Condor Chick Born In Wild

Posted by michael on Tuesday April 16, 2002 @10:35AM from the cute-and-cuddly dept.

hank writes "Great news (Yahoo! News link) today on the endangered species front! A condor chick born in the wild is alive and well. Originally, biologists planned on interfering and giving "life support" to the egg; however, biologists were surprisingly pleased to see the father aggressively protecting his young. Wisely, they decided to let nature take control. The chick in Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara County is the first conceived, hatched and raised in the wild to survive more than a day. It was 4 days old on Monday. What does this mean for genetic cloning and incubation research? Can nature really repair itself? What do you all think?"

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THE Condor by nucal · 2002-04-16 10:58 · Score: 3, Interesting

When I think of condors and chicks, I think of The Condor in SF - Former home of Carol Doda
Re:"Genetic cloning"? by kroymen · 2002-04-17 06:01 · Score: 3, Interesting

It has to do with cloning because it suggests that animals raised in captivity can still exhibit instinctive behaviors...like successful rearing of young.

So if we use cloning to bring back species that are currently extinct, this suggests we may also be successful in re-introducing the cloned individuals to the wild. Otherwise they could only ever be zoo curiosities.