genetics! gene transfection! making things bioluminescent that were once not bioluminescent!
also -- i thought that they were pink the entire time until the close-up.... i guess it is just reflective coloration from everything else that is pink in that kitchen.
What kind of camcorder has a zoom that loud and machinistic as the one at the end? Either this was recorded in 1987, or is in incredibly impoverished household that is putting the ownership of jerboas above basic utilities like groceries and working plumbing.
You know in those old science fiction movies/cartoons, where you're on an alien world, and there are these cute little critters scuttling around and generally being adorable?