‘We can’t save everybody’: could biobanking offer Australian animals a last hope against extinction? - News Summed Up

‘We can’t save everybody’: could biobanking offer Australian animals a last hope against extinction?


He was believed to be the last Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog in the world. Toughie, believed to be the last Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog in the world. Photograph: Mark Mandica/Amphibian FoundationUnlike the Rabbs’ tree frog, most species disappear years before humans realise, along with any chance to preserve their genetic material. Who do we save for the greater good, because we can’t save everybody,” Calatayud says. But to hear a Rabbs’ tree frog call again would fill his heart.


Source: The Guardian December 12, 2021 03:44 UTC



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