About 100 years after we became extinct: scientists will try to "revive" the Tasmanian tiger
With the help of advanced technology, scientists from Australia will try to bring back to life the marsupial that was last seen in captivity in 1936. The extinction of the predator began as early as the 19th century, when settlers from Europe arrived in Tasmania and accused it of eating their farm animals
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08/17/2022
Wednesday, August 17, 2022, 4:04 p.m. Updated: 5:31 p.m.
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Australian scientists want to "bring back to life" the Tasmanian tiger, which became extinct about a century ago, and was last seen in captivity in 1936 - this was announced this week on the CNN network.
To do this, the scientists intend to use advanced technology to retrieve ancient DNA alongside artificial reproduction.
"First we will protect the biodiversity that exists today from further extinctions, but unfortunately we are not seeing a slowdown in species loss," said Andrew Pask, a professor in the Genetic Restoration Research Laboratory at the University of Melbourne who is leading the initiative.
"The technology offers an opportunity to correct the current situation, and to apply it in unusual circumstances where we have lost species that were an important cornerstone."
Tasmanian tiger in captivity (photo: official website, Baker; EJ Keller, Wikipedia)
The Tasmanian tiger disappeared about 2,000 years ago from almost the entire surface of the earth, except for Tasmania.
The animal was the size of a medium dog, and was a carnivore that is also a marsupial.
European settlers who came to the island in the 19th century blamed the Tasmanian tiger for killing their farm animals, and therefore hunted it until the species was almost extinct.
The last Tasmanian tiger died in 1936 in one of the zoos on the island.
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