Connecticut College Chemistry: Genetically Modified Glowing Axolotls

[JustinofJAWS003]

lol haow do they glow blue then?

[ebishop1102]

@JustinofJAWS003 Genes?

[VanessaSky25]

I have one of these guys, except of course mine doesnt glow. i never knew the technical term i have always just called him a waterdog. after having him for a year his frilly looking gills started shrinking and then they came off, and i thought he was dying, come to find out he was just morphing into a salamander i guess. i still have him i have had him for about 4 years now. now he prefers to be out of the water quite a bit, but always wet.

[LiquidYogi]

So bright...can't sleep...oh why won't they let me sleep!?

[NeoFighterX]

is this blue light or ultra vi?

[bluebastion]

I'd offer myself up for this to be "injected" into me. I'd be the life of a rave party!

[Telemuv]

Is it possible that the pokemon "mudkip" was inspired by the Axolotl by design? I am being serious.

[theprophetstryder]

@Telemuv highly plausible



[xxtasha10xx]

@Telemuv Most likely.

[theBBQninjaRocks]

@Telemuv He was

[SuperRandomLizard]

i have a baby black one

[MrJaseGarden]

THIS is bad for the axolotl

[wooti2]

@MrJaseGarden It honistly doesnt harm them in any way, its a little weird but their reasons for using GFP (green florecent protien) is to learn more about the structure and how the body works in certain animals AND to aid cancer reserch in learning how it spreads and multiplies. These perticular Axolotls are used in teaching children about GFP, I assure you these Axolotl's are quite happy living their lives and more than likely unaware of the fact that glowing is not normal for them.

[tyra3601]

U used a black light on them cuz there white they glow in black lights!!

[sno203]

i might get one they only cost 14-30 dollars

[DarKra1001]

What did you do!?

[clayguy10]

awsome....... i want one

[123naitsabes]

they can regenerate almost any part of there body

[123naitsabes]

my freind has one of these as a pet he said it can regrow almost any part of its body exept its brain or hart 

[megarockstar999]

@123naitsabes I have recently just did a report on the axolotl. im pretty sur i read somewhere it can regenerate some parts of the brain

[milatica123]

were did you get that >=O

[2000mudkip]

mudkip used flash

[gummiosten]

He's stressing them with the light! =(

[cubby1812]

they obviously do not like the light

[NeeLkun]

werent you happy with your mudkipz beein' normal?

[jadecharoentong]

@CursedOrb GFP organisms are not experimented to please someone rather it is a useful tool in gene tagging to see its expression

[CursedOrb]

poor things, being changed just to please someone, its not like a glowing axolotl has a purpose exsept look pretty.

[DeptulaRacing]

@CursedOrb does it look like its suffering due to the modification? no, theyre still living healthy lives.

[Kigermoments]

@DeptulaRacing

Let's make you glow in the dark and let you out on the street ;)

[woofer0doofer]

Rhymes with "bottle"?

[sinfuledge]

This is Intense! Watch my GLow Videos!

[notstupidindiana]

you do know that the light hurt's their eye's really bad right? so now they problly hate you.

[angelstyle33]

whoa it moves fast....

[alexzander2211]

D'awww they a cute~

i want one now.

[KipMarsPert101]

how much would it be to have a male and a female axolotl,and take care of them in a fish tank? would they eat my goldfish or koi?

[laughingfurry]

@KipMarsPert101

As far as I know, it's generally not a good idea to mix them with other fish. They will eat smaller fish and larger fish might pick at their gills.

[Tmoney16743]

@KipMarsPert101 lol they eat fish but not koi or goldfish i dont think they can eat like guppies nd worms i think

[THARMASTIC]

@Tmoney16743 they eat mealworms



[THARMASTIC]

they eat mealworms

[NotaBanjo]

@KipMarsPert101 Depends on where you go to find your animal. But DON'T PUT THEM WITH GOLDFISH!!! The goldfish will EAT the axolotl's gills (Like someone gulping down your lungs!) For a male and a female, give them space (generally it's best to say a foot of length per axie) and some places to hide, lots of oxygen. My three live in a 4ft tank (apart from when it's hellishly hot, then a 40cm tank with HEAPS of aeration. I suggest guppies if you want fish in (Though they WILL be eaten!) Good luck!

