Cloned animals have horrible lives. They are sickly and die young, and they won't be at all the same animal that they lost. The way genes express themselves means that animal will be 100% unique, even if it has a genetically identical animal out there too. No true animal lover would ever give life to an animal knowing it would suffer instead of adopting another wonderful pet from the Humane society.
I work at a wildlife center, and I love opossums. We don't handle them like that though, they are wildlife, not pets. Still got a kick outta the video though.
I did research on octopus behavior and intelligence, and I found this along the way, really interesting stuff! These suckers (pun) don't get enough credit for their curious mind.