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power_gamer_6 · 02-04-2009, 02:47 AM

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Extinct ibex is resurrected by cloning
An extinct animal has been brought back to life for the first time after being cloned from frozen tissue.

The Pyrenean ibex, a form of wild mountain goat, was officially declared extinct in 2000 when the last-known animal of its kind was found dead in northern Spain.

Shortly before its death, scientists preserved skin samples of the goat, a subspecies of the Spanish ibex that live in mountain ranges across the country, in liquid nitrogen.

Using DNA taken from these skin samples, the scientists were able to replace the genetic material in eggs from domestic goats, to clone a female Pyrenean ibex, or bucardo as they are known. It is the first time an extinct animal has been cloned.

Sadly, the newborn ibex kid died shortly after birth due to physical defects in its lungs. Other cloned animals, including sheep, have been born with similar lung defects.

But the breakthrough has raised hopes that it will be possible to save endangered and newly extinct species by resurrecting them from frozen tissue.

It has also increased the possibility that it will one day be possible to reproduce long-dead species such as woolly mammoths and even dinosaurs. ...

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But who cares about the rest of the article?? Did you guys read the last paragraph?

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it will one day be possible to reproduce long-dead species such as woolly mammoths and even dinosaurs.

DINOSAURS, PEOPLE! Like in Jurassic Park!
Man, I am stupefied.

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Attempts to bring back species such as woolly mammoths and even the Dodo are fraught with difficulties. Even when preserved in ice, DNA degrades over time and this leaves gaps in the genetic information required to produce a healthy animal.

Scientists, however, last year published a near-complete genome of the woolly mammoth, which died out around 10,000 years ago, sparking speculation it will be possible to synthesize the mammoth DNA.

It's too bad Michael Crichton could not live to see this glimmer of hope for what he wrote under the impression that it was just fiction and nothing more...

Xenonight2 · 02-04-2009, 02:49 AM

This is awesome!

There's little I love more than awesome dead animals, and I hope they're just as awesome in life!

Thalamast · 02-04-2009, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by power_gamer_6

It's too bad Michael Crichton could not live to see this glimmer of hope for what he wrote under the impression that it was just fiction and nothing more...

that part made me sad

he was one of my favorite authors

i own all his books

zipykido · 02-04-2009, 02:53 AM

Not quite like jurassic park. The goat when recently extinct which means that its DNA is still intact. It'd be really hard to extract DNA from a dinosaur since most of it is degraded and in fragments.

Xenonight2 · 02-04-2009, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by zipykido

Not quite like jurassic park. The goat when recently extinct which means that its DNA is still intact. It'd be really hard to extract DNA from a dinosaur since most of it is degraded and in fragments.

blah blah blah blood from mosquitoes blah blah patching together dna blah blah blah frogs blah blah changing gender blah blah blah dinosaurs changing gender because of the frog dna blah blah blah

Oops, I just gave away Jurassic Park.

MariaMariaaa · 02-04-2009, 02:59 AM

That goat looks delicious.

Bekk · 02-04-2009, 03:05 AM

Imagine cloning that beast they found in Antarctica.

power_gamer_6 · 02-04-2009, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Bekk

Imagine cloning that beast they found in Antarctica.

They will, and in about 5 years, they're going to have some kid pilot it to save us from "the Angels."

No, seriously, what are you talking about?

Useless · 02-04-2009, 03:13 AM

Wow, this is the best news ever. I'm pretty psyched because of this. Kinda sounds nerdy but this is awesome.

Sabertooth tiger and the Dodo Bird!!!!

C~Dub · 02-04-2009, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by power_gamer_6

They will, and in about 5 years, they're going to have some kid pilot it to save us from "the Angels."

No, seriously, what are you talking about?

I agree. Do tell.

02-04-2009, 02:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
Xenonight2 POPOPOPGOESTHEGLOCKGLOCK Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 8,335 Reputation: 321	This is awesome! There's little I love more than awesome dead animals, and I hope they're just as awesome in life! __________________

02-04-2009, 02:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
zipykido Eriond's Egotist Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,770 Reputation: 47	Not quite like jurassic park. The goat when recently extinct which means that its DNA is still intact. It'd be really hard to extract DNA from a dinosaur since most of it is degraded and in fragments. __________________

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MariaMariaaa Power_Gamer_6's Pick Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: a spanish harlem Posts: 2,406 Reputation: 76	That goat looks delicious. __________________

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Useless OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 6,217 Reputation: 112	Wow, this is the best news ever. I'm pretty psyched because of this. Kinda sounds nerdy but this is awesome. Sabertooth tiger and the Dodo Bird!!!! __________________

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Bekk `Doll's Dishwasher Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,493 Reputation: 47	Imagine cloning that beast they found in Antarctica.