Posted on 01/30/2018 5:47:02 AM PST by C19fan
Still haven’t gotten over the death of our beloved Zoe. It’s been 10 years. Now that I have the money I’d do it in a heartbeat. To each his own. The dogs temperament I understand can be duplicated in this process. The research aspect is never-ending which is good. An abused dog could come back as a well adjusted one. That would be worth seeing.
Alan Beck, director of the Center for the Human-Animal Bond at Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine . . . . .
Those two statements from the article tell you everything that is wrong with the way that the modern, rich Westerners relate to their pets.
Yup. You can file this under “Tax on the stupid”..
Company in South Korea has been doing this far longer...the owner of said company is looking to bring back the woolly mammoth...
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Woolly Mammoths make nice pets, but they’re tough to house train.
If I had the money? In a heartbeat!
The question still remains whether or not someone has enough money for a $50K roll of the dice - since identical DNA guarantees nothing more than sameness for superficial physical traits.
But nothing is really ‘coming back’ except an appearance.
“A clone is not a duplicate. Each organism is an individual, even if the genetic material is the same. Creatures are shaped by environment and experiences.”
Its true that creatures are shaped by environment and experience but there may also be genetic components to how we react. Identical twins separated at birth often have similar occupations, attitudes and preferences. Clearly more data is needed but its not unreasonable to think that a cloned pet will look and behave more like the original than a completely different animal.
This cloning business does not fit with my moral standards. Regardless, cloning a living being does not guarantee it will have the same personality. It’s just not quite like Ford producing identical F150’s, one right after another.
Cloning cannot insure that the clone will have the same personality or character as the original - just the same DNA.
My best friend crossed over the Rainbow Bridge 17 years ago, too. Still miss her terribly. Dang blurry screen. But, no, the clone would only look like her, not be her.
Current furbaby head count is 8. Each has their own special personality.
What would the cloning accomplish, an animal that looked like your beloved pet but that’s all. Cloning can’t replicate all the emotional, environmental and physical experiences that made your pet who he was and never will, we aren’t in a Schwarzenegger movie after all.
No, but I’d pay $50,000 a piece to have Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee, Adam Schiff, etc. stuffed, so I could throw darts at them.
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