27.5.15

Saving the Bellinger River turtles through IVF?


Once a river is too polluted, there is always assisted reproductive technology to save a nearly extinct turtle.
Via  @carlzimmer
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/26/science/yangtze-giant-softshell-turtle-artificial-insemination.html


Background:
400 Bellinger River turtles have been found dead or dying 
Turtle Survival Alliance

Image:
Macke, August: Forest creek 1910

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