At one time the Blue Dogs were in their party’s majority. But they are essentially extinct now. We need them to come back and retake their party from the radicals.
Posted on 02/19/2021 7:30:03 AM PST by lowbridge
Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died over 30 years ago.
The slinky predator named Elizabeth Ann, born Dec. 10 and announced Thursday, is cute as a button. But watch out — unlike the domestic ferret foster mom who carried her into the world, she’s wild at heart.
“You might have been handling a black-footed ferret kit and then they try to take your finger off the next day,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service black-footed ferret recovery coordinator Pete Gober said Thursday. “She’s holding her own.”
Elizabeth Ann was born and is being raised at a Fish and Wildlife Service black-footed ferret breeding facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. She’s a genetic copy of a ferret named Willa who died in 1988 and whose remains were frozen in the early days of DNA technology.
Cloning eventually could bring back extinct species such as the passenger pigeon. For now, the technique holds promise for helping endangered species including a Mongolian wild horse that was cloned and last summer born at a Texas facility.
“Biotechnology and genomic data can really make a difference on the ground with conservation efforts,” said Ben Novak, lead scientist with Revive & Restore, a biotechnology-focused conservation nonprofit that coordinated the ferret and horse clonings.
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They’ve cloned a patriot?
Can we get a dodo bird back? I always thought they looked cool when I was a kid.
Post of the day
No, a RINO. (A weasel).
(Yes, “ferrets” are a kind of weasel.)
I want my T-rex and velociraptors. On second thought, hold off on the raptors for now.
Well, it’s about time. I did a paper on this in high school. Early ‘70s.
Bring back Pangea.
I’ve seen this movie.
It doesn’t end well..........................
At one time the Blue Dogs were in their party’s majority. But they are essentially extinct now. We need them to come back and retake their party from the radicals.
Putting in a call to bring back the Carolina Parrot.
So we now know it’s nature, not nurture? Thought that was racist.
(Yes, “ferrets” are a kind of weasel.) ~ dangus
Ferrets are awesome pets - super playful and they love acting ferocious. Ok yes they kinda stinky.
Headline is a great example of a dangling modifier. This one is more accurate:
First clone of US endangered species announced
https://nypost.com/2021/02/18/first-clone-of-us-endangered-species-a-ferret-announced/
My brother had a ferret back in the 70’s and his girlfriend decided a guinea pig would be a good companion for Frodo so she put one in his cage. It was a bad idea.
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