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Scientists Clone Horse

Posted by timothy on from the of-course dept.

The Night Watchman writes "Italian scientists have produced the world's first horse clone, according to Yahoo News. Racing is likely to become slightly more interesting in the coming years..."

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  1. Would you call it... by macdaddy357 · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... A clony pony?

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    1. Re:Would you call it... by daeley · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, it's "My Little Clony"

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  2. SeaBiscuit 2 by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    ccBiscuit (carbon copy)

    Either that or a glitch in the Matrix...they've changed something...oh yeah, the new Apple license!

  3. Or less interesting... by nortcele · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gate1: Sea Biscuit Odds 1/1
    Gate2: Sea Biscuit Odds 1/1
    Gate3: Sea Biscuit Odds 1/1
    Gate4: Sea Biscuit Odds 1/1
    etc...

  4. Jeez... by IpsissimusMarr · · Score: 2, Funny

    Out of a total of 841 reconstructed embryos, only 22 developed to advanced embryos within about a week. Seventeen of those were introduced into nine mares, resulting in four pregnancies, but only one, Prometea, developed to full term.

    Jeez... if you really want that genetically enhanced captain of the football team genius scientist Richard Gere looking son you better start soon!

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  5. The steed of choice for the by lightspawn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Clone Ranger.

  6. No, no, I've got it.. by L.+VeGas · · Score: 2, Funny

    They did it to make a...

    Battalion of Italian Stallions

    har har har *hiccup*

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  7. a clone of a horse is a horse, of course,of course by Tumbleweed · · Score: 3, Funny

    And no one can talk to a clone of a horse of course
    That is, of course, unless the clone of the horse is a clone of the famous Mister Ed!

    "She's the clone!"
    "No, _she's_ the clone!"

  8. Yes, but.. by poity · · Score: 4, Funny

    have they isolated the genes that will make me hung like one?

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  9. You all have no idea.... by wowbagger · · Score: 3, Funny

    You all have no idea how important this is!

    Don't you see - now, after we have beaten any given dead horse (e.g. Microsoft is evil, X is slow, ??AA sucks) into a slurry, we can salvage its DNA, clone it, raise the clone to maturity, kill it, and continue to beat it some more!

    This invention has singlehandedly saved the Internet!

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  10. Neigh! by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sadly, Wired magazine had a sharp drop in sales in the month of July when customers confused the cover featuring the cloned horse for Janet Reno.

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