Couple spends $155,000 to clone dead dog

[jwright25]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

The miracle of life made an encore for Edgar and Nina Otto. A year after their beloved yellow Labrador retriever, Lancelot, died of cancer, the Florida couple welcomed a cloned copy into their home Tuesday.

Wouldn't the same thing happen to a clone?

[Munchkin03]

As soon as I saw that the couple in question was from Florida, I stopped reading.

Florida is the crazy state!

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

not the exact link but just more info for you:

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/na...gType=natsouth

and here is your video link

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/261848...92683#28892683

Thanks Daemon. How did you link the video? I'm not sure what I was doing wrong.

Originally Posted by jwright25

Wouldn't the same thing happen to a clone?

I don't know. Possibly, I guess. But then again it may not, because cancer is usually the result of genetic damage that happens over a lifetime, which is why most cases occur in people over sixty. It's the same with most pets. It usually starts when one of the cells starts to grow in an uncontrolled way. Since their dog was cloned, then it's pretty much starting its life over again. I'm thinking they would just have to limit gene damage by maybe avoiding some of the things that may have caused the dog to get cancer in the first place.

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

As soon as I saw that the couple in question was from Florida, I stopped reading.

Florida is the crazy state!

lol this made me laugh. Maybe it's the hurricanes.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Thanks Daemon. How did you link the video? I'm not sure what I was doing wrong.

cut n paste

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

cut n paste

I did that, but it didn't work.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I did that, but it didn't work.

Copy the URL. In the message box for your response, click on the hyperlink button: . Paste the URL as prompted. Click "OK."

And these people are nuts.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Copy the URL. In the message box for your response, click on the hyperlink button: . Paste the URL as prompted. Click "OK."

And these people are nuts.

I'll just stick to letting you guys do the linking. I have no clue what you just posted.

And yeah, I would have to agree here.

ETA: I love animals but they had a zoo. That's too many.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by jwright25

Wouldn't the same thing happen to a clone?

yes, and every other organic being that lives long enough