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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Cloned Birds and Singing

Science could soon be capable of cloning extinct animals, using preserved genetic material. But even if we do accomplish such an incredible feat, true species restoration would not be possible with songbirds. Songbirds learn their songs from other birds of the same species, and without an established population of the same kin, the songs will never be as they were when the bird went extinct. What other ways could other extinct species be lost forever?

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