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Tassie Tiger to make a comeback?

Posted: 17 Aug 2022, 03:14
by Kevin Farnell
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?

Kevin

Re: Tassie Tiger to make a comeback?

Posted: 17 Aug 2022, 04:43
by Airspeed
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. :wall:

Re: Tassie Tiger to make a comeback?

Posted: 19 Aug 2022, 11:38
by simondix
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

Re: Tassie Tiger to make a comeback?

Posted: 19 Aug 2022, 15:19
by Nigel H-J
Or introduce cane toads to fix one problem, creating a deadly bigger problem in the process.
I won't start on foxes and rabbits. :wall:
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! :hide:

Regards
Nigel.