Day: 6 March 2017

Bringing back the Great Auk!

The Great Auk became extinct in the 1800s. No-one alive today has ever seen one. However, according to last year’s article in The Telegraph, the renewed sightings of these fantastic creatures may yet be a possibility. Imagine that!

The article explains how it could be possible to recreate the genetic code of these birds and then implant fertilised embryos into a bird big enough to be able to lay a Great Auk egg.

Follow the below link to learn how close we could be to accomplishing the re-creation of this extinct bird!

Plot Hatched to Reintroduce Extinct Great Auk to British Shores