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[Previous entry: "Synths..in...space...."] [Main Index] [Next entry: "Great ASIMO evolution site."] 06/01/2005 Entry: "Die-hards insist tasmanian tiger is not extinct." Die-hards insist tasmanian tiger is not extinct. I'm curious as to how any "small, isolated" population could survive. They would need x amount of males, females, and genetic diversity to survive. Reminds me of the isolated sightings of mythological creatures like bigfoot. There would have to be a pretty large community of these things just to remain viable through the ages. If there was a large community then finding tracks, droppings, corpses, etc would be trivial. See also: The difficulties of cloning the tasmanian tiger from a preserved pup. To sum up: You might be able to clone it, but you would have to borrow quite a bit of DNA and the resulting animal will not be exactly pure. See also: Site with video and photos. Look at that jaw! See also: Wikipedia entry on Cryptozoology.
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