Antonia, a cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, has produced two healthy offspring that will help build genetic diversity in their recovering population
I just looked them up. They look very precious and I do hope with this breakthrough, they’ll be able to grow the population quicker and with fewer issues.
It’s crazy to think that they were down to presumed extinction twice.
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I just looked them up. They look very precious and I do hope with this breakthrough, they’ll be able to grow the population quicker and with fewer issues.
It’s crazy to think that they were down to presumed extinction twice.