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Scientists claim breakthrough to bringing back Tasmanian tiger from extinction
The Tasmanian tiger, a wolf-like marsupial that once stalked the forests of Tasmania, could be brought back from extinction after a team of US and Australian researchers claimed a series of scientific breakthroughs. Also known as the thylacine, the labrador-sized beast was Australia’s last marsupial apex predator. The last one died in a Hobart zoo in 1936 after the rest had been hunted to extinction in a bid to protect Tasmania’s growing livestock industry.
The Tasmanian tiger, a wolf-like marsupial that once stalked the forests of Tasmania, could be brought back from extinction after a team of US and Australian researchers claimed a series of scientific breakthroughs. They claim to have made more than 300 thylacine-derived genetic “edits” to dunnart cells grown in the lab, as well as learning how to induce ovulation in the tiny marsupial and grow its embryos outside of its womb - similar to techniques used in human IVF. Some conservationists argue the millions of dollars being invested by companies like Colossus would be better spent preserving the habitats of animals currently at risk of extinction - which includes a fifth of Australia’s native mammals.
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