Or is it even extinct?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-62568427
If Scientists were able to re-create the Tasmanian Tiger, using the technology described, would it truly be a Thylacine? If (on the rare chance), the Thylacine still exists, what effect on the gene pool would releasing these genetically engineered Tassies into the wild have?
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Re: Tassie Tiger to make a comeback?
Never satisfied, are we?
Shoot them into extinction, then invest walloping scientific resources into reintroducing them.
Or introduce cane toads to fix one problem, creating a deadly bigger problem in the process.
I won't start on foxes and rabbits.![banging head off wall :wall:](./images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif)
Shoot them into extinction, then invest walloping scientific resources into reintroducing them.
Or introduce cane toads to fix one problem, creating a deadly bigger problem in the process.
I won't start on foxes and rabbits.
![banging head off wall :wall:](./images/smilies/eusa_wall.gif)
Re: Tassie Tiger to make a comeback?
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly
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Re: Tassie Tiger to make a comeback?
But there has been talk already of re-creating a prehistoric animal using genes from bones etc. Now that would be an even bigger worry Mike!Or introduce cane toads to fix one problem, creating a deadly bigger problem in the process.
I won't start on foxes and rabbits.
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