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And this is why the world needs Steve Irwin.
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I only caught the tale end of this but I think they are going to clone one from pups, or kittens whatever you call them, that were kept in a formaldihyde(sp) solution. I think the pups were from the last surviving member of the species.
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So, the last surviving member of the population had children, and they drowned te children in formaldehyde?
Anyone else seeing a problem here?
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minor typo in the zoo's 'care and feeding' manual.. they were gonna go ahead and fix it in the next year's version, but, seeing as it was too little, too late, they added a fold out spread with picture of baby polar bears instead.
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OK, the last one seen was in captivity (you may have seen that black/brown and white footage)
The recently, like in 1999 found a preserved pup in alcohol in the basement/depths of the Hobart Museum.
They subsequently have found other well-preserved specimines older, younger, male and female.
They have found the pup (and the other specimines) have nice, intact DNA. They are (I think for the first go) that pup... then later on samples from other specimines (which is good to grow a large enough gene-base).
They will use Tasmanian Devils or Spotted Quolls as surrogate mothers for the Thylacines.
They didn't kill the last remaining Thylacine's pups by lucky-dunking them in preservative!
The last remaining Thylacine was that one in a cage.
People are saying - why spend the money and effort on an already extinct species. Why not spend that time and money on convservation of other threatened species. Good point - but I think it's the whole "mystique" surrounding the Thylacine that makes cloning such an animal so... exciting/interesting to the public.
Andrew
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"People are saying - why spend the money and effort on an already extinct species. Why not spend that time and money on convservation of other threatened species."
I'm not seeing the difference. Either way, they're trying to stop a species from being extinct. Why is it okay for an already-extinct species to be extinct, but it's so much worse for a not-yet-extinct species to become extinct? Basically, it's a chance to not just learn from one's mistakes, but to correct the mistakes, too.
Not to mention that, if they're successful, they'll know how to fix any other species that become extinct.
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