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glacierridge

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No. I'm not talking about Star Wars, I'm not on the wrong forum.

I'm talking actual clones.
Watch semen auctions sometimes, perhaps one day I'll buy.
Depends how good of a deal I can score, and if the bull is something I really want that I can't normally obtain.

On a recent sale I found the results interesting.
Clubbly bull Man Among Boys and his clone both had units on the auction.
The clone went for an affordable $22/unit.

The original?
A breathtaking (at least to this girl on a budget) $145/unit.

My thought:
I mean, really, you are using semen that collected using a horse, put in plastic straws to be used months, years or decades down the road...

Not to mention its frozen in liquid nitrogen in negative hundreds of degrees...


None of that is already natural...

What's the difference if the sperm is from a clone? A copy?

What are other's thoughts?
 
Touché.
Tho to be fair, I think they end up cloning many popular clubby bulls because many of the nice sons get steered for grand champion material.
They might not leave a great enough amount of the best sons uncut.
 
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