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Scientists clone extinct ibex back to life

Posted on Monday, 2 February, 2009 | 40 comments

For the first time scientists have succeeded in bringing an extinct species back to life through cloning. The newborn Pyrenean ibex, a species which was declared extinct back in 2000, sadly died shortly after birth from a lung defect.

An extinct animal has been brought back to life for the first time after being cloned from frozen tissue. The Pyrenean ibex, a form of wild mountain goat, was officially declared extinct in 2000 when the last-known animal of its kind was found dead in northern Spain. Shortly before its death, scientists preserved skin samples of the goat, a subspecies of the Spanish ibex that live in mountain ranges across the country, in liquid nitrogen."

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#36 Posted by Mistydawn on 6 February, 2009, 22:57
[attachment=48686:dreamin.jpg]Agreed! But then, were we ever "on the rails?!"

#37 Posted by clubfoot on 6 February, 2009, 23:11
Showoff! Good question though. I suspect that at some time in prehistory we were much closer to the sprituality side but without the technology. There is a suggestion that some carved tortoise-shells found in China dating back approximately 6,000 years may, in fact, be the first written langua...

#38 Posted by Mistydawn on 6 February, 2009, 23:27
Wisdom eh? carving on tortoise shells.. poor tortoises! not like they could get away in a hurry!![attachment=48688:and_on_t...rack..._.jpg]

#39 Posted by clubfoot on 6 February, 2009, 23:37
I don't know about that? That little guy in your photo is certainly moving, I don't know if I could catch him? Maybe they set Chinese tortoise snares?

#40 Posted by Mistydawn on 7 February, 2009, 13:38
Well, if they do, I hope they are big enough to catch bad men!!! You are BAD!!

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