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Imaginary_Medium t1_jeblgmx wrote

Reply to comment by Lirdon in ELI5 Why haven't scientists cloned extinct animals such as the dodo, the Caspian tiger, etc.? by LesChatsVerts

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.

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Lirdon t1_jebxs98 wrote

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

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Imaginary_Medium t1_jebyf5z wrote

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.

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