Alba (rabbit)

Alba is a rabbit that was genetically created by French geneticist Dr. Louis-Marie Houdebine with the GFP gene found in the jellyfish, Aequorea victoria and the sea pansy that fluoresces green when exposed to blue light, and when Alba was exposed to such light he would literally glow green. The rabbit was loaned to Chicago-based artist, Eduardo Kac, who describes Alba as a chimerical animal that does not exist in nature. According to Houdebine, Alba lived to be four years old. Kac disputes this, believing that Alba was created for him and lived to be 2½ years old. (The normal life span of a rabbit is up to 12 years.)

External links

Eduardo Kac's website Wired News Article on Alba