If your doggy dies, just clone it?

I know with the cows they're looking at cloning the rare cow that is a super milk producer. This allows them to breed them and hopefully the offspring will also have the super milk producing gene. They do have breeders books for cows so I'll assume not all of the offspring would have the same father. And because the milk is coming from the offspring of the cloned cow...this does NOT violate the law and the milk does NOT have to be labeled as being a result of cloning.

I loved my Caesar. He was my forever dog. But the poor guy suffered all his life from ear infections and skin problems. As much as I loved him, I'd never clone him. First, it wouldn't be him and second, I'd be bringing another dog into the world that would suffer from the same ailments he did.

 

I have five pets; three Russian Blue cats, all fixed/de-clawed from the local animal shelter. There we unceremoniously dropped off there by a man who said they were 'more trouble then their worth'. All are great.

I have two dogs; one is a pure bred Beagle we rescued from a mean pet store, in 2006; he is fixed and happy. And we just rescued a Bagle (half Basset Hound, half Beagle) from the Humane Society.

I have rescued cats and dogs lots of times in my life. So I am all about rescuing what we already have. Would I clone my dog? No, since the clone would not be the same, personality wise, first off. Second off, like I said, I think we need to rescue the cats/dogs we already have.

 

My daughters would like us to clone some T-Rex. My oldest has a T-Rex stuffed animal named "Fluffy." It wasn't my idea.

 

They probably taste a lot like chicken, but not really.

Imagine the drumstick on that thing!

 

They could clone the Moa

It probably did taste like chicken; the Maori hunted them to extinction.

I saw a skelton in a museum in Christchurch. They had a pretty big drumstick.

 

Caesar was a cool looking dog.

 

I was making a joke referencing that modern birds may be the descendants of dinosaurs.

 

Your comment about big drumsticks made me think of the Moa. The skelton in the Christchurch museum was taller than I am. Those were some big drumsticks.

 

Imagine how much stuffing it would hold.

They grow Ostrich for meat but it hasn't quite caught on.

I did have an opportunity to eat ostrich once. I thought it tasted a bit like lamb but not as gamey. I also think mine was a little overcooked (a little dry) and it was dark meat. I don't care for dark meat. It was interesting, but for what I paid I expected a better meal. I don't think I'll order it again. But I'd like to try buffalo/bison.

 

I'm not positive, but I think that Trader Joes sometimes has buffalo burgers.

I've tried an ostrich burger - Nothing special IMO. Might be a way of avoiding mad cow disease though.

 

Well, this was roasted or something. It was in slices. It was dark so most likely thigh meat rather than breast.

If I'm going to eat bison, I'd rather have a steak than a burger. I think I can judge the texture and flavor of the meat better that way. They say it's much more lean. I ought to check at Iowa Meat Farms to see if they carry it. They have free range turkeys at Thanksgiving. I think they also have grass fed beef so it seems likely they'd have bison too.

 

If you can get it try roo meat. Make sure it isn't over cooked or it tastes terrible, if you don't like your meat red inside roo isn't for you. Kangaroo has virtually no fat,it is best if marinated in a sweet chili marinade them cooked on a very hot barbecue for a few minutes a side. I like to slice the fillet into thin slices and lay it on the plate like fallen dominos. Serve with crisp garden salad or Waldorf salad.

 

Sounds yummy. Tell you what. When I go to Australia, you can make me a Roo BBQ and I'll cook you chicken cacciatore.

 

That sounds like a Prii Meet and Greet