Attempting De-Extinction

There's a group trying to save the functionally extinct northern white rhino using in vitro fertilization. But the ethics around using assisted reproductive technologies to save endangered animals are far from simple. Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castañeda (she/her/they/them) Should We Save Northern White Rhinos? ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Benjamin Carleski, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, DrakoEsper, Eric Jensen, Friso, Garrett Galloway, Harrison Mills, J. Copen, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kenny Wilson, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Lyndsay Brown, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources https://rep.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/rep/166/6/REP-23-0087.xml https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/995767 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/24/white-rhino-embryo-surrogacy/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mec.16043 https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/csp2.241 https://genome.cshlp.org/content/28/6/780.short https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/2/312 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16904174/ https://academic.oup.com/biolreprod/article/100/5/1158/5320888 Image Sources https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Northern_White_Rhino.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/intracytoplasmic-sperm-injection-microscope-view-of-in-stock-footage/1292931300?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/in-vitro-fertilization-or-artificial-insemination-stock-footage/869595006?adppopup=true https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7721027/ https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/small-tiger-royalty-free-image/1143979227?phrase=baby+tiger&adppopup=true https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/992101 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/closeup-of-intracytoplasmic-sperm-injection-being-royalty-free-image/1732052579?phrase=ivf&adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ceratotherium_simum_cottoni_-Ol_Pejeta_Conservancy,_Kenya.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/female-rhino-and-her-baby-running-on-the-african-royalty-free-image/664986486?phrase=rhino+baby&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/siberian-tiger-cub-stock-footage/472961357?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-shot-of-sleeping-white-rhino-sleeping-outdoors-stock-footage/1688284160?adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_White_Rhinoceros_Angalifu.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_White_Rhinoceros_(Ceratotherium_simum_simum)_(5531923725).jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/white-rhinos-gathered-together-at-a-waterhole-in-south-stock-footage/1818895429?adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Petef%C3%A9szeksz%C3%B6vet-cs%C3%ADkok_fagyasztva_t%C3%A1rol%C3%A1sa.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_rhino_2008_08.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_American_Museum_journal_(c1900-(1918))_(17538339044).jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/hand-presses-button-stock-footage/1481147706?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/sleeping-rhinoceros-is-disturbed-by-a-small-bird-stock-footage/1497935831?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/cute-rhinoceros-looking-camera-stock-footage/1875282222?adppopup=true