Science Scientists are planning to bring back Dodo to life, re-introduce them in Mauritius

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India, Dec. 2 -- A group of scientists are trying to bring back the extinct Dodo bird to life and re-introduce them to Mauritius.
Mauritian Wildlife Foundation and US-based biotechnology and genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences have signed a partnership with regard to the project.

The Foundation said in a statement: "We are thrilled to inform you that Colossal Biosciences , the US, breakthrough genetic engineering and de-extinction company, has signed a partnership agreement with the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation."
Colossal and the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation also plan to collaborate on the restoration of critical ecosystems through invasive species removal, revegetation, and community awareness efforts.
"These habitats will, in the long term, support Dodo populations as well as other native Mauritian species. In addition, the two organizations will be investigating if techniques developed for the dodo can assist with the genetic rescue of the Pink Pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri)," the statement said.
What is a Dodo bird?
The dodo is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
The Dodo's closest relative was the also-extinct and flightless Rodrigues solitaire.
The two formed the subfamily Raphinae, a clade of extinct flightless birds that were a part of the family which includes pigeons and doves.
The bird has been extinct since 1681.
Why Dodo needs to be revived?
Ben Lamm, CEO and co-founder of Colossal, told CNN that "restoring the dodo gives us the opportunity to create 'conservation optimism,' that hopefully inspires people around the globe, specifically the youth, in a time when climate change, biodiversity loss and politics can make things seem hopeless."
He added that the techniques pioneered by the dodo project could help restore other avian species.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from India Blooms.

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Cybertonia]

How long until they can do this with Hitler?

Unfortunately the Soviets were the ones who took his body. So whenever we find out which desolate Kazakhstan warehouse those illiterate mongoloids lost track of it being in after the wall fell.

 

[Tablet County]

And instead of raptors slaughtering everyone willy nilly it's these dopey, harmless birds popping up everywhere.

This is only the beginning. One day Quetzalcoatlus will grace the skies again and we will all shit ourselves.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

How long until dinosaurs?

Jurrasic Park but with "smartphones" and "social media" instead of the '90s "multimedia craze"?

 

[AgendaPoster]

@The Last Stand would benefit greatly from this technology

 

[MadStan]

Idk, maybe we could get The Revenge of the Moa's.

Officer Thinking, Lieutenant.

 

[Merton J. Dingle]

Hopefully scientists will wipe out the introduced rats that ate dodo eggs causing their extinction in the first place. Also, I really want to see the thylacine revived. It's literally a marsupial that independently evolved to have a wolf like body. Ditto with the marsupial lion, which I would also love to see revived.

 

[Tablet County]

Unfortunately the Soviets were the ones who took his body. So whenever we find out which desolate Kazakhstan warehouse those illiterate mongoloids lost track of it being in after the wall fell.

There goes my dream of creating a tiny clone of hitler and asking people if he deserves to suffer.

 

[OvercookedBacon]

Hopefully scientists will wipe out the introduced rats that ate dodo eggs causing their extinction in the first place. Also, I really want to see the thylacine revived. It's literally a marsupial that independently evolved to have a wolf like body. Ditto with the marsupial lion, which I would also love to see revived.

The video of the very last thylacine is pretty feels-inducing:

 

[Skeletonized Cow]

It's not going to be the same animal. It can have the exact same DNA but the behavioral instincts it learned over thousands of years just won't be there. Although now that I think about it, the real life dodo was useless too so maybe the resurrected one will be a good match.

Instincts are mostly genetic IIRC. There will be a problem with them not having the learned behavior, but that can probably be mostly rectified. And it's less important too since critters like the dodo will probably just stay in zoos.

 

[Mr. ShadowCreek]

Wouldn't it be funny the first thing they do is kill a bunch of people as revenge for killing them off.

 

[Sparkling Yuzu]

They were pretty dumb and very friendly.

I want to pet one so bad, the poor little dumb babies.

 

[Ser Prize]

Of all the extinct animals you choose a bird that is the inbred, fetal alcohol suffering cousin of the bird family?
Clone some cool or cute animals.
Floofy mammoths or badass sabretooth tigers.


But then, you fuckers will fuck it up as always, so it will atleast only affect an island nobody cares about.

Dodos seem like they'd make amazing meat birds to farm given their size.

 

[Calvin Coolidge]

I just want to know one thing. Did they taste good?

No, alas.

Edit: ninja'd

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Why Dodo needs to be revived?
Ben Lamm, CEO and co-founder of Colossal, told CNN that "restoring the dodo gives us the opportunity to create 'conservation optimism,' that hopefully inspires people around the globe, specifically the youth, in a time when climate change, biodiversity loss and politics can make things seem hopeless."

That doesn't explain shit, but it's all on CNN to get an interview with actual scientists involved with the project, though no one with half a brain would ever want to talk to them.

That being said, doubt this will end well.

 

[Vesperus]

I'd rather have Moa and Haast eagles, but it's a good start.

If we can un-fuck the dodo via genetics, maybe we can un-fuck Chicago.

 

[Snekposter]

We absolutely need to bring the moas back. If the Aussies lost the Emu Wars, just think how badly the Moa Wars will go for the Kiwis!

Total Kiwi Death, most likely.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Putting a Dodo over a tranny flag is a joke that kills writes itself.

 

[Coldgrip]

Fuck that, bring back the Carolina Parakeet.

 

[Sparkling Yuzu]

Bring back the passenger pigeon.

 

[Manul Otocolobus]

The video of the very last thylacine is pretty feels-inducing:

It really reminds me of a dog, especially the yawning, which in dogs usually is a sign of stress.