The Making of Extinct Animals – La Opinion de Murcia

Biotech company Colossal Biosciences aims to bring extinct animals such as the woolly mammoth, Tasmanian tiger and dodo back to Earth. This company believes that animal extinction is a serious problem for our planet. So they believe the solution is “resurrection,” which is the opposite of extinction: creating animal species that are already extinct using genetic techniques that can reconstruct DNA. In particular, these scientists plan to restore species that may be beneficial to our ecosystems.

Woolly Mammoth. Extinct at the end of the Pleistocene. He had long, matted hair and was the size of an elephant. It was adapted to the extreme climate of the Ice Age. Many frozen bones and whole bodies were discovered.

Tasmanian tiger. In fact, it was not a tiger, but a predatory marsupial animal. It became extinct in the last century due to intense hunting and disease.

dodo. It was a flightless bird from the island of Mauritius. It was about one meter tall, weighed about 10 kg, with short wings, strong legs and a long beak. Extinct at the end of the 17th century.

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Endangered. More than 100 species of animals are lost every day, mostly due to habitat destruction. There are about 7 million species on Earth. The World Animal Fund predicts that by 2050, half of them will disappear. The UN estimates that 1 million species (such as the panda, elephant and whale) are currently at risk of extinction.

Jurassic Park. The film “Jurassic Park” became very famous. This is a science fiction film based on the book by writer Michael Crichton and directed by Steven Spielberg. It follows the adventures of a group of people who visit a theme park full of cloned dinosaurs created by a team of scientists. The dinosaurs escape and endanger the lives of park visitors.