reformlife t1_ixbr1ho wrote
No one is mentioning the fact they forced 56 inseminations of this ibex into another species of ibex forcing 56 miscarriages before they got it right? I'm all for science, but I feel like that is a bit too much failure before finally succeeding... For 7 minutes.
kiwilapple t1_ixbsdmp wrote
Damn, only 56? That's easy peasy baby numbers when you're talking about these kind of medical techniques, especially back then. It's only because of inefficient low success rates that we ever got to more efficient, high success rates in adjacent fields like IVF for humans.
Nydelok t1_ixcan2s wrote
I love how “back then” in science is only 19 years. So much development in such a small time
feeltheslipstream t1_ixcfuvc wrote
1 in 57 chance of bringing back an extinct animal are great odds.
Scientific experiments fail much than that a lot of the time.
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