The plants of middle earth

[alatar]

Originally Posted by alatar

I know that this is off-topic, not being about plants and all, but I just wanted to finish off my thoughts about genetically engineering glowing trees (note that we would want the leaves to glow as the bark is like dead skin). You can see here how some 'mad' scientists are using glowing genes to make fish that detect clean water - or make cool pets - and so theoretically it's possible.

And the madness continues. Seems that some scientists have created cats that express proteins that glow red under UV light, as seen here. Not exactly sure why, but I suspect that it has something to do with the possibility of Sauron returning, as His Ring actually is a cat.

What other explanation even makes sense?