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clive
- Grazalema
Still waiting for the photos to be published but the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia reckon they have proof of a male, female and baby thylacine (Tasmanain tiger)
A wildlife expert has dismissed claims of a sighting of the extinct Tasmanian tiger, declaring the animals photographed were most likely pademelons.
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Helen
- Seville
Most people are disagreeing now. Quite frankly the images are worse than yeti or sasquatch pictures….. One would think that with camera technology now some better shots would have been captured?
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Rachel
Oh dear… The pictures are awful! I thought the teaser video was a bit suspicious!
clive
- Grazalema
Now people are asking why the guy didnt just release the video footage… It seems that he has selected specific still captures from the video…. hmmmmmm
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Dave
Heres a video about the possibility of them surviving in the wild in Papua New Guinea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7weNi-HPqhs
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Dave
Looks like it does´tt matter any more as they can rebuild them from genetic code…
Researchers at DNA Zoo Australia have mapped the genome of the numbat for the first time. The milestone is notable in its own right, motivated by a desire to improve conservation efforts for the endangered termite-eating marsupial, which is now found only in small pockets of Western Australia.
But in announcing the development last week, scientists also had a more extraordinary suggestion: that the numbat’s DNA could be used as a blueprint to bring its extinct cousin, the thylacine, back from the dead.
The last known Tasmanian tiger died in 1936, but the apex predator – which once also roamed the Australian mainland and Kangaroo Island – continues to beguile and obsess even in extinction.
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Helen
- Seville
And with a 5 million dollar “philanthropic gift it looks like they will go ahead!
Thanks to a recent $5 million philanthropic gift, Professor Pask and his colleagues at the University of Melbourne are establishing a world-class research lab for de-extinction and marsupial conservation science
“The gift will be used to establish the Thylacine Integrated Genetic Restoration Research (TIGRR) lab, which will develop technologies that could achieve de-extinction of the thylacine and provide crucial tools for threatened species conservation,” Professor Pask said.
http://www.sci-news.com/biology/thylacine-de-extinction-10608.html
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clive
- Grazalema
There is a good video on You tube covering the Papua New Guinea angle and the distribution history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=xob8uPXgcIA
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Rachel
The BBC published a story about this…
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62568427
Researchers in Australia and the US are embarking on a multi-million dollar project to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction.
The last known one, officially called a thylacine, died in the 1930s.
The team behind the bid say it can be recreated using stem cells and gene-editing technology, and the first thylacine could be reintroduced to the wild in 10 years’ time.
Other experts are sceptical and suggest de-extinction is just science fiction.Helen
- Seville
yes, I read about this on the BBC wildlife website https://www.discoverwildlife.com/news/project-plans-to-bring-back-the-extinct-thylacine/
Many people don’t agree with the reasoning behind it… I think its an excuse for the “mad” scientists to practise their arts!!!!
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/news/project-plans-to-bring-back-the-extinct-thylacine/
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