• Preserved baby Wooly Rhino found in Siberia
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[img]http://siberiantimes.com/PICTURES/SCIENCE/Sasha-baby-rhino/inside%20full%20length.jpg[/img] [QUOTE]The discovery of the baby woolly rhinoceros preserved in permafrost was described as 'sensational' by local palaeontologists in Russia's largest region. Experts hope to be able to extract DNA from remains of the extinct creature which was today being handed over to scientists from the Academy of Sciences in Yakutsk, capital of the Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia. The rhino was found on the right bank of a stream flowing into Semyulyakh River by Alexander 'Sasha' Banderov, a hunter and businessman from Abyysky district. He and friend Semen Ivanov thought at first it was the remains of a reindeer, before realising they had made a truly historic discovery. 'We were sailing past a ravine and noticed hair hanging on the top of it,' said Alexander. 'At first we thought it was a reindeer's carcass, but after it thawed and fell down we saw a horn on its upper jaw and realised it must be a rhino. The part of the carcass that stuck out of the ice was eaten by wild animals, but the rest of it was inside the permafrost and preserved well. 'We immediately got in touch with Mammoth Fauna Department of the Yakutian Academy of Sciences'. [/QUOTE] [url]http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0129-meet-sasha-the-worlds-only-baby-woolly-rhino/[/url]
Excellent, so when do we start going Jurassic Park and mass breeding them for rhino steak?
That's actually pretty well preserved for the most part
Semen Ivanov heh
It looks like a sad, destroyed teddy bear :( [editline]22nd March 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=EliteGuy;47374039]Semen Ivanov heh[/QUOTE] Reminds me of the guy from Ukraine who's name is Semen Semenchenko.
[t]http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/176/c/a/woolly_rhinoceros_draw_by_thehulkangre-d54u0jv.jpg[/t] Yes, please. Clone this magnificent bastard now.
[QUOTE=MatheusMCardoso;47374097][t]http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/176/c/a/woolly_rhinoceros_draw_by_thehulkangre-d54u0jv.jpg[/t] Yes, please. Clone this magnificent bastard now.[/QUOTE] I can't decide if I want to hug this fluffy motherfucker, or ride him into battle.
[QUOTE=Dwarfy77;47374134]I can't decide if I want to hug this fluffy motherfucker, or ride him into battle.[/QUOTE] Looks pretty grumpy.
I wonder if it would be possible to somehow use a rhino as a surrogate mother for a clone of this thing? I really do, but then again I am not an expert on biology.
[QUOTE=NeverGoWest;47374233]I wonder if it would be possible to somehow use a rhino as a surrogate mother for a clone of this thing? I really do, but then again I am not an expert on biology.[/QUOTE] I think it has to do with the viability of the DNA. With Mammoths, the reason why we can't use an elephant as a surrogate is most of the DNA of the mammoth source is destroyed beyond repair.
[QUOTE=NeverGoWest;47374233]I wonder if it would be possible to somehow use a rhino as a surrogate mother for a clone of this thing? I really do, but then again I am not an expert on biology.[/QUOTE] They're probably gonna try it. They have tried and maybe still try to clone mammoths inside elephants and it's possible once they get every condition right. I think one day a surrogate mother won't even be needed. We'll 3d print these fuckers or put them inside artificial wombs. But yeah, DNA integrity is the biggest problem here.
"We can clone him. We have the technology."
[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;47374247]I think it has to do with the viability of the DNA. With Mammoths, the reason why we can't use an elephant as a surrogate is most of the DNA of the mammoth source is destroyed beyond repair.[/QUOTE] We can rebuild it, we have the technology. [I]The Six Million Dollar Wooly Rhino[/I]
Just fill in the gaps in the DNA with frog DNA like in jurassic park
[QUOTE=NeverGoWest;47374233]I wonder if it would be possible to somehow use a rhino as a surrogate mother for a clone of this thing? I really do, but then again I am not an expert on biology.[/QUOTE] Good thing the regular variant is nearly extinct already then [editline]23rd March 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=purvisdavid1;47374247]I think it has to do with the viability of the DNA. With Mammoths, the reason why we can't use an elephant as a surrogate is most of the DNA of the mammoth source is destroyed beyond repair.[/QUOTE] I always thought it was genetic drift, because mamoths and elephants were not close enough genetics wise so the conditions in an elephant womb are too harsh for a mammoth embryo
[QUOTE=Dwarfy77;47374134]I can't decide if I want to hug this fluffy motherfucker, or ride him into battle.[/QUOTE] hug it as a baby and then conquer the world riding Mr. Hornynoggin into battle
or just take many different dna samples from many different cells, you can fill the gaps of one cell's broken dna with another cell's intact dna? im not a scientist though
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