Chinese scientists have reportedly cloned six piglets from a pig that survived the devastating 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province. The piglets’ DNA is identical to that of their father, Zhu Jiangqiang, or “Strong-Willed Pig,” who is something of a national celebrity in China….
Zhu was hailed as a hero after the magnitude 8 earthquake in May 2008, which claimed tens of thousands of human lives and left millions more homeless. The 330-pound hardy hog was trapped beneath rubble for 36 days, but survived by drinking rainwater and chewing charcoal, the AFP reported.
You know what happens next right? One of these pigs survives another disaster, then someone clones that pig. Then one of those clones survives yet another disaster, and someone clones that pig, and so on until someone produces a pig clone so hearty and cunning that it learns how to clone itself and suddenly it’s the pigs serving us on a platter with apples in our mouths.
Tedquarters 