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First they cloned a mouse, and from one embryonic cell they got five mice. They showed Nebus. He looked and said:
“Hmm, what about a rabbit?”
They cloned a rabbit. Once again, they got five rabbits from one. While they were looking for Nebus, the rabbits multiplied.
“Aha, quantitatively we’re winning,” Nebus purred in satisfaction, looking at the dozen identical rabbits. “What about a monkey?”
They cloned a rhesus-macaque. Even Nebus got flustered when ten identical monkey-eyes fastened themselves on him, and then all five macaques began “teasing him by puffing their cheeks” (this is how it was recorded in the lab log book).
“What’s next?” Zbronjo was asked.
He tried to imitate King Kong and struck his sunken, professor-ish chest with his fist. And indeed, soon a human-like ape w
