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South Korean Scientists Clone Dog

Posted by timothy on from the this-is-one-clone-with-a-seoul dept.

Ebon Praetor writes "According to the BBC and Reuters, South Korean scientists have created the world's first cloned dog, an Afghan hound. The research purpose of the research is ostensibly to produce research animals and not for commercial purposes. Dogs are especially difficult to clone, but the scientists were able to extract DNA from a skin cell, inject it into an egg, and implant the egg into a surrogate mother."

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  1. Boring... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dammit where is the half dog half alligator? This whole cloning regular animals thing is getting boring.

    1. Re:Boring... by lucabrasi999 · · Score: 4, Funny
      where is the half dog half alligator?

      More importantly, where is the "Mog"? A mog is his own best friend.

  2. Off-color joke: by BigZaphod · · Score: 3, Funny

    What, are they running out of their favorite food over there? *ba-dum-bump*

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  3. And, in sports news, by conJunk · · Score: 4, Funny

    The organizers of the Iditerod prepare for scandal worse than major league baseball and and olympic running, combined!

  4. er by AnonymousNinja · · Score: 3, Funny

    He can be his own best friend

  5. Slight differences in the copy by StefanJ · · Score: 5, Funny

    "a frisky, healthy, normal, rambunctious puppy."

    If you ignore the glowing red eyes, caustic drool, and an unearthly howl that makes babies cry and causes normal dogs who hear it to lose bowel control, chew through their leads, and leap in front of FedEx trucks.

  6. Department of Redundancy Department by Lord+Crc · · Score: 3, Funny

    The research purpose of the research is...

    Wait, research has research purpose? When did this happen?

  7. North Korea already did it by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny
    Kim Jong-Il memorized the dog genome and used a gene sequencer he personally invented - shrewdly using the alias "Dovichi" to avoid deflecting the glory from his Workers' Paradise to himself.

    His stated goal was to create a new golf club to allow every blissful, well-fed citizen to achieve holes-in-one, even on tricky dog legs.

    Up next: Kim writes The Iliad and Beowulf in one afternoon, after using his psyonic powers to defeat Canada (in preparation for a crippling attack of their southern neighbor).

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  8. Ok, I'm confused on this... by JargonScott · · Score: 5, Funny

    "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" was easy to remember, and often true.

    So, what is it now? You can now teach your new old dog new tricks? Or, you can only re-teach your new dog's tricks to the old dog? Do the old tricks come pre-installed, and how many new tricks can you stack on top?

    Wait, you can't teach your old dog new tricks, but the new dog....

    Forget it...

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  9. Re:Difficult to clone by dr_dank · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why are cloning dogs "notoriously difficult"?

    Ever try to get a poodle to stand still on a Xerox machine?

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