Saved from extinction, thanks to cloning

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I couldn’t find an exact year but some decades ago, six specimens of a very rare eucalypt were found just south of Canberra, Australia. The trees are too far apart to reproduce naturally so four of the six have now been cloned. I couldn’t find an exact year but some decades ago, six specimens of a very rare eucalypt were found just south of Canberra, Australia. The trees are too far apart to reproduce naturally so four of the six have now been cloned. The Mongarlowe mallee or ice age gum is estimated to be between 3,000 and 6,000 years old. They are remnants of an ancient species that was around during the Ice Age. The botanists believe that, with the cloned trees, they have saved the species from extinction which is pretty amazing considering they had only six original specimens to work with. Here is the link if you want to read more about it: The photo is mine and shows flowers of a similar type to those of the ice age gum tree.