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Originally posted by Jacob
Isn't there sposed to be some Tas Tigers left out there in the Wild. Although they are extinct i have heard that there were sightings of some.
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People have been saying that for years. noone really knows how true it is (they may have just been feral dogs).
Most people (including the media) have been missing the point of what Australian Museum Professor Mike Archer was saying - he wasn't saying "we have the technology to clone the thylacine" (which would then go on to imply that they could clone almost any extinct animal). Rather, he was saying that when the technology exists, it will be possible as they have found that DNA in the specimens has been preserved and is still "alive". He gave it a projection of 10 years.
Also, in regard to someone's question on what animal would be the surrogate mother, the prof said that they would possibly use other native tasmanian creatures, like the tassie devil.
I hope this cleared things up
Nathan