For the first time ever, scientists finally crack the code for editing marsupial genes

[thomdunn]

Originally published at: For the first time ever, scientists finally crack the code for editing marsupial genes | Boing Boing

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[anon61221983]

[FGD135]

Coming soon:

Marsupilami

[ChuckV]

[anon61221983]

And we thought the flora and fauna of Australia was scary NOW… just wait… they’re going to make drop bears REAL!

[Papasan]

[Mercenary_Garage]

This is the whole Sally the Sheep clone thing over again. How can you tell it’s a clone when sheep are already indistinguishable from each other?

Marsupials are weird as fuck to start with, how are you supposed to know when you’ve mutated one?

/S

[Ed_Beaty]

Add it to the list.

[Jesse13927]

[sean_burns]

I guess this is big news in the world of pouched mammals anyway

[Brainspore]

So we can finally get the human-kangaroo hybrid super soldiers from that 1990s adaptation of Tank Girl? (Yes, that’s Ice-T on the right.)

[hecep]

I thought they cracked that code long ago!

[anon52120741]

I would buy cigarettes from the one on the right!

[hecep]

Explains wildfires in Australia.

[anon61221983]

Kangaroos are disturbingly jacked…

[hecep]

The males, yes. Of course.

[Mangochin]

Ooh real life drop bears!

[Mangochin]

Still better than CC the cloned cat.
It raised questions

1. Why would anyone need to clone a cat?
2. What is the point if a clone which looks nothing like the original?

[FGD135]

@Mangochin

Why would anyone need to clone a cat?

[thinks hard]
Because they are cuter than sheep?

[ChuckV]