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Goodbye, Dolly

goombah99 writes "Dolly, the famous cloned sheep has been put to death after being diagnosed with a progressive lung disease, according to many reports. This follows on earlier reports that she was prematurely aging, including developing arthritis. While one should be cautious about drawing conclusions from a single data point, its interesting to speculate." Here is a link to her birthplace courtesy of Captain Large Face

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  1. GoodBye Dolly... by tealover · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hello Lamb Chops !!!

    This is the best thing about cloning. An endless supply of lamb chops !!!

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    1. Re:GoodBye Dolly... by redgopher · · Score: 5, Funny

      Indeed... an endless supply of lambchops would be nice, but I wonder if it will all just taste the same? ;)

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  2. Nothing sadder by Cipster · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is nothing sadder for a parent than having to burry their clone....
    Somehow that just did not sound right.

  3. Reported as saying... by CommieLib · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We had to put her to sleep," they said sheepishly. "She was in shear agony. There was mutton we could do about it."

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  4. Re:Cloned sheep Dolly, found dead at age 6 by Eccles · · Score: 5, Funny

    They don't know how many sheep they've actually cloned, you know. They tried counting the sheep, but they fell asleep...

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  5. Re:Chops, no... by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ahh, Scotland - where the men are men, and the sheep are nervous.

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