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Bits of Tassie Tiger Brought Back from Extinction
zerobeat writes "Scientists from Melbourne, Australia have managed to resurrect the gene responsible for the development of cartilage and bone from the now extinct Tasmanian Tiger. The gene was expressed in a mouse embryo so the full reincarnation of a full Tassie Tiger is a long way off. You can listen to an MP3 of ABC Australia's Robyn Williams discussing the results with the lead scientists. This is the first time DNA from an extinct species has been made to live again in a live animal."
Hmm Good but instead of bringing dead animals to life if only they concentrate on saving the nearly extinct animals that would be real science for humanity..also there are plenty of issues to look at like alternate fuels and global warming
Exactly. Next we should resurrect the giant horses, giant sloths, giant tortoises, saber-tooth tigers, etc that roamed north and south America before humans came here. We can just raze all the cities, kick the humans off, and give back both continents to the long-dead animals we killed here. After that, it should be the giant flightless Moa birds of New Zealand, then the giant lemurs of Madagascar, and so on until every species we've killed is back and humans are confined to the plains of Africa.
Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
Mods: This is not a 'funny' post, this is an ignorant religious post. (Unless of course the guy is taking a shot at this silly religious idea. I don't see a hint of this being a joke,though)