As a large supporter of your company and your projects, the content of my channel is more or less proof of that, I definitely like this project idea. If you are able to have these marsupials become immune to the cane toads toxin, they will become effective and controlling the Toads' population and since the toad would no longer restrict their range, they could be able to take their spots in the ecosystem and could be able to replace the cats and foxes in some areas after mass culls (especially to help take care of the rodents and rabbit populations after the culling of cats and foxes). The only concern I probably would have is that there could be a possibility, however slim, that after some time, the Toads might develop mutation that would change their toxin to the point that the marsupials are no longer immune to it or if they could possibly develop some kind of instinct to save themselves from the marsupial predators. We have seen these toads be able to get bigger and develop longer legs, which helps them to be able to spread out further. So there is a possibility that there would be a sort of arms race between the toads and the quolls. Regardless, I most certainly love this project idea and perhaps other similar projects could help endangered species, like genetically modifying amphibians to be immune to the fungus that is wiping out the majority of the world's amphibians.
Saving the Quoll sounds like a really great project. It is nice to see that colossal is saving endangered species in addition to resurrecting extinct ones. Are there any plans for once the woolly mammoth, dodo, and Tasmanian tiger are back? Does colossal have any ideas of what animals they want to de-extinct next?
I think one of the best candidates would be other ice age animals that lived alongside the mammoth, like the Stepp bison and wooly rhino. Both in which where found well preserved in permafrost. I know that revival teams tend to try to revive more popular species, But I think those I’ve mentioned would be fitting, especially to fill out the mammoth Stepp ecosystem
Andrew, So amazingly proud of you and your team for doing what you promised.....developing de-extinction technologies that help living species immediately while we work toward the ultimate goal of bringing others back from man made oblivion. I would like to suggest that toad cane populations might conceivably be controlled by capturing significant numbers of male toads and sterilizing them similar to attempts to control malaria bearing mosquitoes.
That is an awesome idea and I’m glad that you’re doing something to save them and will you also give a Cane Toad Toxin Resistance to The Thylacine and The Australian Reptiles as well?
Great visions! Have you also thought about bringing back some of the extinct species of Hawaii? For example at the Island of Kauai, your expertise together with conservation efforts for the habitat. Could bring back species like the Kauai O'O and others. It's a small and manageable habitat and could also find supporters within the US government, lokal authorities and the hawaiian population. It's not the spectacular "big game" but in that project, your ideas and visions can prove that they can conserve whole ecosystems.
We are always researching to see what other species we can help save or de-extinct. Once we prove our model with the current species we are working on, we can rapidly implement our process onto all critically endangered animals.
After this is done, the quoll might be responsible for rolling the cane toad back in Australia. What other benefits will that have ... that's the real question.
Honestly, I think it's a terrible idea. I can't find the slightest sense in modifying the native species, altering its genetic diversity for multiple generations. What would that solve? Cane toads will still be an invasive species and will continue to affect other species. So, what will you do then? Modify all the Australian species that are affected by their presence? What you need to do, if in my opinion you want to continue being a company with some credibility in the sector, is to modify the invasive species to eliminate it from the ecosystem (there are many more ways than genetically modifying the quoll). I apologize for the criticism because I am very interested in many of your projects😅, but I am sure someone else will say something similar.
We understand and appreciate your concern regarding this project. When dealing with threatened species, every problem requires a different solution. There are a few main factors to consider: humans introduced this invasive species to Australia and therefore Colossal takes on the responsibility of solving the issue, northern quolls will face extinction within a decade if not helped in some way, and the cane toad population is well over 200 million. The cane toad's breeding capabilities make it especially difficult to maintain through direct interference, we chose this path because it is the best solution for all of these concerns.
We believe in helping any species that is endangered, especially with Australia having one of the highest extinction rates. Every different species has impact on our environments!
As a large supporter of your company and your projects, the content of my channel is more or less proof of that, I definitely like this project idea.
If you are able to have these marsupials become immune to the cane toads toxin, they will become effective and controlling the Toads' population and since the toad would no longer restrict their range, they could be able to take their spots in the ecosystem and could be able to replace the cats and foxes in some areas after mass culls (especially to help take care of the rodents and rabbit populations after the culling of cats and foxes).