[haloman914]

mudkip!!!!!!!

[MyPogiako]

its have light really??

[yidaki82]

UV animals! i love UV decoration!

[UltimaWeapon095]

haha its a wooper

[TiaraGirl807]

munkip!!!!

[cynderp]

@PBJwithTat I doubt there are that many blacklights out in the wild...

[kaykentucky]

0:54 so Axolotls come in a box??

[Grundalizer]

Aren't they the critically endangered species who can regrow entire limbs that are native to Mexico city?

[PBJwithTat]

If this was released into the wild, who knows how long it will last...

[frappyfabulous]

fantastici che fissa! i want one

[MrMeepMoopMeep]

I'm totally gonna get some axolotls

[Waynebrizzle]

Shiny Mudkip.

[FPSMYLIFE]

Needs a proper sandy floor or else the Axos get depressed :(.

[gijsoerlemans1992]

@FPSMYLIFE you are so right!

[elgrenas]

do they turn off when they go to sleep? hahahah :)

[Ealija]

SO I HEARD YOU LIEK MUDKIPS

[00paranoimia00]

so pretty

[ScottAnderson94]

Shiny Mudkipz

[Viper2k3]

53 People ran out of batteries for their axolotls.

[jonguitarist]

can they come out of the water??

[ElectricFeraligatr]

A wild Mudkip appeared!

Use Glow-in-the-dark!

Super effective!

[KittyKazooTV]

@ElectricFeraligatr i wish i could give this a thumbs up XD

[johnij1]

fake there albinos with a smooth skin that reflext the colour of the light thats hanging above them!!!! what you really thought they would glow

[ClaudiaSwann]

@johnij1 No they're GFP modified, google it. also this works on more than the albino type anmd those axolotl arn't albino they have black pigments in their eyes. and are most likely lecs,

[kidsnoopy13]

where can someone buy some of these im trying to get some

[commerceskate]

@kidsnoopy13 exotic pet store, the one near my house always has them. just look for an exotic pet store.

[AznDevil1019]

THEY ATE A FLASH LIGHT

[MCmaxim777]

THEY GLOW WOOOOT SUPER MUDKIPZ

[CorruptedCorpseSaku]

so pretty ;-;

[6our6vampire6hearts]

So I herd u liek mudkipz?

.....Kidding, haha, this is a neat video

[Snowpoint1]

@6our6vampire6hearts It's a wooper

[chocopie70]

@Snowpoint1 no it is not its a mudkip!!!!!

[Flashlight1996]

MUD! KIP!

[SubTerraMetalFencer]

YATTA!

[xxsavageclanxX]

i want one

[LudwigLemmy]

@xxsavageclanxX me too!!!

[SuperMac18ROX33]

@LudwigLemmy Seriously?! I have never seen them here before!!! I have seen them online, for 20-40$, but shipping is 70$!!! Do you live in the US?

[SYXXB13]

if your tank is smaller than a 30 gallon you can have my 30 gallon for them

[EasyChaCha]

Send these guys down to fix the gulf oil spill quick!

[dalektaliban]

lazor rave!

[LPfanatic578]

lol gfp ftw i was learning this in biology =D

[LamaarTheHeadcrab]

That is SOO cool :) But please..... BIGGER TANK :C

[chivasgreaser]

they look all stress out man !! get a biger tank , give them a good life !

[xavierrainn]

its the green lantern.

[JJilo2489]

KOOL! I WISH I HAD ONE!

