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minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoCould they add a mouth and digestive system through DNA editing?
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoThey do have a mouth, but it’s like our appendix. It doesn’t do anything.
minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoOk. Still could use some crisper magic to give it some sustenance for a longer life
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoAnd then it takes over the world, Sam. Is that what you want to happen?
minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoThere are billions of uglier things we could be subjects to
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 hours agoProbably not, they’re terrible at DNA editing.
Could they add a mouth and digestive system through DNA editing?
They do have a mouth, but it’s like our appendix. It doesn’t do anything.
Ok. Still could use some crisper magic to give it some sustenance for a longer life
And then it takes over the world, Sam. Is that what you want to happen?
There are billions of uglier things we could be subjects to
Probably not, they’re terrible at DNA editing.