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  1. Pony Pony

    I don't get mules.. Why are they infertile? What would happen if somepony tried cloning one?

    Wednesday, 11-Apr-12 00:24:01 UTC from web
    1. Macpony55 Macpony55

      @pony We would all die

      Wednesday, 11-Apr-12 00:25:09 UTC from web
    2. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

      @pony They're infertile because they're result of interspecies mating.

      Wednesday, 11-Apr-12 00:25:21 UTC from web
    3. doates doates

      @pony You can't. they reason why mules exist is always stock in a dark corner in my brain, never to be touched again. Mules are pretty much mutations.

      Wednesday, 11-Apr-12 00:25:40 UTC from web
      1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

        @doates Mules are the result of a horse and a donkey mating. They're breed because they're bigger than a donkey, but with it's strenght, and a bit faster.

        Wednesday, 11-Apr-12 00:28:42 UTC from web
      2. Pony Pony

        @doates @nerthos @macpony55 I get that they're bred from interspecies mating, but it still doesn't make sense to me. I think you could clone one by inserting it's DNA into the egg of its mother species. What I'd really like to know is if you could clone one using the egg of its father species.

        Wednesday, 11-Apr-12 00:29:07 UTC from web
        1. Macpony55 Macpony55

          @pony This is an interesting question

          Wednesday, 11-Apr-12 00:29:45 UTC from web
        2. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

          @pony You would have to clone one using mule DNA. You can't with only one of the parents.

          Wednesday, 11-Apr-12 00:29:55 UTC from web
          1. Pony Pony

            @nerthos not sure I get what you're saying. I mean cloning requires the DNA of the animal being cloned. That much I understand

            Wednesday, 11-Apr-12 00:32:34 UTC from web
        3. Pony Pony

          @pony and by egg of its father species i mean the egg of a female from its father's species obviously.

          Wednesday, 11-Apr-12 00:30:15 UTC from web