Extinct Pyrenean Ibex Cloned

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Posted by Soulskill on Sunday February 1, 2009 @05:32AM from the intrepid-endeavor dept.

jamie points out a story in the Telegraph about a project to clone the Pyrenean Ibex (known also as bucardo), a species that went extinct in 2000. Before the last known member of the species died, scientists took tissue samples to begin a project to clone the animal. "Using techniques similar to those used to clone Dolly the sheep, known as nuclear transfer, the researchers were able to transplant DNA from the tissue into eggs taken from domestic goats to create 439 embryos, of which 57 were implanted into surrogate females. " Now, for the first time, one of them has survived the gestation period, living for seven minutes after birth. One of the researchers said, "The delivered kid was genetically identical to the bucardo. In species such as bucardo, cloning is the only possibility to avoid its complete disappearance."

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7 minutes! by Essequemodeia · 2009-02-01 05:35 · Score: 5, Funny

So.... I'm hoping the Ibex can breed within the first 3 minutes. Yes?
1. Re:7 minutes! by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-01 05:42 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  No, that is why they went extinct... the females wanted to much romance and mood music ;)
Ibex 8.10 Cloned by auric_dude · 2009-02-01 05:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Does Mark Shuttleworth know about this?
Know I'm just a simple by Splab · 2009-02-01 05:46 · Score: 5, Funny

city living boy, but when did goats start laying eggs?
1. Re:Know I'm just a simple by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-01 06:58 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  city living boy, but when did goats start laying eggs?
  Well, there were some gaps in the DNA sequence, so we filled them in with chicken DNA.
Re:Pyrenean Ibex, bucardo. by Thiez · 2009-02-01 05:58 · Score: 4, Funny

> Better, stronger, faster.
Looking at its lifetime, we did a very very good job at the 'faster' part.
Re:What? by RockMFR · 2009-02-01 06:18 · Score: 4, Funny

Quiet liberal. Cloning is the manly, patriotic way of doing things. I bet you're one of the types who thinks we should worry about global warming before the ice caps melt, huh?
I love your idea by Anonymous Coward · 2009-02-01 07:18 · Score: 5, Funny

Let's start by killing you off first.
Re:Extinct? by Smallpond · 2009-02-01 07:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Or to become extinct twice.
D: by onionlee · 2009-02-01 08:31 · Score: 5, Funny

Assholes made the Ibex extinct... again.
Re:Extinct? by manastungare · 2009-02-01 09:04 · Score: 3, Funny

Are we sure it's extinct? It may just be resting. Probably pining for the fjords.
Re:What? by im_thatoneguy · 2009-02-01 09:10 · Score: 4, Funny

Problem is wild animals can't really be reasoned with.
Just because Cows are exhibitionist sex aholics doesn't mean ever species will breed in captivity.
An ibex doesn't care if it's about to go extinct, it's going to be just as easy to breed in captivity if there are a million left or two.
Even some humans swear "if we were the last two people on earth they still wouldn't sleep with you"--Errr "them"! I meant to say "They wouldn't sleep with them"!
Re:Nature, red in tooth and claw. by morgan_greywolf · 2009-02-01 10:21 · Score: 5, Funny

Saying that evolution is false is a lot like saying that optimization is false
But optimization is, by default, false unless you specify the -O option.

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