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Extinct Animal Clone Created

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    #2
    The_Minister
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    I want a thylacine.

    Or a pygmy elephant.


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    anladmór
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    thats amazing. imagine in 100 years?


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    im_invisible
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    ...the last living bucardo died in 2000, hit by a falling branch.
    hate that


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    Creamy Goodness
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    pfft, they could have at least done a dinosaur or something.


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    eVeNtInE
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    [Deleted User]
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    eVeNtInE wrote: »
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    Particularly seen as we're currently in the middle of a large extinction level event!


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    seanybiker
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    The_Minister wrote: »

    Or a pygmy elephant.
    they done that already. Did ya not see the ad


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    GuanYin
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    .the last living bucardo died in 2000, hit by a falling branch.

    At least it doesn't have to worry about inbreeding dropping the species intelligence...


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    Galvasean
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    GuanYin wrote: »
    At least it doesn't have to worry about inbreeding dropping the species intelligence...

    Interesting you should say that. One of the article's main concerns is that when cloning extinct animals it is difficult to find enough varied DNA to produce a viable population without inbreeding.


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