Rob Stein

They couldn't just, you know, try to engineer Asian elephants with genes they thought might control those traits because it would be unethical given the fact that Asian elephants are endangered.

They couldn't just, you know, try to engineer Asian elephants with genes they thought might control those traits because it would be unethical given the fact that Asian elephants are endangered.

They couldn't just, you know, try to engineer Asian elephants with genes they thought might control those traits because it would be unethical given the fact that Asian elephants are endangered.

But a mouse is a different story.

But a mouse is a different story.

But a mouse is a different story.

Yeah, yeah, exactly. That's exactly how it works. The mice are great little critters for doing these kinds of experiments, seeing the effects of genetic changes, because they reproduce so fast and scientists, you know, they just know how to work with them.

Yeah, yeah, exactly. That's exactly how it works. The mice are great little critters for doing these kinds of experiments, seeing the effects of genetic changes, because they reproduce so fast and scientists, you know, they just know how to work with them.

Yeah, yeah, exactly. That's exactly how it works. The mice are great little critters for doing these kinds of experiments, seeing the effects of genetic changes, because they reproduce so fast and scientists, you know, they just know how to work with them.

Yeah. One change gave the mice hair three times longer than usual. Wow. Another made their coats wavy. Another turned their coats this kind of golden blonde, you know, color like mammoths, et cetera, et cetera.

Yeah. One change gave the mice hair three times longer than usual. Wow. Another made their coats wavy. Another turned their coats this kind of golden blonde, you know, color like mammoths, et cetera, et cetera.

Yeah. One change gave the mice hair three times longer than usual. Wow. Another made their coats wavy. Another turned their coats this kind of golden blonde, you know, color like mammoths, et cetera, et cetera.

That's the idea. I mean, these little creatures, you know, they kind of look like what mammoths would look like if they had a good bath and a blowout. Yeah.

That's the idea. I mean, these little creatures, you know, they kind of look like what mammoths would look like if they had a good bath and a blowout. Yeah.

That's the idea. I mean, these little creatures, you know, they kind of look like what mammoths would look like if they had a good bath and a blowout. Yeah.

Gina, I'll send you some photos of them right now.

Gina, I'll send you some photos of them right now.

Gina, I'll send you some photos of them right now.

Don't you just want to cuddle up with them? Yes.

Don't you just want to cuddle up with them? Yes.