Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/07/05/mutant-fly-strains-invented-by.html
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I must be Maggie’s Kiss because I can’t even.
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If you’re not sure which type of fly you have, you can always pay the man in the carrot suit to identify it.
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Why stop at fruit flies? Generate mutant political strains and players.
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That’s… disturbing.
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Nah, that’s Isabella Rossellini.
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These sound one step removed from Pokedex entries.
Reminded me of the comedic reaction (maybe it was Seinfield) to news of a scientist being able to genetically alter a fly to have more than 2 eyes. “Great. Like they were not already too hard to swat!”
Flies already have more than two eyes
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Ah, go on now, fear is the mind killer, remember?
It’s a genetic characteristic of the organism, used as a survival advantage.
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