Scientists accidentally create super-vicious
HAMSTERS in a lab after gene editing experiment
goes wrong and makes aggressive rodents
chase, bite and pin each other down
Posted By: Ribicon, 6/4/2022 12:08:28 PM
Scientists inadvertently bred a horde of unusually aggressive hamsters after a gene editing experiment to 'reduce aggression' went wrong. Researchers at Georgia State University produced new rodents without hormone vasopressin in an effort to raise 'social communication' between the rodents. Yet the chemical change turned the Syrian hamsters wild, prompting fights inside cages. The ultra-vicious hamsters were pictured pinning, biting and chasing each other.(Snip)The study's striking conclusions challenge scientists' understanding of the relationship between biology and behaviour. The professor added: We don’t understand this system as well as we thought we did. 'The counterintuitive findings tell us we need to start thinking about the actions
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Behavioral tendencies are genetic in animals, but in humans it's all down to socioeconomic factors and systemic privilege.