Wow. Now won't that turn all our lists up-side-down and put everyone into a frenzy to know when/where the first will be released back into the wild?
Joannie "Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark." Rabindranath Tagore BirdingBoomers.Com - Check out our new website!
-----Original Message----- From: <mdbirding...> [mailto:<mdbirding...>] On Behalf Of Jim Wilson Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 9:58 AM To: Russ Ruffing; <MDbirding...> Subject: Re: [MDBirding] De-extinction of some animals, including birds?
And this one from MIT specifically addresses de-extincting the Passenger Pigeon
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/512416/an-unlikely-plan-to-revive-the-p assenger-pigeon/
Jim Wilson Queenstown
-----Original Message----- From: Russ Ruffing Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:29 AM To: <MDbirding...> Subject: [MDBirding] De-extinction of some animals, including birds?
A little off topic but I'm sharing due to the birds on this list. A very interesting idea - there is a movement afoot to "de-extinct" some recently extinct species. Fourteen of the 24 species on the list are birds, including Ivory-billeds, Passenger Pigeon, Carolina Parakeet, and others. The idea is that there is access to good-quality DNA since these species haven't been gone that long. I would love to see this happen but I am sure there major scientific hurdles to get over. Seems plausible, though!
http://www.businessinsider.com/24-animals-for-de-extinction-2013-3#
Russ Ruffing Woodstock, MD
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