Why Can’t We Clone Endangered Species to Save Them?

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Skillshare is offering SciShow viewers 2 months of unlimited access for free. Check out skl.sh/scishow-12 We know how to clone animals, so why aren't we saving endangered species by cloning their populations? Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.worldwildlife.org/species/directory www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/environment/sdut-rhino-cloning-stem-cells-san-diego-zoo-safari-park-2014dec20-story.html dolly.roslin.ed.ac.uk/facts/the-life-of-dolly/index.html www.ed.ac.uk/roslin/about/dolly/facts/cloning www.britannica.com/list/cc-the-first-cloned-cat time.com/3822573/snuppy/ www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)30057-6 www.cnn.com/2001/NATURE/01/12/cloned.gaur/index.html www.sciencemag.org/news/2003/04/banteng-cloned www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/05/iran-scientists-clone-endangered-mouflon-domestic-sheep www.scientificamerican.com/article/cloning-endangered-animals/ www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-cloning-your-dog-so-wrong-180968550/ www.theverge.com/2018/4/6/17175936/northern-white-rhino-de-extinction-stem-cells-sudan www.fda.gov/animalveterinary/safetyhealth/animalcloning/ucm055513.htm www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14733744 www.amnh.org/explore/ology/earth/ask-a-scientist-about-our-environment/should-we-clone-endangered-animals www.scientificamerican.com/article/george-church-de-extinction-is-a-good-idea/ www.techtimes.com/articles/228655/20180526/scientists-to-clone-entire-northern-white-rhino-population-from-frozen-cells.htm news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/08/150818-plague-yosemite-campground-cases-science/150820-giant-pandas-national-zoo-animals-science/ vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/estrus-cycles-in-cats institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/rhinos-and-reproduction www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/how-to-impregnate-a-rhino/561455/ phys.org/news/2006-10-tube-rhinos.html wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/endangered_species/rhinoceros/african_rhinos/white_rhinoceros/ www.nature.com/news/stem-cell-plan-aims-to-bring-rhino-back-from-brink-of-extinction-1.19849 qz.com/913682/a-harvard-university-scientistss-attempt-to-resurrect-a-wooly-mammoth-raises-ethical-questions/ bio1220.biology.gatech.edu/?page_id=53 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mam.12138 Images: www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-illustration-african-animals/599878306 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dolly_face_closeup.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Gaur_from_anaimalai_hills_JEG5290.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyrenean_Ibex.png www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-illustration-animal-cloning/985639976 www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-great-panda-bear-sitting-at-the-rainforest/865015440 www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-homeless-cat-on-the-street/816253988 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:One_horn_Rhino_in_Kaziranga_national_park.jpg www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-sheeps-in-green-rural-meadow-south-island-new/486007934 www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-eyes-of-the-tiger/544355522 www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-ranger-with-firearm-face-to-face-rhino/544808324 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bumi_Hills_Anti-Poaching_Unit_Protecting_Elephants_in_Zimbabwe.jpg www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-rhino-mother-african-lowveld-savanna-calf/838552492

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