World's First Commercially Cloned Dog......

[NaOH]

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The second comment was the first thing that popped in my mind 😕

 

[Newbian]

In other news,world's first cloned dog run over by car.

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[RESmonkey]

cool. i support it.

 

[Red Squirrel]

That's just wrong. In fact it would creep me out to see that my pet is acting exactly like my old one and has all the same traits, but yet is NOT my old one. A pet is not an object, you simply can't just replace it and move on. Sure you can get another but your old one is still unique and remains a distant memory.

And yeah I don't think it's really smart to clone a dog that has cancer lol.

 

[NaOH]

I mean if you're going to be paying that much. Seems very risky to clone something that is cancer prone.

 

[Mo0o]

I bet someone just bought another lab for $500 and said it was a clone

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
That's just wrong. In fact it would creep me out to see that my pet is acting exactly like my old one and has all the same traits, but yet is NOT my old one. A pet is not an object, you simply can't just replace it and move on. Sure you can get another but your old one is still unique and remains a distant memory.

And yeah I don't think it's really smart to clone a dog that has cancer lol.

Except it won't. This is a huge misconception. People want the same pet back, but its impossible. A cloned pet only has the same body. Everything else comes from how its raised and its own unique experiences, not from the DNA. A cloned pet is very likely to be completely different personality wise from the base pet.

 

[SunnyD]

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[So]

What a great plan. He'll just die of cancer again in a few years.

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
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That's from Fox news so who cares. 😉

 

[SlitheryDee]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
That's just wrong. In fact it would creep me out to see that my pet is acting exactly like my old one and has all the same traits, but yet is NOT my old one. A pet is not an object, you simply can't just replace it and move on. Sure you can get another but your old one is still unique and remains a distant memory.

And yeah I don't think it's really smart to clone a dog that has cancer lol.

Except it won't. This is a huge misconception. People want the same pet back. A cloned pet only has the same body. Everything else comes from how its raised and its own unique experiences, not from the DNA. A cloned pet is very likely to be completely different personality wise from the base pet.

They should make a second clone to give to another family. The two clones could be brought back to the lab and tested for behavioral similarities from time to time. In addition the families could be encouraged to make recordings of their pets when they do notable things and write reports about things they've noticed the pets doing. I know such tests have been run on genetically identical twins, but the degree of control that's possible with pets might make this more informative to the nature vs. nurture debate.

 

[rh71]

i'm a dog lover but there's overpopulation already... just get another dog.

 

[funkymatt]

i really hope the family realizes temperment comes from upbringing, not entirely genetics.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
That's just wrong. In fact it would creep me out to see that my pet is acting exactly like my old one and has all the same traits, but yet is NOT my old one. A pet is not an object, you simply can't just replace it and move on. Sure you can get another but your old one is still unique and remains a distant memory.

And yeah I don't think it's really smart to clone a dog that has cancer lol.

Except it won't. This is a huge misconception. People want the same pet back, but its impossible. A cloned pet only has the same body. Everything else comes from how its raised and its own unique experiences, not from the DNA. A cloned pet is very likely to be completely different personality wise from the base pet.

That's true but I think if they are raised exactly the same there may be lot of similar personality traits. But still I don't think they can clone 100% exact, there's probably still some differences and it probably varies each time it's done.