»Sprout sprouts.

Much as I love Sprout (and sometimes wish that he weren't one nut short of a Tour de France win), there's no way I would go to the weird Pet Sematary lengths of cloning the cute lil' kitty. Some other people would:

"It's almost like creating a family tradition," she said. "We love our dogs so much. If at some future point my children thought back about Akeya and wanted a dog like it, they'd have the opportunity."

Speaking of opportunity,

"We would have had to be dumb not to see a business there," said Genetic Savings CEO Lou Hawthorne, a longtime family friend of Sperling, who suggested they turn the project into a for-profit venture.