'Jurassic World' creates fear of bioengineered animals in real life

Bioengineered animals to fight is already something being drafted.

"Jurassic World," the fourth installment of Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park", took takes place on Isla Nubar. Fans will remember that Isla Nubar was where the first "Jurassic Park" movie took place, 22 years ago. "Jurassic World" showcases a world where dinosaurs have been resurrected from extinction and have become the greatest attraction in the dinosaur park. The story turns upside down when a genetically modified dinosaur experiment goes terrifyingly wrong.

MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - "Jurassic World" presents a story line that showed incredible possibilities in the realm of genetic engineering. The scientists who are in-charge of the genetic engineering of dinosaurs definitely took the experiments further. They manipulated dinosaur DNAs not only to resurrect the dinosaurs this time, but also to design them for greater entertainment and financial success.

The birth of the Indominus rex is one of the turning points in the story. The genetically engineered dino, made up of different genes sourced from various dinosaurs, including velociraptors and other animals such as the chameleon, was built as part of an attempt create the ultimate dino-weapon and to attract more people to visit the Jurassic World ecological park.

How close can this all be to real life? Well, no one is bringing the dinosaurs back, or at least not yet. However, the film was not wrong about its suppositions about the militarization of genetic science. In fact, the United States' military has already began the plans to genetically engineer animals for war usage.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency asked scientists back in 2006 "to develop technology to create insect-cyborgs" for the purpose of surveillance, according to Emily Anthes in her book entitled, "Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts." In Korea, scientists have utilized viruses to transport jellyfish genes to felines, creating glow-in-the-dark cats.

"Jurassic World" puts in the spotlight ethical questions concerning the whole endeavor of genetic manipulation and its ramifications. The film appears to posit that creating new species or worse, using them as weapons is bad, and there will be consequences.

The opening of "Jurassic World" set the record as the highest grossing opening day in film history.

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