Who/What
Colossal Biosciences is a science company focusing on ___________
genetic engineering
CB is based in which city?
Dallas, Texas, USA
How much money has been spent on the project?
$150 million
Plume
a long arrangement of feathers
The IUCN Red List says that baijis are still...
Critically endangered
3 feet tall
When and where did the last thylacine die?
Hobart's Beaumaris Zoo in Tasmania, Australia on September 7, 1936
What is the dodo's closest relative?
The Nicobar pigeon
Epitome
something that fits perfectly to something else that it is connected to.
Where did prionosuchus live?
modern-day Brazil
Julian Hume is an _____________
avian paleontologist
when was the dodo bird added to the de-extinction list?
Feb 2, 2023
What does Australia lack?
Native mammalian predators
How do arthropods breathe?
There are holes in their bodies connected to tubes called spiracles that let oxygen in.
How did megalania go extinct?
Its main food sources were hunted to extinction by humans, and with not enough food to sustain such a big lizard, it perished.
What helped a Tasmanian tiger stand on two legs?
a two-foot long tail to help balance it.
What were the other countries on the map (not including Mauritius)? Only including ones where the full name is visible, so no Swaziland or Zimbabwe.
Malawi, Madagascar, Tanzania, Mozambique
They could provide a secondary food source for polar bears moving inland, and trample trees to make grasslands, which can store CO2 in the grass
modernly developed
advanced
Why was arthropleura so big?
There were very high oxygen levels in the air, allowing larger arthropods to sustain themselves.