I meant to update ya'll on the progress of Hank, my clone. I am a tad embarrassed to admit that I was thinking myself so clever for the last post, I forgot. I'm a terrible parent.
And, it gets worse.
Hank is now 2/3 grown - and the head is still squished in on one side. It won't even pass as a convincing 3rd ear. Furthering my distress and hardening of my affections is that last night, I fished him out of his grow-tank to inspect the head. I discovered that he has a firm but slimy texture to his body. No fur what so ever. And, when I transferred him to a larger grow tank for the final growing phase, I discovered that there was a fair amount of clear goo at the bottom of the original grow tank. I don't know if this is normal for cloning -- or if it's waste product, or the missing bits of his brain. I saved it. But it has left me feeling even less optimistic than one might think one would be on the eve of the completion of a clone.
I'm thinking I might stick his completed body in a plant and see what happens. Maybe, he'll take to it and I can someday release him to the wild. Maybe some kindly wolves will find him and raise him?
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