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Move over Tomagotchi!

If you don't have an 8-year-old in your life, you might not know about Tomagotchi.  They're little electronic keychains/virtual animals that need to be "fed" and cared for every few hours by pressing a series of buttons.  Whatever, that's old news.  Now there's GenPet!  It's not a virtual pet, it's a real, living, genetically engineered pet.

Hybernating in their packaging, the GenPets are awakened from their dormant state when you take them home.  They never grow and stay their cute size for their entire 1 to 3 year lifespan (like having a puppy forever!).  Their combined DNA give them imited motion "like a baby or a doll" and they only need feeding once per week. But remember: never feed your GenPet after midnight.