The only concern I probably would have is that there could be a possibility, however slim, that after some time, the Toads might develop mutation that would change their toxin to the point that the marsupials are no longer immune to it or if they could possibly develop some kind of instinct to save themselves from the marsupial predators. We have seen these toads be able to get bigger and develop longer legs, which helps them to be able to spread out further. So there is a possibility that there would be a sort of arms race between the toads and the quolls.
Regardless, I most certainly love this project idea and perhaps other similar projects could help endangered species, like genetically modifying amphibians to be immune to the fungus that is wiping out the majority of the world's amphibians.
Saving the Quoll sounds like a really great project. It is nice to see that colossal is saving endangered species in addition to resurrecting extinct ones. Are there any plans for once the woolly mammoth, dodo, and Tasmanian tiger are back? Does colossal have any ideas of what animals they want to de-extinct next?
Maybe after they done with thylacine, dodo, and woolly mammoth first. But to name a few are moa birds, cave lion, and Chinese river dolphins.
If colossal succeeds in cloning the wolly mammoth, dodo and thylacine that other species want to resurrect?
If colossal succeeds in cloning the wolly mammoth,dodo and thylacine that other species want to resurrect?
I think one of the best candidates would be other ice age animals that lived alongside the mammoth, like the Stepp bison and wooly rhino.
Both in which where found well preserved in permafrost.
I know that revival teams tend to try to revive more popular species, But I think those I’ve mentioned would be fitting, especially to fill out the mammoth Stepp ecosystem
Andrew, So amazingly proud of you and your team for doing what you promised.....developing de-extinction technologies that help living species immediately while we work toward the ultimate goal of bringing others back from man made oblivion. I would like to suggest that toad cane populations might conceivably be controlled by capturing significant numbers of male toads and sterilizing them similar to attempts to control malaria bearing mosquitoes.
If colossal succeeds in cloning the wolly mammoth,dodo and thylacine that other species want to resurrect?
That is an awesome idea and I’m glad that you’re doing something to save them and will you also give a Cane Toad Toxin Resistance to The Thylacine and The Australian Reptiles as well?
This is amazing!
I love this!
Great visions! Have you also thought about bringing back some of the extinct species of Hawaii? For example at the Island of Kauai, your expertise together with conservation efforts for the habitat. Could bring back species like the Kauai O'O and others. It's a small and manageable habitat and could also find supporters within the US government, lokal authorities and the hawaiian population. It's not the spectacular "big game" but in that project, your ideas and visions can prove that they can conserve whole ecosystems.
We are always researching to see what other species we can help save or de-extinct. Once we prove our model with the current species we are working on, we can rapidly implement our process onto all critically endangered animals.
After this is done, the quoll might be responsible for rolling the cane toad back in Australia. What other benefits will that have ... that's the real question.
With them being immune to cane toad toxin, they could be able to bounce back and be able to compete against the cats and foxes.
Do I remember correctly that the plan is also use quoll to gestate the thylacine? God speed!!!
We will actually use the Fat-Tailed Dunnart for our Thylacine surrogacy. We thank you for your support!
@@itiscolossal yeah, I later checked about the Dunnart! Marsupials is a great first target for deextinction
The thylacine will kill all the cane toads when it's back from the dead
These are good things in Europe we have turtles that don’t belong here
Honestly, I think it's a terrible idea. I can't find the slightest sense in modifying the native species, altering its genetic diversity for multiple generations. What would that solve? Cane toads will still be an invasive species and will continue to affect other species. So, what will you do then? Modify all the Australian species that are affected by their presence?
What you need to do, if in my opinion you want to continue being a company with some credibility in the sector, is to modify the invasive species to eliminate it from the ecosystem (there are many more ways than genetically modifying the quoll).
I apologize for the criticism because I am very interested in many of your projects😅, but I am sure someone else will say something similar.
It's not a terrible idea. But it is not the only idea. These complex problems require many avenues of approach to solve them.
We understand and appreciate your concern regarding this project. When dealing with threatened species, every problem requires a different solution. There are a few main factors to consider: humans introduced this invasive species to Australia and therefore Colossal takes on the responsibility of solving the issue, northern quolls will face extinction within a decade if not helped in some way, and the cane toad population is well over 200 million. The cane toad's breeding capabilities make it especially difficult to maintain through direct interference, we chose this path because it is the best solution for all of these concerns.
What is so terrible about it? Although it’s not a bad point that it should be possible to use gene drive to get rid of the invasive toads
Tf cares about a quol
We believe in helping any species that is endangered, especially with Australia having one of the highest extinction rates. Every different species has impact on our environments!