Glowing Rabbits: Scientists Engineer Fluorescent Bunnies

Just when you thought you'd seen everything, Turkish scientists have done it again. They've invented (wait for it)--glow in the dark rabbits. That's right folks!

Here's a gist of the process and how the rabbits started their green journey: 

Researchers at the University of Hawaii took a fluorescent protein from a jellyfish and decided to inject it into the embryo of a mother rabbit. When she gave birth to eight babies, poof; they glowed in the dark! 

"A LED light, and on top of it, their fur is beginning to grow and the greenness is shining through their fur, it is so intense," said Bio-genesis researcher, Dr. Stefan Moisyadi according to the Guardian Express.

The experiment shows that a gene can be taken from one animal and injected into another so that it is fully incorporated into the host animal's DNA.  

"It's just a marker to show that we can take a gene that was not originally in the animal and now exists in the animal," said Dr. Stefan Moisyadi of the research in an interview with KITV News. 

But they didn't stop there. The researchers have also performed similar experiments with other larger animals, including kittens, puppies and monkeys. They're interested in the workings with larger animals specifically to determine if the modification could help create effective medications. 

Now, could these be the new rage at all the clubs? Could heavy metal mosh pits be blasting Rammstein and other blood pumping classics while furry, flourscent critters scathe the floor to the deathly beat?

Maybe. Maybe not.  

The bunnies are natives of Istanbul.