Monday, July 23, 2007

What's Up, Doc?


Considering that rabbits reproduce like.....well, rabbits, what was the point of this?
BEIJING, July 24 (Reuters) - China has produced the world's first cloned rabbit using a biological process that takes cells from a fetus, state media said on Tuesday.

The female rabbit, which weighed 60 grams at birth in February, was now growing normally at an animal centre in Shanghai, the China Daily said

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Because they wanted to prove they could clone, too. But, the Chinese don't have the patience to wait the five months for a sheep's gestation, so the rabbit's one-month gestation is almost instant gratification. My guess is they'll never try cloning an elephant. :)

Lone Ranger said...

I must disagree about the Chinese lack of patience. Hundred-year-old eggs?

Anonymous said...

Hundred-year-old eggs?

I think I had some of those at Denny's this past Sunday morning.

Lone Ranger said...

I don't care who you are, that was funny.