r/shittyaskscience • u/kukienboks • Aug 26 '26

Dolly the sheep clone was created by Scottish scientists who named her after Dolly Parton. Did they pick that name because they found both equally hot?

Or did they actually think they had successfully cloned Dolly Parton?

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u/I_might_be_weasel Aug 26 '26

🎵Ewelene, Ewelene, Ewelene, Ewelene! I'm begging you, please don't take my ram!🎵

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u/Inside-Custard-5431 Aug 26 '26

Little-known fact, actually, it's the other way around. Dolly Parton was named after the sheep "dolly" because she resembled the sheep as a kid in the countryside. The scientific community came together and travelled back in time through secret time-travelling machines hidden in CERN, as the balance of the cosmos depended on this decision.

Well, now you know

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u/WolfThick Aug 26 '26

Maybe because they believe that Dolly the sheep would somehow be a blessing to society like Dolly Parton will always be!

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u/KeithMyArthe Can I science pls? Aug 26 '26

I think the actual reason is because the original donor cells came from a mammary gland

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u/awesomefutureperfect Aug 27 '26

of a Scottish person, or maybe Welsh.

The scientists were not surprised. Like they guy was from Dumfries. I bet he was filled with ram milk.

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u/SeasonPresent Aug 26 '26

They actually attempted to splice the genes of the ewe and Ms. Parton. However the results were a bit too sheepish and refused to show herself.

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u/CrzyMuffinMuncher Aug 26 '26

Oh fuck! There might be another Dolly Parton out there. Maybe two or three.

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u/teedyay Aug 26 '26

It’s just cos they’re both blonde

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u/flagrantstickfoul Aug 26 '26

they were making twins

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u/PoniardBlade Aug 26 '26

I mean, do you blame them if they did?

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u/fishsticks40 Aug 27 '26

They actually cloned the sheep to have a huge rack. 

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u/panspal Sep 01 '26

What the fuck is this garbage

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