Give the deer a bright orange glow and then jam some deer genes into their predators so they have a harder time seeing that color. Close the loop by taking a selection of those predators’ features and distributing them at random in the glowing fish population.
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CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 8 months ago
I doubt that the gene would be successful in the wild, given it would make it harder for the deer to hide from predators.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 8 months ago
ClarkFlankblast@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
“jam some deer genes”. I don’t know if that would work, but they definitely have to film it.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Rule 34.
neuropean@kbin.social 8 months ago
Unless predators have fluorescent light it shouldn’t be a problem, it’s not bioluminescence.
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 8 months ago
Ever had glofish? They look much brighter under a blacklight, but they’re still noticably colorful even under natural sunlight
Dkarma@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah… All those predators…like … Hmmm. Yeah. Looks like cars kill more deer then predators there bud.
Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 8 months ago
Except that the reintroduced Canadian wolves into yellowstone proves that one dead wrong.
Dieterlan@lemmy.world 8 months ago
We’d probably end up with a situation where wild deer don’t have the gene and city deer do, excepting any cross-breeding.
Pirky@lemmy.world 8 months ago
What if we gave them UV fur? And then modify our headlights to give off just a little UV light. Then when the light hits their fur, they glow!
Most predators don’t have UV flashlights, so this should be a viable alternative.