Cloning pets?

[JEDI]

Has it been perfected yet?

if i think my cat/dog gets old/sick (cancer) and will die within a year, i'll create a clone (and try to remove the cancer trait).

do this for my lifetime.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Jedis creating/using clones. You think you guys would learn. 😛

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Jedis creating/using clones. You think you guys would learn. 😛

:laugh:

 

[DrPizza]

Yes, your pet can be cloned. No, you won't be able to remove the cancer trait (yet.) The cloned pet will not be the same Fifi that you remember; personality and many other traits that are formed from an interaction with the environment will be different.

 

[clickynext]

Why can't you just get another similar dog? Would be basically the same as creating a clone, no?

 

[daveshel]

Great idea. After all, we face such a shortage of domesticated animals.

 

[vi edit]

Has there ever been a successful cloning that had an animal actually live a normal, healthy typical lifespan?

I haven't been following the science behind it, but from what I remember just about anything they tried to clone wound up with some sort of physical ailment and had a very shortened lifespan.

Was that a thing of the past or have they worked through much of those issues?

 

[Wreckem]

Texas A&M tried for years to clone dogs, and never could. They cloned cats, that lived normal lifespans though. From that research Genetics Savings and Clone was formed, but the prices were steep and the company closed its doors.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Wreckem
Texas A&M tried for years to clone dogs, and never could. They cloned cats, that lived normal lifespans though. From that research Genetics Savings and Clone was formed, but the prices were steep and the company closed its doors.

IIRC the clones do not necessarily look like the original and they have their own unique personality ie just because you clone Fluffy doesn't mean you end up with a Xerox of Fluffy in anything other than genetic material.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: Wreckem
Texas A&M tried for years to clone dogs, and never could. They cloned cats, that lived normal lifespans though. From that research Genetics Savings and Clone was formed, but the prices were steep and the company closed its doors.

IIRC the clones do not necessarily look like the original and they have their own unique personality ie just because you clone Fluffy doesn't mean you end up with a Xerox of Fluffy in anything other than genetic material.

That is correct. Because genetics dont factor in fur color in cats. Nor do genetics play a role in personality.

Personality isnt a born trait, it a learned trait.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: Wreckem
Texas A&M tried for years to clone dogs, and never could. They cloned cats, that lived normal lifespans though. From that research Genetics Savings and Clone was formed, but the prices were steep and the company closed its doors.

IIRC the clones do not necessarily look like the original and they have their own unique personality ie just because you clone Fluffy doesn't mean you end up with a Xerox of Fluffy in anything other than genetic material.

That is correct. Because genetics dont factor in fur color in cats. Nor do genetics play a role in personality.

Personality isnt a born trait, it a learned trait.

No way, personality can be affected by the environment, but for the most part it's hard wired.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Yes, your pet can be cloned. No, you won't be able to remove the cancer trait (yet.) The cloned pet will not be the same Fifi that you remember; personality and many other traits that are formed from an interaction with the environment will be different.

They can be different, but if raised in the same environment the traits will likely can the same. Just like my dog's mom and my dog act very very similar.

I'd love to be able to clone my dog. :thumbsup:

 

[RaiderJ]

As much as I love my dog and would like to have another like her.... the fact an animal is unique is what makes it special.

 

[JRich]

Try not to have any 6th day violations.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Yes, your pet can be cloned. No, you won't be able to remove the cancer trait (yet.) The cloned pet will not be the same Fifi that you remember; personality and many other traits that are formed from an interaction with the environment will be different.

plus, it won't be able to make little Fifis

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Yes, your pet can be cloned. No, you won't be able to remove the cancer trait (yet.) The cloned pet will not be the same Fifi that you remember; personality and many other traits that are formed from an interaction with the environment will be different.

They can be different, but if raised in the same environment the traits will likely can the same. Just like my dog's mom and my dog act very very similar.

I'd love to be able to clone my dog. :thumbsup:

yup,keep cloing over and over during my lifetime.

buying a new dog that looks similiar just isnt the same

 

[tfcmasta97]

your pet that you grew attatched to would still be dead. making one that looks the same doesnt change the fact that it's a different dog