified salmon!

Who wouldn't want a bigger salmon? Heck, why stop there?! Let's give those salmon bionic fins! Then they'll be able to swim faster than a minnow on a sugar high!

Minnows swim pretty quickly. Or so I've heard. When I said it.

So maybe genetically modified food isn't a great idea. What if, mayhap, the salmon brain grows bigger as well? Then these genius salmon might start outsmarting bears. THEN start outsmarting humans. THEN learn how to breathe in space! THEN TAKE OVER THE UNIVERSE!

See...scientists don't think of these things when creating havoc with a very fragile ecosystem.

Now, if they were able to genetically modify clouds so that rain turns into caramel before it hits the ground, I would say, "Let's get all havocy!"

Not everything is bad for the ecosystem. Especially caramel.

I'm off to get genetically havocked.

Enjoy Everything.

-DJ

glow shrimp

Did you know that you can get some glow-in-the-dark shrimp in Oregon? You can! Scientists say that "harmless bacteria" on the shrimp causes it to glow.

So, if you are ever looking for a shrimp in the dark, you can find them!

I think all food should glow. Just because it would be easier to see what I'm eating with the lights off.

Maybe you live in a cave that has no electricity. Wouldn't you want to see your food?

Living in a cave sounds fun, but it's not. Mostly because it's hard to get an internet connection. So I can't read online comic books. That kinda stinks.

Caves are cool if you like bears, though. They will be there all winter. I wonder if bears would like glow-in-the-dark people. I bet they would.

Maybe my belly would glow if I ate those shrimp. THAT would be cool! And totally freak people out!

I'm off to make my belly glow.

Enjoy Everything.

-DJ

run faster

Scientists have recently found that humans could possibly run as fast as 40 mph. Much faster than we originally thought. Our muscles can handle the strain up to that point. I guess if we ran faster than that, things would start breaking.

It's a good thing we can reach that speed because, as the study shows, "it's enough to escape a grizzly bear and much quicker than a T. Rex, which may have reached 18 mph during a good jog."

Now you have nothing to worry about! Got a bear after you? RUN! T. Rex shows up on your way to the bus? RUN! You can make it! You are much faster than a T. Rex!

Unless you are in a school zone. Then you might get eaten by the T. Rex. Of course, you have a lot of kids there to distract the T. Rex, so you might get away if you blend in with the crowd.

Yeah, you'll have to learn about Lewis and Clark again, but if you're lucky, you could be there for craft day. Nothing's better than paste and crayons.

I'm off to outrun a T. Rex.

Enjoy Everything.

-DJ