Champion show jumper Gem Twist
Veterinary scientists later pulled those skin cells from the freezer and used them to clone a new horse, now a healthy, spirited 5-month-old named Gemini.
As a clone, Gemini carries the same genetic code as Gem Twist, who won Olympic medals and other high honors over his 27-year life. Today, the question is: Will Gemini inherit Gem Twist's exceptional grace, daring and strength?
Ever since the news broke in 1997 about the cloning of Dolly the sheep, pundits have speculated on the possibility of replicating Michael Jordan's jump shot, Babe Ruth's batting power, or Mikhail Baryshnikov's grand jete.
Now, the first cloned athletes are growing up -- and while none are human, they still may show how far DNA can go in endowing extraordinary talents.
Comment: There is ample evidence that when we are bombarded by meteorite/s, there has been noted "fogs", "ill smelling fumes" and such. It could just be possible that not only was the sun blotted out for many months - years even - but there were also foreign bacteria and viruses being strewed about making the dinosaurs sick enough to die.
And maybe the predators were also ingesting the diseases from those they ate who were infected.