No tigers

[xenith]

So the project to clone the thylacine has been scrapped. Inadequate facilities & skills, and the DNA was too degraded. For now.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1302459.htm (The rock art article in the related stories links at the bottom is interesting too.)

Disappointing in the "can it be done" sense, but was it really a sensible thing to even attempt?

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[capnoblivious.livejournal.com]

Disappointing in the "can it be done" sense, but was it really a sensible thing to even attempt?

Well, it was a cool thing to attempt. :)

[monissaw.livejournal.com]

It was.

I've no doubt they'll try again at some point. Resurrecting extinct species is just too tempting a goal