who knew there were syrian hamsters. well, you learn somethingev new every day on the angle. well, they found iter can severely alter their social behaviors in layman s termsocia the sometimes cute little rodents turned into total maniac svior and one of the scientists behind the study noted that we were really surprised at the results. t we anticipated that if we eliminated vasopressin activity we would reduce both aggression and social communication. but the opposite happened, didn t and didn t. joining, me now is dr. peter mcculloh, an epidemiologist and cardiologist. he s alsour the author of the courage to face covid-19. now, dr. mcculloh, i know wehi came into this kind of a little bit of a joke there on a friday, but the advancement of this gene s splicing technology which is being heralded as the future for really curing lots of illnesses, producing animals more efficiently, could this lead us down a dangeroushn path? you know, it s a whole new world, pantha, and do not