Bringing Giant Tortoises Back From Extinction

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @02:11AM from the reviving-the-turtle-hegemony dept.

fizzysister writes "The BBC reports that scientists at Yale are intending to resurrect an extinct species of Galapagos tortoise, the Geochelone elephantopus. Unfortunately, not in the style of Jurassic Park, so no tortoise-based theme parks just yet. They will, however, be using genetic profiling of living tortoises that carry some of the elephantopus genes, to select the most appropriate of these to mate and thus eventually (after a century or more) create a generation of 'pure' Geochelone elephantopus individuals."

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Yes... by samcan · 2008-09-23 02:12 · Score: 0, Offtopic

But will they run Linux?
Perhaps a Beowulf cluster?
1. Re:Yes... by eclectro · 2008-09-23 02:39 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Dude, big turtles are slow as tar. It's obvious they use vista.
  
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2. Re:Yes... by GundamFan · 2008-09-23 02:40 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Why did you post that anonymously? You clearly believe you speak for everyone. What do you have to loose?
  
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