Please welcome the first clone of a US endangered species, the black-footed ferret

Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died over 30 years ago. The slinky predator named Elizabeth Ann was born in a Colorado facility Dec. 10 and announced Thursday. Elizabeth Ann is a genetic copy of a ferret named Willa who died in 1988 and whose remains were frozen in the early days of DNA technology. Subscribe to our thematic channels: NoComment: Euronews Living: Knowledge: Follow us on all platforms and on all devices: Euronews is available on YouTube in 12 languages: #NoComment square
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