http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/15/technology/simons_clones.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008011515

so this got me thinking, would you clone your childhood pet? i had a basset hound, Lady, growing up, and she died 2.5 years ago. my parents set up a little table with photos and a box with her ashes in the spot where she slept in the kitchen. my younger sister still lives there and misses Lady often. i wonder how she would feel about getting a cloned Lady for her birthday?

1/15/2008 6:37:25 PM

this explains so much

1/15/2008 6:38:18 PM

1/15/2008 6:38:49 PM

lol at the anti-clone-food ad with the green milk.

1/15/2008 6:40:04 PM

No. Loved my dog but she had some bad genes I'd not want to deal with again.

1/15/2008 6:41:21 PM

[no]

shit aint natural

1/15/2008 6:41:48 PM

1/15/2008 7:25:20 PM

No, animals still develop their own personality. So, all you would have is an animal that looks the same, and not necessarily act the same. I would not want that.

Plus, I just don't think I believe in it.

[Edited on January 15, 2008 at 8:10 PM. Reason : ]

1/15/2008 8:00:05 PM

There was a this american life tv show episode about it. This dumbass texas redneck cloned his pet bull. The clone behaved completely different from the original bull and ended up goring his dumbass several times before the idiot decided to give him up.

1/15/2008 8:01:33 PM

i've actually been toying with the idea of getting some blood from my dog for the past year or so to save and clone when the process is cheaper and more reliable

i think this is going to be his last year, so i'm probably going to do it soon

http://www.viagen.com/en/our-services/preserving-your-pets/

wish it didn't cost so damn much

1/15/2008 8:05:49 PM

No, animals still develop their own personality. So, all you would have is an animal that looks the same, and not necessarily act the same. I would not want that.

1/15/2008 8:07:11 PM

no cause you could just end up disappointed like with Fry's dog in Futurama...queue sad motivational poster of Fry's dog

1/15/2008 8:34:27 PM

so that way you could relive their death over and over for the rest of your life!!

yayyyyy!!

1/15/2008 8:49:08 PM

at least you could use the same collar/tombstone...

1/15/2008 9:19:30 PM

only if i could spark him memories so he becomes the exact same dog like a ghola

1/15/2008 9:37:50 PM

^ give it a few years and we'll be able to download entire brains onto flash drives

[Edited on January 15, 2008 at 10:05 PM. Reason : 16K IN YA SET]

1/15/2008 10:05:23 PM

Yes. If only I could have my Percy back... If only he'd be the same.

but since he will just be another dog, different personality, same appearance, I might as well get another black Pug. They all look similar, if not alike. At least he wasn't fat like ~90% of all Pugs.

1/15/2008 10:05:38 PM

1/15/2008 10:36:15 PM

nah, man

Shannon's in doggie heaven, B

1/15/2008 10:36:49 PM

i would my lou dog is perfect

1/15/2008 10:38:00 PM

Quote :

"i wonder how she would feel about getting a cloned Lady for her birthday?"

my instinctive answer is

1/15/2008 11:16:15 PM

the only thing that scares me is that it fucks with the way life is supposed to work

the safety of it doesnt bother me

1/15/2008 11:20:54 PM

i would only clone past pets to eat them

1/15/2008 11:58:03 PM