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The Lazarus Zoo: Resurrecting Extinct Species
An anonymous reader writes "The Australian Museum is attempting to resurrect the extinct Tasmanian tiger, using pup cells harvested from storage jars in alcohol from 70 years ago. The tiger was hunted to extinction, and has the ironic distinction of receiving legal protection the same year that the last of its kind (named Benjamin) died at the Hobart Zoo on September 7, 1936. Other cloning attempts at conserving endangered species include the South Asian banteng on an Ohio farm, the world's last burcado (a Spanish mountain goat), a wild Asian ox called the gaur, and even a woolly mammoth." They're hoping for a live birth in 2010.
Mention "Woolly Mammoth" and "Goat" in the same story. They are just asking for it. :)
I just had this GREAT idea for a movie! We could get Jeff Goldblum, and have this sort of theme park on an island somewhere, and... oh, DAMNIT!
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Clones have short telomeres. But, do the offspring of clones have normal telomeres? Dolly had some lambs, so the answer should be known. If the offspring's telomeres are normal, that's good news because even if the clone has problems, the offspring might not have those problems.
If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
The earlier story is already linked into the post, so your dupe is a dupe.
Wow, with a seven-year gestation period, it's no wonder they went extinct.
I recently received an email from someone who has discovered a way to lengthen genitals. I'll forward it to the Australian Museum.
Discovery Channel, 9p.m. 1st April in the UK.
Cloning the Tasmanian Tiger
(It's been shown before).
Here are the facts.
1) Most species are rare. Very few species can be considered to be common.
2) Most species have ALWAYS been and will ALWAYS be rare.
3) Rarity is not something that is special in and of itself.
4) Extinctions have been happening since the dawn of time.
5) If a species is extinct, there's most always a reason for it. What has changed that would allow them to survive now?
Conservation is VERY important, but our time and effort would be much better served by preserving what we have, not trying to undo what we have done. What's done is done. Concentrate on the present.
WE MUST SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT CAUSE HUMANS TO DRIVE SPECIES TO EXTINCTION, THEN AND ONLY THEN SHOULD WE WORRY ABOUT SPECIES THAT WE HAVE LOST.
Rabid conservationists, please flame away. I'll reply, don't you worry.
I want the giant sloth back.