Monday, February 2, 2009

No Goats About It... (at least, not anymore)

The last of the Spanish Ibex is extinct. Again.

The last known (natural) member of its species was a thirteen year old female in Ordesa National Park, in Northern Spain. She died when a tree fell on her shortly after the new Millennium.

So, we did what any civilization would do... Instead of letting the natural order compensate for a new equilibrium to be reached, we tried to clone her.

And so here we are, with our successful clone. Almost successful, anyway.

The clone died seven minutes after birth, of breathing issues.

--
D. Phillips

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