Jurassic Park eat your heart out. Bioscientists looking to bring back the extinct Tasmanian tiger reconstructed 99.9% of its genome, based on RNA samples from a 110-year-old preserved head. https://buff.ly/4ffidnc #ShareGoodNewsToo - ThreadSky

adapalmer.bsky.social • 64 days ago

Jurassic Park eat your heart out. Bioscientists looking to bring back the extinct Tasmanian tiger reconstructed 99.9% of its genome, based on RNA samples from a 110-year-old preserved head. https://buff.ly/4ffidnc
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justjohn.bsky.social•64 days ago

I know how this is gonna go. They'll fill in that 0.1% with "harmless bee RNA" or something for some godforsaken reason, it'll grow to kaiju-size, and we'll have to nuke Australia to stop it. Just watch.

mooiest.bsky.social•64 days ago

Bee cuz stripes?

justjohn.bsky.social•64 days ago

Mostly because it's probably a bad with unforseen consequences, but the stripes probably work too.

penelopejmorrow.bsky.social•64 days ago

Why?

jjdianem.bsky.social•64 days ago

According to the article, it would appear they want it to cull the kangaroo population.

phlox1.bsky.social•64 days ago

Because TigerDog

penelopejmorrow.bsky.social•64 days ago

The consequences of opening Pandora’s Box.

I believe mankind has enough to deal with presently!

charliex365.bsky.social•64 days ago

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.

motherboy.bsky.social•64 days ago

Hold on to your butts!

garethknapman.bsky.social•64 days ago

I’m not disputing your point, however is there a basis for that argument other than this has worked badly in movie narratives and/or humans are acting like God?

whoniversal.bsky.social•64 days ago

I guess that climate, ecosystems, pathogens etc have probably changed from when it was originally alive so it could be hell for this animal if it came back

garethknapman.bsky.social•64 days ago

In the case of the thylacine it’s only the 1930s since the last known example died in captivity. Possibly it was even alive as late as the 1980s. So ecosystem change is not that great.

charliex365.bsky.social•64 days ago

Life finds a way...

whoniversal.bsky.social•64 days ago

hoipollois.bsky.social•64 days ago

I'm the one who says, Oh, dear. This'll go wildly out of control.

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