A 2-month-old kitten, named "cc" for carbon-copy cat, is a purrrfect genetic match to an adult shorthair. Both cats seem incredibly unconcerned and when questioned had very little to say to TWP reporters.

To create cc, cloner Mark Westhusin of Texas A&M University-College Station and his colleagues took cells from an "ordinary lab cat" named Rainbow, grew them in culture, and fused them with hollowed-out cat eggs to create cloned embryos. “I didn’t even know cats laid eggs!” said an excited Westhusin.

When The Wired Press asked “cc” how she felt about being a clone, the kitten rolled onto its back and clawed at the air before flipping onto its feet and running around a corner.

DNA tests confirm that the kitten is an exact genetic match of Rainbow, although her coat coloration is slightly different, the scientists report in a paper published online by the journal Nature.

When we asked what Rainbow thought about having an identical, yet younger version of herself around, she sniffed the end of my nose and then walked away, rubbing the side of my leg as she went.

 

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