Friday, March 30, 2007

Help the Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion

In order for the tooth cave pseudoscorpion to survive it requires specific environmental conditions. It lives deep in caves and needs that habitat to go untouched by humans. The climate and chemical make up of its surroundings are imperative to its survival. The conservation of the tooth cave pseudoscorpion could be greatly benefited by gaining knowledge about its genetic fingerprint. With genetic fingerprinting, this small creature could be much more greatly understood and in turn, possibly be aided in survival. By understanding the genetic composition of the extremely sensitive creature, the exact conditions for its survival could even potentially be recreated in other places than its natural habitat. The fingerprinting could isolate the genes that create the sensitivity to environmental factors.
Another beneficial experiment for the Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion is genetic modification. After the fingerprinting is completed then a genetic modification could be explored. The cause for sensitivity to environmental factors could be pin pointed and then corrected. By doing this, the survival rate of the Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion could be vastly improved in a relatively short period. In order for the experimentation to be successful there would need to be a kind of vaccine or something of the like introduced into the system of the creature. It would take some time to be sure that the “cure” to the sensitivity would not be an actual killer, but after carefully reviewing all possible reactions the cure could be very effective. It could be injected into some of the small bugs that the pseudoscorpion eats. This way the actual creature would not have to be poked or messed with. This eliminates a degree of human interaction that could be detrimental to the pseudoscorpion.

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