Fluid retention can also affect the surrogate mother carrying a clone, with 30 to 40 gallons building up in a cow's belly, Hill said.

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She plans to use the common wombat as a surrogate mother, to avoid stressing the northern wombat.

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The result is then implanted into a surrogate mother, also of the same species.

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They are wearing all-black outfits, grunting affectionately, and generally imitating mother gorillas to help the month-old baby adjust to a new home and get ready for a surrogate mother.

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Still, Nim's surrogate mother, Stephanie LaFarge, gave the diapered little darling the warmest of welcomes.

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Scientists say DNA taken from a cell in the ovary of an adult camel was put into an egg from a surrogate mother.

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But children were nobody else's business for those willing to adopt, or procreate with the methods available to anyone able to pay for donated eggs, sperm or a surrogate mother.

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