fly tier Edwin Rist arrested...

On Nov 19, 9:44*pm, Giles wrote:
On Nov 19, 6:01*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:

On Nov 19, 5:11*pm, "JT" wrote:

http://www.wfn.tv/news/index.php?blog=412436

No wonder he had the best looking flies!
JT

I guess I'm not getting my order of dodo flies.
Frank Reid

Well, you might have to wait a while.

The controversy over whether extinct species can be resurrected with
modern molecular biology techniques has been raging for years and gets
hotter with every new advance. *Personally, I'm convinced that there
are people alive today who will see it happen.....not you or me
(probably.....unless we get ourselves cloned, pre- or post-
mortem).....but it's going to happen. *There are enough fresh enough
dodo specimens around that the genome will be easy enough to piece
together with the technology that will surely be available in a decade
or two, perhaps even sooner. *An extinct ibex was recently resurrected
by cloning, using tissue that was frozen for just such an
eventuality, *Obviously MUCH fresher than any dodo.....but the
technology improves at a phenomenal rate.

Wolfgang
kirtland's warbler, on the other hand.....well, get 'em while their
ho....er, still warm. * *

I'm thinking the Ne Ne would be a good candidate. Not extinct, but
needs some diversity from the skins in assorted collections around the
world.
Frank Reid

On Nov 20, 4:56*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:

I'm thinking the Ne Ne would be a good candidate. *Not extinct, but
needs some diversity from the skins in assorted collections around the
world.
Frank Reid

"Not extinct" is the key here. Get a couple of specimens.....map the
genome.....captive breeding.....release into the wild.....save the
culls for, um, "research".....count the money, and Bob's yer uncle,
buy all the flies you'll ever want.

Wolfgang
who cannot believe there is but one way to skin a bird.