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Bringing Extinct Animals Back to Life Using Cloning94

Cloning Extinct Animals - Can Extinct Species be Brought Back to Life Using Cloning

It may now be possible to bring back extinct species by cloning dead specimens, and growing them in the wombs of similar or related animals. Not long ago, the idea of cloning extinct animals sounded like...

54 comments    technology education science
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Mauritius an Island Paradise

Mauritius an island paradise in the Indian Ocean. Your breakfast will be served under shading palm trees and juicy mangoes, pineapples, papayas and freshly squeeze orange juice to choose from. While you are...

3 comments    indian trees sun
Plesiosaur artwork Courtesy Wikipedia Creative Commons86

Top Ten Prehistoric Plants and Animals Found Alive in the Wild

Cryptozoology can be a very lonely pursuit. To say that cryptozoologists (people who research undiscovered animals) get no respect is a grotesque understatement. Animals like Bigfoot, Ogo Pogo, the Loch...

41 comments    animals extinction cryptozoology
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The Manhattan Project, No It's Not Da' Bomb

Source: National Geographic online Mannahatta was the name given to the lush green island shown in the top half of the picture above. The word means “island of many hills” in the language of the Lenape...

40 comments    life technology education
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11 Most Endangered Animal Species

Unfortunately, the biodiversity of the planet is in great danger, in recent years we witnessed the disappearance of thousands of species and subspecies of animals. The world needs to be warned about this...

1 comment    animals species individuals
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Chinese River Dolphin (Baiji)

 You may not be familiar with the Chinese River Dolphin, commonly known as the Baiji. They are a species that may or may not still be around due to the fact that we haven’t been able to find them but...

0 comments    water chinese species
Panda bears are at the brink of extinction (image from Flickrfavorites on Flickr)86

Save the Panda Bears

Panda bears are at the brink of extinction (image from Flickrfavorites on Flickr) The icon of the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), the panda bear (known as the Giant Panda) has reached critically endangered...

27 comments    wildlife species bbc
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How to Choose the Best Dog Breed to be Your Pet

Since the first man started to arrange dog breeding, humans have been gradually creating the most diverse species in the world: Canis familiaris, the domestic dog. Not long after that the idea of a dog...

6 comments    family pets dogs
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The tallest, largest Mountain & Volcano in the Solar System – Olympus Mons

We all know that the largest and tallest volcano in the world is the Ojos del Salado (6,891 metres (22,608 ft) tall), which is a stratovolcano (is a tall, conical volcano with many layers of hardened lava,...

0 comments    mars volcano volcanoes
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Extinct Volcanoes in Central Mexico

Hundreds of inactive volcanoes dot the landscape of Mexico. Advertisements for tours and outfitters abound on the internet ready to take active tourists, climbers and hikers for a spin. But what if you just...

6 comments    travel mexico hiking
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