What is a surrogate?

A surrogate is an animal that has an embryo placed inside them to develop and grow until birth, the surrogate mother is not defined as the biological parent as in most cases, DNA is extracted from both a male and a female from their sex cells and placed inside the uterus of the surrogate where it can grow during pregnancy.

Within animals, usually the same species is carried inside a surrogate mother, however, sometimes different animals can be produced as long as the surrogates body is fit to handle both the size of the animal as well as produce the basic needs for the baby, such as milk or a pouch.

In order to impregnate a surrogate, a semi developed embryo, a fertilised egg, that has been multiplying its cells in a lab, is then placed inside an animal with a long tube, it is released in the uterus where it can then develop into a baby. From here the baby can develop and grow until birth.