Glowing Animals Gallery

Photograph courtesy University of Pennsylvania

What makes animals glow? Some of them, like jellyfishes and scorpions, glow under ultraviolet lights because of naturally occurring proteins or other materials. Other animals, such as monkeys or puppies, glow because scientists have added new proteins into their DNA. The glowing mice in the photo above received DNA with the glowing protein from their father.

Check out the glowing gallery on National Geographic News.

Comments

Giratina127
May 16, 2009, 9:05 pm

Glowing Mice? That’s just plain creepie!
milo14212
May 17, 2009, 3:34 pm

well i think mice glowing in the dark is so cool but at the same time discusting
milo14212
May 17, 2009, 3:37 pm

I think that mice glowing in the dark is really cool.
caitlovesanimals
May 18, 2009, 10:55 am

the animals are vary cute but why would you make it
glow like that !!!

may 18 2009
bobbyhut1999
May 18, 2009, 11:36 am

COOL!!!!
DolphinDame1357
May 18, 2009, 1:30 pm

Cuite Mice.But why make them night lights? I thought you wanted them out of your house!!!!
chelly
May 18, 2009, 9:03 pm

I think that is just mean and crule because they
are more likely to die early……….. gross,mean,
you want to nice to animals take a stand against
this……………….
diva99
May 18, 2009, 11:04 pm

!!!!!!!!!!ggggrrrroooossssssss!!!!!!!!!!
milo14212
May 19, 2009, 8:00 am

I agree with you why do that if you want them out of your house=)
tonre1
May 20, 2009, 3:31 am

they are so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tonre1
May 20, 2009, 10:38 am

chelly i agree but u have to admit that they are cute
gilly
May 21, 2009, 12:56 pm

chelly I have to agree with you
name1
May 21, 2009, 7:40 pm

that is relly relly relly relly ward
garrettbear
May 21, 2009, 7:47 pm

That is so awesome. How do you do that stuff.
anamalluver97
June 1, 2009, 3:43 pm

thats just cruel thats like animal testing! >:|
caitlovesanimals
June 9, 2009, 12:42 pm

lolz…. it would be easyer to spot them if thay were pests in your house but if i were someone who loves animals i would capture it and use it as a pet …….. Sooooooooooo Cutttttttee!!!!!!
Disney Science Girl
July 7, 2009, 8:15 pm

I’m with chelly about one part, yes it is a little cruel, but how could it harm them? If anybody knows just send a coment.But i’m also with caitlovesanimals.It would be easier to find’em in your house.As much as I hate mice being in my house, I really really REALLY hate seing dead ones.Most of the time they die becuse they’re eaten by cats.Maybe if they glowed, it would freak cats out and they wouldn’t eat them.
kpadro14
October 9, 2009, 5:54 pm

Now you can see if your house is infested with mice. Just turn off the light!!!!
livvy
January 4, 2010, 6:29 pm

coooooooooooooooooooooool!!
Sacagawea
March 30, 2010, 12:46 pm

To everyone:

Like it said in the article, you NEED ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT TO MAKE THEM GLOW!!! If you turn off the lights you wouldnt see a glowing mouse, your cat wouldn’t freak, and you probably wouldn’t even know you had mice! Well, that is unless you switched your regular lights to ultraviolet lights. But even then it be like a one-in-a-trillion type of thing, since practically all mice that get into your house are WILD mice.
2whitie
June 8, 2010, 9:02 pm

Cute, but what is the point. Right,now,sadly my evil mind is scheming to think of ways i could prank my brother with the poor little mice. I mean, how else are the scientists going to use them? nothing as useful as what i need them 4…..