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

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

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Coming soon:

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

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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

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Add it to the list.

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

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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.)

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I thought they cracked that code long ago!

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I would buy cigarettes from the one on the right!

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Explains wildfires in Australia.

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Kangaroos are disturbingly jacked…

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The males, yes. Of course. :nerd_face:

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Ooh real life drop bears!

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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?

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[thinks hard]
Because they are cuter than sheep?

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