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Coming Back Soon... The Tasmanian Tiger?

Posted by chrisd on from the sheep-clones-are-for-losers dept.

adoll writes: "Melbourne's The Age is reporting that DNA has been extracted from a 110 year old Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) bone. Scientists are now wondering if genes can be implanted into eggs of an existing species and born to surrogate mothers (numbat and Tasmanian devil are mentioned as possible hosts). The last tiger died in Hobart, Tasmania on September 9, 1936. It was believed the tigers were hunted to extinction (CD: Thems was good eatin) on Tasmania, but unconfirmed sighting have persisted to this day".

3 of 206 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Tasteless editorial by "chrisd" by khuber · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hope you enjoy your new Internet account.

    -Kevin

  2. Re:Wil Wheaton, actor, dead at 28 by Sensei_knight · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Do you even have a point?

  3. Let's think about what's important here by batmn42 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Forget the tigers... they said years ago that we were going to get Mastodons, and I haven't seen a single one.

    WHERE IS MY MASTODON?!?!