[OmfgJJsikBITCH]

@JJilo2489 You can find them at fish stores, although they're not fish. Over here they range from 20-30 dollars. I got mine for $25. They're great little pets! :D

[Pl4NBSK4T3R96]

camera mod........i love axolotls

[MaxMaster17]

OMG! thats soooooooooo creepy! That make me angry.

[Gargeule]

But it's not ok to hurt them just to see how they grow new body parts -_-

[nubkek]

HEY YOU!! BIGGER TANK! NOW!!!

[kaz3kag3gaara]

Hopefully they like the color green.

[Faithsfx1988]

how big can they get?:O

[bridge9389]

hey i think there are not glowing there are glowing because of the light

[TheMrjam5]

Axoloti rave!

[XRageViru5xReturnsX]

i herd u liek glowing mudkipz

[ToyRobot13]

Wow. That's a great modification. Hmmm.... Can they glow red or orange?

[saysotalka1]

do yellow do yellow!

[Lack042]

Did Sheldon Cooper saw that? :-)

[TheMedicalNinja]

Poor little guys are almost near extinction : (

[actorspringer]

It looks like you don't need a night light in your room at night!

[TheCiaran225]

do they need a heater? im thinking of geting one now :D

[123FIREball200]

@TheCiaran225  no

[TheCiaran225]

thats a infor red light they dont atuly glow.

[Tizzy3113]

what a fancy tank!! Mines pretty boring , mine just has a castle in it . but tomorrow i'm getting some plants and toys etc for his tank. How do you tell if they are boys or girls?

[felix402]

I WANT ONE

Even if they are modified.

<3

[LazzyyyAnimeBot901]

@felix402 I WANT 2

[LazzyyyAnimeBot901]

@felix402 I WANT 2

[jadenahsby]

i know how they do that biolumenenis

[Morrison3000]

ME WANT :D

[SteegX]

GENETICALLY MODIFIED. There is more here than just the light. As mentioned in the comments, the gene to produce GFP (green florescent protein) is spliced into their genome making them capable of fluorescing when exposed to certain lights. This has been done with other species too including dogs.

[MrMoodang]

its just a regular axolotl under a black light.

[ItsTylerMarie]

hello, where can i get one? :D

[xmasiosare]

@ItsTylerMarie they're a critically endangered species.

if you want one you'll need to seek out extensively, yet oddly enough they are for sale at some irresponsibly capitalist places.

[oneillkza]

@xmasiosare I think the ones you can find for keeping at home are all laboratory bred. The only place these guys occur naturally is in Lake Xochimilco near Mexico City, so I don't see people hauling them all the way from there.

AFAIK, the threats to wild Axolotls come from introduced fish species and pollution, so captive breeding is probably their best bet as a species.

[xmasiosare]

@ItsTylerMarie they're a critically endangered species.

if you want one you'll need to seek out extensively, yet oddly enough they are for sale at some irresponsibly capitalist places.

[Taigacan]

Axolotls<3<3<3<3<3<3

but, playing with nature, much??

[eggywegs08]

how?

[caralhosvosfodam]

any regular aquarium color light is Ok for this budies?

I want to put one but I don't know whether or not it is armful for them...

[kavin8477]

amazing......

[jaylon53]

Shiny Wooper Woot!!

[Axolotlvriend]

Nice axolotls you got there

[VincenzoIV]

Awesome creature.

[UchihaOdy]

i love axolotls and salamanders!

[lovpiska]

lol so this is where that pokemon 'mudkipz' comes from xD ...I SO WANT ONE!! or 2 ^^

[jacobbidinger]

Actually "mudkip" is a cartoon mudskipper fish. The pokemon "wooper rooper" is an axolotl ;-)

[gregisthecoolest]

this would look even cooler if it was shot with a 7d

[squek7]

MUDKIP

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jacobbidinger]

mudkip is a mudskipper, wooper is an axolotl

[JackAttackFC]

SHINY MUDKIPS DO WANT

[jacobbidinger]

mudkipz are muskipper fish, wooper rooper is the axolotl

[herrfishead]

I need more of these guys. Kinda pricey though.

