In 2015 as I was losing my soulmate dog, I'm not ashamed that I briefly looked at cloning out of hope that I could live him again. The costs exceeded $10K (easily), but the biggest issue was that the problems these animals tended to have were not good....serious defects that not only were likely to lead to shortened life spans, but also very painful and debilitating ends. The probabilities of these issues popping up in the cloned animal were quite high, and I couldn't get my mind around bringing an animal into the world with a high likelihood of a short and painful life just to satisfy my own wishes.
Obviously, it's a decade later now. Maybe this is more feasible and successful now.
Replies to: "Has the technology come that far?"
- Any thoughts on Tom Brady's dog, Junie, being a clone of his last dog? [LINK]
- TakethetrainKnute - 1:35pm 11/4/25
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- Hope I don't offend anyone, but it seems a little strange to me. - NedoftheHill - 6:40pm 11/4/25
- Has the technology come that far? - jakers - 5:25pm 11/4/25
- To be fair, less unsettling than kissing his son on the lips. [NT] - Iggle - 4:27pm 11/4/25
- Should have went with a Dire Wolf. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 2:48pm 11/4/25
- Looks like Tom has done some cutting edge procedures on himself as well. [NT] - irish93 - 2:06pm 11/4/25