Lirdon t1_jebcus9 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:49 PM

So, there are quite a few issues with that. The animals we want to ressurect are those we had preserved remains of uncovered, like the wooly momoth from the siberian [no longer] permafrost. So we have good samples of their DNA. What else, we have similar animals, from the same family that can bare the offspring.

IIRC we didn't figure out bird cloning, as their reproduction is a bit weird, but I also think the dodo has no close relative species that can carry the egg.

Imaginary_Medium t1_jeblgmx wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:43 PM

Was Caspian tiger not a large cat? I have heard of Tasmanian Tiger, it looked more like a dog, which would be hard to clone and was really a large marsupial.

Lirdon t1_jebxs98 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:04 PM

Yeah, my bad. My memory failed me. Tasmanian Tiger is what I thought about.

Imaginary_Medium t1_jebyf5z wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:08 PM

It's okay, I just always had a soft spot for Tasmanian Tiger. I think they were lovely.There's film footage of the last surviving one and he looked so sad. I read he gave a photographer a nip on the butt once, don't know if it's true.