A Doe, a Deer, a Deer, a Deer...

Orne writes "Texas A&M University has announced it has successfully cloned its 5th species, the North American White-Tailed deer (see press release). Though the white-tailed deer is a common species, they hope they can use the knowledge to help repopulate endangered species of deer, like the Key West deer of Florida."

Comments

As if there was any doubt

[kurosawdust]

This is obviously a secret plot by the automobile industry. I mean, who else really thinks we actually need more of these??

Re:As if there was any doubt

[RobertB-DC]

I mean, who else really thinks we actually need more of these??

You must have missed the part that said it was Texas A&M who created the cloned deer. Here in Texas, Aggie jokes are a beloved source of humor. Here are a couple (from here) that are apropos:

Two Aggies were pulling a large deer through the woods. They came across a Longhorn and he said, "Really nice buck you got there, but I think if you pulled him by his horns it would be a lot better than dragging him by his hind legs."

The Aggies tried it and after a while one said "This sure is better. It's a lot smoother over the ground." The other said, "Yeah, but we sure a getting farther away from the truck."

And another one (adapted a bit):

A Longhorn, a Baylor Bear, and an Aggie went hunting. The Baylor kid went and came back with deer. The Longhorn said, "Wow how did you get that?" "I followed the tracks."

So the Longhorn went out and came back with a bear. The Aggie said, "How did you get that?" "I followed the tracks."

So the Aggie went out and came back all beat up. They both said, "What happened to you?" "I followed the tracks like you said, but before I could shoot anything, the train came!"

Are you still here?

How many Aggies does it take to eat an armadillo?
Three. One to do the eating, and two to watch for cars.

Re:As if there was any doubt

[Anonymous Coward]

Kill them all! Or at least ship them to Guantanamo Bay and make them suffer... Can't stand covardly suicide attackers like that, indiscriminantly attacking civillian population, while clearly they should only attack hunters.

I say we start breeding and training bears and cougars to fight against this menace to American society.

Cheaper Way

[Flwyd]

It strikes me that there's a very cheap, efficient, and non-invasive to repopulate species of deer.

Let them have sex.

(When Texas A&M announced they'd cloned a cat, they said "The last thing we need is a new reproduction strategy for cats.")

Transgenic deer

[Anonymous Coward]

They should insert the genes for headlights and a horn into one of them. Might give the deer around here fighting chance.

Re:WTF?

[torpor]

freakin' holy smokin' joes, you mean if i want my own crocodile super-army all i need is a convenient nuclear reactor to atract them with?

man. there is a goddess.

Doe, a Deer, a Deer, a Beer...

[ShaunC]

Ray, the guy who sells me beer,
Me, the guy who drinks the beer,
Fa, a long way to get beer,
So, I drink a lot of beer,
La, I can't drive after beer,
Te, no thanks, I'm drinking beer

Happy holiday of choice everyone... Just be sure it involves some (free) beer :)

Re:Doe, a Deer, a Deer, a Beer...

[Ironica]

Ah, this parody works much better for girls...

Do, a beer, a real good beer,
Re, the guy that buys the beer...
Mi, the girl he buys the beer for,
Fa... the distance to the bar
So, I think I'll have a beer...
La, la la la la la la...
Ti, no thanks I've got a beer,
and that brings us back to Do!