More Clones! 43
randy_harvey writes "Another University has taken the leap into the fray of cloning animals today. This time it's the University of Idaho in Moscow, ID. They have successfully Cloned a Mule!"
The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is the most likely to be correct. -- William of Occam
Why a mule? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why a mule? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Why a mule? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why a mule? (Score:2)
Who the hell races mules, anyway?
Re:Why a mule? (Score:1)
Top 6 Reasons to Send in the Clones (Score:5, Funny)
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6. Doesn't everyone need a Mini Me?
5. It would be kind of cool to go to a Halloween party as the Matrix ghost twins, wouldn't it?
4. If someone clones you without permission, sue them under the DMCA.
3. You can still sleep in and miss that exam, and take the exam too.
2. With enough clones, some weapons, and a camcorder, anyone can make a better "Attack of the Clones" movie than George Lucas did
1. Halle Barry's for everyone!
Another view. (Score:2, Funny)
Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
A way to get mules that doesn't involve getting a horse drunk enough to jump a donkey!
A moscow mule (Score:2)
No need to clone mule (Score:4, Funny)
P.S. I heard this on NPR yesterday, so it couldn't have been today.
a mule? what the hell? (Score:2, Funny)
Prediction: Funny Cide to be Cloned (Score:2)
And just maybe by time this comes to pass the Slashcode search engine will actually be able to find this comment so I can show people. Hmmm, which is more likely?
Distorted humor about Funny Cide and stud prospect (Score:4, Informative)
Based on experiences, clones are often sickly animals; not really tolerable in a race-horse.
How will they take advantage of Funny Cide's winning bloodline? They are selling the stud services of Cide's sire, Distorted Humor. [knoxnews.com]
For those of you using AOL, Funny Cide's father is not a gelding.
Re:Distorted humor about Funny Cide and stud prosp (Score:2)
Re:Distorted humor about Funny Cide and stud prosp (Score:2)
Re:Distorted humor about Funny Cide and stud prosp (Score:2)
Ok, it probably doesn't meet the technical definition.
so such a horse would be worthless as a stud.
Something is worth what people are willing to pay for it.
If I were a race breeder paying for stud services I would consider the clone of a thoroughbred valuable. I would expect the clone to pass on the same genes and most likely breed just as well as the original. However I would factor in uncertainty and risk because there could be
Re:Distorted humor about Funny Cide and stud prosp (Score:2)
Horses frequently live into their 20's and 30's. I suspect they'll have the technique and be able to deal with the telomere problem by then...
The possibilities are endless! (Score:3, Interesting)
The World's Tastiest Cow
At which point we can start cloning it for mass consumption! Imagine, you can now own your very own "World's Tastiest Cow" in your very own back yard! The look on your neighbors face when you tell them you're still considered vegan because this cow has already been killed so when you eat it you can't be killing it - it was cloned dead!
Moo.
-Adam
Re:The possibilities are endless! (Score:2)
Re:The possibilities are endless! (Score:2)
Re:The possibilities are endless! (Score:2)
-Bart Simpson
Re:The possibilities are endless! (Score:2)
Re:The possibilities are endless! (Score:2)
If we weren't supposed to eat animals, how come they're all made out of meat?
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Interesting discovery. (Score:1)
Re:Interesting discovery. (Score:1)
why this doesn't mean people are next. (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:why this doesn't mean people are next. (Score:1)
Mail-order Tleilaxu ghola (Score:3, Funny)
Well let's hope... (Score:2)
In (Score:1, Troll)
Ok, I give up. (Score:1)