[bigestbogdan]

song?

[xxxXDaReaperXxxx]

Reminds me of Glow Worms

[InzeenDeef]

the first looked like lil wayne

[igeortega]

gotta love chem!

[xxNxNxx]

i see mudkipz!

[TheWadex]

SO I herd yo liek mudkipz? Amirite?

[fatmaru]

they arnt actually glowing rit

it just looks like they reflect light really well and sum1 is shining them with green lights

[AstralJL]

@fatmaru These genetically modified axolotls glow green under a blue light. read the info

[greentoaster]

These creatures look awesomely primitive. Are they from the time before life dragged itself out of the water?

[hahayouknowme33]

next step people then active camoflosh

[eiphon]

I love the natural happy faces they make :)

[DokiDokiNya]

=O

omfg so cool, there green!!! LOL thats so awesome!!

[eliteaudio716]

yo were can i get one

[RasecVonWizzlbang]

MUDKIP used FLASH!

[raywygo]

That is so cool:)

[parangbuta89]

waaaa...amazing!

[Avink100]

Mudkipz =o

[bobthecoolman]

I had a salamnder that "morephed" into an axolotl kinda weird, but it's natural. I wonder if they used plasmids (not a bioshock joke)

[Unknown21714]

Mudkipz?

[SasukeUchiaX]

@Unknown21714 haha. so i herd yu liek mudkipz??

[bakamesuinu]

LMAO!

[RemielAngel1990]

I KNOW!!!! HAHAHAHAHA

[yousomethingtube]

Those are awesome!

[CardsDefense]

i wanna see them make sweet love to each other

[themusicluvar]

wtf? dude these are just albino and have neon lights hitting them thats at the top of there tank. Duh!

[ultratog1028]

he gave them yellow cell pigment so they glow green when exposed to blue light.

[ItsIvanJones]

you sir, are ignorant.

[WilliamNightma]

They are really cute! and glowing, but cute nevertheless

[SpaceJunkMan]

Glowing = Cute.

[freebob3]

let's put the glow gene in humans

[dodow1234]

looks delicious

[buizelland]

awesomeness creatures

[J4jackass]

did someone feed a small glowstick...

PETA PETA!!!

XD

[idunknowwad]

MERMAIDS!! OMG!

haha, nice video, thanks for sharing :)

[WhiteLionness]

woopers!

[shyft111]

I want one!!

[filmpunk74]

Interesting video, but my imagination kept running away on me. That music kept making me picture a slick black Cadillac driving through the city at night followed by a mellow voice asking you to visit your nearest dealer.

[Qwik14]

beautiful creatures

[27Chriis]

the green ones look somewhat real but definitely not the blue ones...

[1024zer]

where can i buy these pokemon before christmas?

[Trinitysx]

so humans came from these things ?

so why we stopped glowing ?

that seems like a good survival trick

[poopdude]

Gotta Catch 'Em All!

[jcan408]

this is fake

[johntmac3]

that's soooooooo coollllll!!!

[CtrisGo100]

wow that is awesome how they glow in water

[MybIlya]

Shiny mudkipz!

[Paabloo175]

Real? it looks like he's just flashing light on it ;/

[XxVECT0RxX]

lol one is stuck at 0:45 ^_^

[FayeMidori]

Is it cool and can it do hydropump or is it just a lame tail-whipper?

[SpecialUkulele]

i wish i could glow in the dark or under blue light.

[BarbieGirlVIPcoco]

is this real? is cool

[sharpshooter740]

yeah

[Deelman7]

Wooper?

[fergienoe]

what is axolotls?

[iSoul]

The Pokémon Wooper is directly named after the Japanese "Wooper Looper" axolotl marketing phenomenon, and looks much the same as an axolotl.

Thanks Wikipedia!