Is the Dodo really making a comeback?
Is the Dodo really making a comeback?
#animals #science #extinction
The dodo bird could be brought back from the dead by 2032, a team of scientists, including some from Melbourne, has announced.
Colossal Biosciences – which has a valuation of roughly $15 billion – announced in February 2023 it planned to resurrect the flightless bird and release it in its natural habitat.
In a major breakthrough, the biotech company shared on Wednesday it had successfully grown pigeon primordial germ cells (PGCs), enabling sterile eggs from genetically-modified chickens to be used for Nicobar pigeon surrogates – the dodo’s closest non-extinct relative.
Once hatched, the birds will be released into several protected reserves in Mauritius, which was the dodos’ natural habitat before they were driven to extinction 350 years ago.
Colossal’s chief executive and co-founder, Ben Lamm, said the species’ return could be less than a decade away.
“Rough ballpark, we think it’s still five to seven years out, but it’s not 20 years out,” Mr Lamm said.
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