there is a great show on shotime, a new show I think, called The Real America or The Last America or something like that. ANyway. Last week was the most fascinating episode. About a bull from Texas named "Chance". He was a star, gave kiddie rides, was even on Letterman. They cloned him. They named the new one "Second Chance". and with cloning, they are the same identical animal right? Well the first chance was a huge pet, would not hurt a flea. The new one comes along, as soon as they get him home he walks over and lies down in Chances favorite spot under a tree in the yard. It was just eery how similar. Then when he was 2 or three years old, on his birthday they have a big party. Afterwards the bull goes berserk and tries to kill the guy. Then about a year or two later, he goes berserk again, gores the guy, breaks his back and gives him 80 stitches in his groin. The owners says he will not give up on him tho, because he did not buy Chance until he was 7 years old, so there is no way of knowing if Chance was mean before he got him. So he is waiting for Second Chance to turn 7 and see if he still tries to kill him.
One thing I wonder... maybe Chance had a normal life and Second Chance grew up a little spoiled and pampered overly imprinted by humans, and maybe thats the difference! Because the "nature" part is identical, the "nurture" part must be what is different?? The whole thing just fascinated me. Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
