Tasmanian tiger de-extinction: Scientists plan to resurrect thylacine, extinct since 1936 | ABC7
RACHEL IS NEXT STORY. SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE THE START OF A REAL LIFE. JURASSIC PARK THE TASMANIAN TIGER HAS BEEN EXTINCT FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS. NOW SCIENTISTS ARE PLANNING TO RESURRECT IT, USING ANCIENT DNA RETRIEVAL AND ARTIFICIAL REPRODUCTION. THE CARNIVORES MARSUPIAL IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A COYOTE AND OFFICIALLY CALLED TYLER SIGN DISAPPEARED ABOUT 2000 YEARS AGO AND ALMOST EVERYWHERE EXCEPT THE AUSTRALIAN ISLAND OF TASMANIA. THE LAST ONE DIED IN CAPTIVITY IN 1936. THE IDEA BEHIN
