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Cloning dogs is a subject that makes many people curious. It lets dog owners keep having their beloved pets around.
Dogs are often called “man’s best friend.” They offer special friendship, loyalty, and love to their owners. For many dog lovers, life without their furry friends seems hard to imagine.
Many dogs become like family members. That’s why the idea of dog cloning them seems appealing to some.
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Have you ever looked at your dog, I mean
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really looked at them, and just wished
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they could be with you forever? It's a
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thought almost every pet owner has.
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Well, today we're going to dive into a
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technology that kind of sort of makes
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that possible. Dog cloning. But the big
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question is, is it a scientific miracle
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or is it a step too far? Yeah, there's a
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reason we say that. The connection we
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have with our dogs, it can be one of the
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deepest, most real relationships in our
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lives. And that bond, that's exactly why
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saying goodbye is so unbelievably tough.
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It's also what's fueling this whole
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multi-million dollar industry. One that
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promises to bring man's best friend
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back. And that is the question, isn't
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it? It's powerful. It's tempting. But is
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it really the same friendship? Can
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science actually replicate, well, not
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just the body, but the spirit, the
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personality? These are the really tricky
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personal questions we're going to get
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into. Okay, so first things first, why
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would anyone even consider this? You
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know, for a lot of people, it's not just
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about dodging the pain of losing a pet.
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It's about trying to hold on to
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something they feel is absolutely one of
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a kind. That specific look in their eye,
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a goofy habit, or maybe even a champion
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bloodline. The reasons are as unique as
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the dogs themselves. So, how in the
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world do you take that feeling, that
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deep desire, and turn it into a living,
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breathing puppy? Well, the science
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behind it is pretty brilliant, but for
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some it's also kind of unsettling. So,
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let's break down how creating a genetic
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copy of a dog actually works. All right,
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so the fancy scientific term is sematic
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cell nuclear transfer. I know it sounds
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super complicated, but the basic idea is
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actually pretty simple. A sematic cell
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is just any regular body cell like a
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skin cell. And nuclear transfer
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literally just means they take the
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nucleus, you know, the part with all the
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DNA, and move it somewhere else. That's
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it. The easiest way to think about it is
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like this. You've got a donor egg, but
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its own nucleus has been taken out. That
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egg is basically a blank computer, a
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fresh hard drive. Then you take the
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nucleus from the dog you want to clone.
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That's the hard drive with all the
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original data on it. Scientists just
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swap the hard drives. They pop the
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original dog's data into the blank
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computer. This new little embryo then
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gets implanted into a surrogate mom, and
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she carries the puppy to term. As you
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can probably guess, a technology like
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this opens up a huge can of worms
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ethically and practically. On one hand,
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you have this incredible promise of a
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second chance. But on the other, well,
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there's a whole list of potential issues
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that make a lot of people really
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uncomfortable. And when you look at both
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sides of the argument, it gets really
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interesting. On the promise side, just
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imagine being able to bring back a dog
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breed that's on the verge of extinction.
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That's a huge deal. Or for you
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personally, it's the hope of keeping
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that special connection going. But the
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concerns on the other side are just as
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heavy. Critics worry about the sheer
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number of surrogate dogs it can take for
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just one successful clone and whether
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these cloned animals might have
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unexpected health problems. And then
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there's the psychological part. The
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pressure on an owner to see their old
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friend in a brand new puppy and the
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pressure on that little puppy to live up
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to a memory it doesn't even have. And
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then yeah, there's the price tag.
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$50,000.
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I mean, let that sink in. That's the
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price of a really nice car. This isn't
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just a financial thing. It's a social
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one. It immediately brings up the
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question of who even gets to access this
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kind of technology. And look, this isn't
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some faroff sci-fi debate. Commercial
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cloning is happening right now all over
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the world. But the rules of the game,
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they're totally different depending on
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where you are. It all started back in
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2005 with a dog named Sny. His birth was
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a massive scientific breakthrough. But
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man was it hard. It took over a thousand
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embryos implanted into 123 surrogate
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mothers just to get that one single
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successful clone. That same year, the
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first commercial project started up. And
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just like that, the pet cloning industry
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was born. In this table, it just shows
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you what a wild patchwork of rules we
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have across the globe. South Korea,
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where it all started, has totally
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embraced it. Places like the UK and
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Australia are a lot more cautious. They
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allow it, but with really strict rules
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about animal welfare. And then in the US
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and China, it's well, it's kind of like
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the wild west with private companies
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really pushing the limits in a space
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that doesn't have a lot of regulation.
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To really get the human side of all
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this, you've got to hear the story of a
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dog who became a global superstar. They
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said she was so small when she was born,
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she could fit inside a teaspoon. Her
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name was Miracle Millie. So, this is
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Miracle Millie. And let me tell you, she
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wasn't just small. She had a huge
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personality. Her owner, Vanessa Semler,
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described her as this little diva with a
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massive heart who just captivated the
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entire world. Okay, so how tiny are we
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talking? At her full height, Millie was
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3.8 in tall. To put that in perspective
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for you, that is shorter than a credit
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card is long. Just tiny. And she
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weighed, get this, just one lb. Her size
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made her famous for sure, but it was her
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unique genes that would soon make her a
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scientific legend. And this is where her
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story gets absolutely wild. Miracle
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Millie was cloned an incredible 49
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times. So why? Well, scientists were
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completely fascinated by her genetics.
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They wanted to figure out what made her
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so small. And for her owner, it was a
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way to make sure that Milliey's amazing
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legacy would never really end. So
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Milliey's story, it really shows you
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that powerful emotional pull, right? But
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as we've seen, the decision to actually
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go through with it is so far from
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simple. It's a choice that pits love
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against science and hope against, well,
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reality. And this right here, this is
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probably the most important thing to
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understand in this whole conversation. A
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clone is a genetic twin. It is not a
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reincarnation. The new puppy will have
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the exact same DNA, sure, but it won't
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have the same memories. It won't have
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the same personality. Nurture, the
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environment, the training, all the
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little experiences that make up a life
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that plays such a massive role. It's
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like you get the blueprint, but you
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don't get the building. So, we land back
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at this deeply personal question. But
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maybe it's not just would you clone your
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dog. Maybe the real question is, what
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are you truly hoping to get back? Is it
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a look, a personality, a feeling? And is
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that something science can ever really
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truly copy? It's a question that makes
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you think about life, love, and what it
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actually means to be one of a kind.