We send the nanovirus out into the world to genetically alter a set number of species, converting their need for organic food into inorganic and making them the perfect recyclers without harming the food chain... too much. We knew there would be issues but any progress was good as far as we were concerned.
We didn't expect that some species would take to the modifications far easier than others. Catfish, which are typically bottom feeders that have the potential to grow to over 2m in length, were the first to thrive and exceed all predictions. Lately they've been filmed jumping onto boats in large packs and devouring at much of the material as possible before writhing back into the water. There's rarely any of the boat left behind and even less of the crew.
Crows also developed rather interesting characteristics like coordinating with other altered species to take down low-flying aircraft and smaller power stations. To their credit they didn't leave much of a mess behind, only what could naturally decompose... like human bodies for instance.
The one thing we never saw coming was the nanovirus adapting to cousin species and moving from one dead labrat (which an emotionally attached intern buried when it should have been burned) to the local field mouse population. Naturally chaos ensued as the virus figured out how make further and further genetic leaps.
Can you imagine what it would be like to feel your combine harvester being eaten while you're still on it? To hear the scrape of enamel on metal as they worked their way to where you sat, poised and ready to jump out of the door as soon as they hit the engines but not wanting to leave in case they decided your fillings, your replacement hip, were too delicious to pass up.
We didn't expect that some species would take to the modifications far easier than others. Catfish, which are typically bottom feeders that have the potential to grow to over 2m in length, were the first to thrive and exceed all predictions. Lately they've been filmed jumping onto boats in large packs and devouring at much of the material as possible before writhing back into the water. There's rarely any of the boat left behind and even less of the crew.
Crows also developed rather interesting characteristics like coordinating with other altered species to take down low-flying aircraft and smaller power stations. To their credit they didn't leave much of a mess behind, only what could naturally decompose... like human bodies for instance.
The one thing we never saw coming was the nanovirus adapting to cousin species and moving from one dead labrat (which an emotionally attached intern buried when it should have been burned) to the local field mouse population. Naturally chaos ensued as the virus figured out how make further and further genetic leaps.
Can you imagine what it would be like to feel your combine harvester being eaten while you're still on it? To hear the scrape of enamel on metal as they worked their way to where you sat, poised and ready to jump out of the door as soon as they hit the engines but not wanting to leave in case they decided your fillings, your replacement hip, were too delicious to pass up.
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