What are the biggest misconceptions people have about animal cloning?
You go to the movies, say Star Wars or something, and you see the clones there and you think that it is this real easy thing to do. But cloning is a costly, expensive process. Another misconception is that people think that if they have a pet dog, a perfect pet dog with a perfect personality, they think cloning will give them that exact dog. As others have noted, cloning is replication, not resurrection. If you know any identical twins, you see they are genetically the same, but their personalities can be miles apart. Take our three cloned mules: Idaho Gem, the first cloned mule, is a little bit of a stinker. I mean, they are nice animals to be around overall, but he’s a stinker. Utah Pioneer is standoffish. If you come to the fence, Gem and Star will want to be scratched and enjoy having their pictures taken. Pioneer won’t. And Idaho Star — he has a little-brother syndrome. If I watch their paddock from my window, I see the three of them and Star will come up and pester Gem and Pione
