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?

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    12 days ago

    Cows now have tetrodotoxin like Fugu fish. Incorrectly prepared cows now have the chance to kill you.

    • threeduck@aussie.zone
      2·
      12 days ago

      Opposite monkey paw situation, as cows are no longer farmed due to the poison risk, global emissions are massively reduced. And the huge amounts of land dedicated to feeding cows is returned to forestry, further reducing emissions.

      The poisonous cows solve climate change long before the vegans can.