From the website:
The pigs are transgenic, created by adding genetic material from jellyfish into a normal pig embryo. [...]
Taiwan is not claiming a world first. Others have bred partially fluorescent pigs before; but the researchers insist the three pigs they have produced are better. [...]
In daylight, the researchers say the pigs' eyes, teeth and trotters look green. Their skin has a greenish tinge.
In the dark, shine a blue light on them and they glow torch-light bright.
The scientists will use the transgenic pigs to study human disease. Because the pig's genetic material encodes a protein that shows up as green, it is easy to spot.
Link - via Tom Smith's The Other Blog
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WEIRDDD
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Dr Seuss would be proud.. the first thing i thought was green eggs and ham when i saw this.
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I'm waiting until they light up on their own to buy my first pig.
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Yup, mice and other pigs were lighting in the dark ^^
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I seem to remember reading about green/glow-in-the-dark stuff a few years ago and how it would soon be all-the-rage among young body-modifiers.
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