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A Cloned Ferret Has Given Birth for the First Time in History, Marking a Win for Her Endangered Species (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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Antonia, a cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, has produced two healthy offspring that will help build genetic diversity in their recovering population

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[–] ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

So that's it? All that money building the ferret cloning machine and then after it spits out the first one you're just gonna let them go back to making babies the normal way?