What is a genetic modification that would cause a massive chain reaction to possibly horrific effects?

posted 2 months ago

Let’s keep things simple two rules.

No giving sentience, This is a no brainer issue.
Let’s keep it to beings under the Animilia kingdom. “mutated virus/bacteria” is a common trope.

To start:

Let’s modify ants to have lungs.

Most insects are constrained by the amount of oxygen they can acquire through their exoskeleton.

Imagine how big they can get if they didn’t have that constraint?

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2 months ago

Amaranth that can grow on sand and be watered with seawater

Edit: ops, only animals? Make bees able to break down any kind of sugar into honey

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