Herman goes back to work
Herman, the world’s first farm animal carrying a human gene, sired 55 calves and outlived them all.
But just when the test-tube bull thought he had seen everything, his sponsor ran out of money.
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But just when the test-tube bull thought he had seen everything, his sponsor ran out of money.
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