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Krieger · 02-14-2002, 03:44 PM

Here is the story: <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020214/ts/science_clone_dc_5.html" target="_blank">http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020214/ts/science_clone_dc_5.html</a>

Here is a picture: <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20020214/ts/mdf131954.html" target="_blank">http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20020214/ts/mdf131954.html</a>

Isn't it cute?

kwigibo · 02-14-2002, 04:22 PM

this is probably a Science/Scepticism thread. So Buon Voyagie!

echidna · 02-14-2002, 04:28 PM

How do they know it's silly ?

Presumably via an intelligence test ?

Krieger · 02-14-2002, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by echidna:
<strong>How do they know it's silly ?

Presumably via an intelligence test ?</strong>

Just look at the picture.. it is silly.. silly cute, kitten. =P

waxm · 02-15-2002, 04:45 AM

One thing that does appear to be of import in these scientific endeavors, is the role that genetics does, or does not play in both physical, and psychological formation of the individual.
The kitten does not, and will not resemble the original cat in any more than a superficial way physically.
The kitten will not develope in the same way emotionally either.
So is "cloning" possible, at least in the way that we currently view the end product?
One would think not.

Echo · 02-15-2002, 06:01 AM

You're right Krieger, that lil bugger possesses maximum cuteness!

Sadly though, I wonder how many of these cute critters will be thrown out and abandoned when the owners realize that the clone does not possess their beloved pet's disposition?

Ugh..I don't even want to think about it.

Curt Epithet · 02-15-2002, 07:49 AM

At your local bookstore next month: 101 Uses for a Cloned Cat.

abe smith · 02-15-2002, 09:05 AM

Good Goryevitch! there're millions too-many of cats already! having to be euthanized or cluttering up the landscape. The POPE shd get hisself cloned; lay in a stock of zygote-clones; doing this wd insure his everlasting POWER, individual power, over humankind;... the difficulty might accrue when someone pulled the plug on the freezer. Apart from that, 1. all kittens are cute; 2. the trouble w/ kittens is , they grow up to be cats {Cardinal Richlieu's percept, I believe}; 3. For chrisesake, you figure the asshole stuff some fools are willing to waste their money on? Eugckhhh. What times the next major meteor?

02-14-2002, 03:44 PM	#1
Krieger Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: ... Posts: 2,191	They've cloned a silly cat..........=P Here is the story: <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020214/ts/science_clone_dc_5.html" target="_blank">http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20020214/ts/science_clone_dc_5.html</a> Here is a picture: <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20020214/ts/mdf131954.html" target="_blank">http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20020214/ts/mdf131954.html</a> Isn't it cute?

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02-14-2002, 04:22 PM	#2
kwigibo Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Gold Coast, QLD, Australia Posts: 5,814	this is probably a Science/Scepticism thread. So Buon Voyagie!

02-14-2002, 04:28 PM	#3
echidna Veteran Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,832	How do they know it's silly ? Presumably via an intelligence test ?

02-15-2002, 04:45 AM	#5
waxm Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: saint peter mn Posts: 18	One thing that does appear to be of import in these scientific endeavors, is the role that genetics does, or does not play in both physical, and psychological formation of the individual. The kitten does not, and will not resemble the original cat in any more than a superficial way physically. The kitten will not develope in the same way emotionally either. So is "cloning" possible, at least in the way that we currently view the end product? One would think not.

02-15-2002, 06:01 AM	#6
Echo Regular Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Winter Park, Fl USA Posts: 411	You're right Krieger, that lil bugger possesses maximum cuteness! Sadly though, I wonder how many of these cute critters will be thrown out and abandoned when the owners realize that the clone does not possess their beloved pet's disposition? Ugh..I don't even want to think about it.

02-15-2002, 07:49 AM	#7
Curt Epithet Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: somewhere else Posts: 65	At your local bookstore next month: 101 Uses for a Cloned Cat.

02-15-2002, 09:05 AM	#8
abe smith Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: springfield, MA. USA Posts: 2,482	Good Goryevitch! there're millions too-many of cats already! having to be euthanized or cluttering up the landscape. The POPE shd get hisself cloned; lay in a stock of zygote-clones; doing this wd insure his everlasting POWER, individual power, over humankind;... the difficulty might accrue when someone pulled the plug on the freezer. Apart from that, 1. all kittens are cute; 2. the trouble w/ kittens is , they grow up to be cats {Cardinal Richlieu's percept, I believe}; 3. For chrisesake, you figure the asshole stuff some fools are willing to waste their money on? Eugckhhh. What times the next major meteor?

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