Re: cloning an extinct tiger

Jocelyn Brown (jocelynb@mindspring.com)
Thu, 13 May 1999 18:54:10 -0500

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That is awesome. Australian wildlife is something I am very much = 

interested in, and the thylacine was a fascinating animal. If they can =
bring it back, it would be a great example of the good technology can =
do. Of course, re-introducing it to the wild would be a problem. Due to =
feral cats, the predator-prey balance is already way off down there. And = the genetic poos wouldn't be very diverse, but it sounds like it might = be an improvement over the one that cheetahs share.

For those who are interested, here are links to two thylacine websites, = the second of which has an actual video of the last known thylacine.

http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/zool328m/Order/Marsupialia/TasmanianWol= f.jpg
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http://www.delm.tas.gov.au/esl/tigerw.html

Jocelyn Brown
jocelynb@mindspring.com 

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For those who are interested, here are links to two thylacine =
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second of which has an actual video of the last known thylacine.


 




http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/zool328m/Order/Marsupial=
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http://www.delm.tas.g=
ov.au/esl/tigerw.html


 


Jocelyn Brown
jocelynb@mindspring.com
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