>>11345434>>11345772I had Triops as a kid and always felt bad about how awful their designated existence was. Their container was too small, they lived in such a state that eventually there'd only be one left because they had "battle royale style" killed and eaten everyone, in what amounted to a tiny clear plastic bucket. They're otherwise fascinating creatures: originally conceived sometime after the Permian-Triassic extinction where 57% of all life went extinct, specifically adapted to be able to survive under extreme conditions, very cool shrimpies.
A part of me, now an adult, has always been 'somewhat' curious in trying to raise some earnestly in a good, proper, aquarium.
>What else is like this? What other things could be viewed as pets but without being actual pets?Glofish.
The first publicly retail genetically modified organisms: they're a selection of about a dozen common entry-level aquarium fish that have been spliced with the ?I believe a bioluminescent gene from jellyfish?. These animal's existence is patented and copyright by the biotech Austin Texas company Yorktown Technologies, L.P. and I find everything about them deeply depressing, repulsive, and offensive.
