Scientists talk about bringing back the Thylacine, Woolly Mammoths and Dodo birds from extinction.

[Bretrick]

I do not think they will succeed.
If we look at what is required we might see the futility of attempting such feats.
With the Thylacine they are using the DNA from a 100 year old Thylacine specimen preserved at the Melbourne Museum.
They will need to fully sequence the genome, so far they have partially sequenced the genome.
They will need to find a compatible surrogate, they are talking about the small Dunnart.
An almost impossible task which may take decades.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/sc.../de-extinction-bringing-back-tasmanian-tiger/

 

[Nemo2]

And if they combine the three,
What a sight
That would be.

 

[RadishRose]

If it's safely possible for the creatures good. But there must be adequate and healthy environment for them. No dangers from humans!

 

[Disgustedman]

I do not think they will succeed.
If we look at what is required we might see the futility of attempting such feats.
With the Thylacine they are using the DNA from a 100 year old Thylacine specimen preserved at the Melbourne Museum.
They will need to fully sequence the genome, so far they have partially sequenced the genome.
They will need to find a compatible surrogate, they are talking about the small Dunnart.
An almost impossible task which may take decades.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/sc.../de-extinction-bringing-back-tasmanian-tiger/

Yeah, they might be in better shape to develop something useful.

 

[win231]

I don't know about Thylacines or Mammoths, but we already have a dodo:

Anthony S. Fauci

 

[jujube]

Don't we have enough Dodo birds in Washington already?

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Does anyone else find it ironic that the article is featured in Popular Mechanics? Have they not seen the science fiction/horror films where the giant, prehistoric beasts wreak havoc on the world after being accidentally released?! @RadishRose

 

[Lavinia]

Is there room for them? With humans encroaching more and more on available land, there is less habitat for the animals we already have, never mind introducing more.

 

[Bretrick]

Is there room for them? With humans encroaching more and more on available land, there is less habitat for the animals we already have, never mind introducing more.

Half of Tasmania is still virgin rainforest. The Thylacine could easily slot right back in.
Though I can not see it happening, ever.

 

[peramangkelder]

I would love to see a real Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) pair because they were wiped out by the white colonists

 

[Pepper]

I don't think it's a good idea. The animal would be lonely.

 

[Chet]

I had to look it up.
The thylacine is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that was native to the Australian mainland and the islands of Tasmania and New Guinea. The last known live animal was captured in 1930 in Tasmania. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger or the Tasmanian wolf.

 

[squatting dog]

This would be great. Then, after we bring them back, we can kill them all off and bring them back again and again and then we'll have an infinite supply of renewable "fossil fuel".