One step closer to mammoth steaks

[Texashiker]

Blood has been taken from a frozen mammoth.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162...containing-liquid-blood-discovered-in-russia/

Hopefully we can get these things cloned and a hunting season before too much longer.

I would love to have a 4 inch thick mammoth steak on the grill.

 

[jaedaliu]

Future headline:

Prehistoric creature revived; Texashiker can now live his Fred Flinstone fantasy

 

[steppinthrax]

I thought I also read somewhere the DNA breaks down in organic material over time. During the whole Jurassic park era when people were losing their minds about extracting blood from a mosquito in amber that might have bitten a dinosaur. They quickly found that the DNA had broken down so much it was impossible to perform any sort of sequencing.

 

[BudAshes]

I can't wait. Then my dream of marrying a gay mammoth can finally come true.

 

[BladeVenom]

I thought I also read somewhere the DNA breaks down in organic material over time. During the whole Jurassic park era...

Dinosaurs are a bit older than mammoths. Mammoths are also frozen, which helps preserve the DNA.

 

[zinfamous]

I thought I also read somewhere the DNA breaks down in organic material over time. During the whole Jurassic park era when people were losing their minds about extracting blood from a mosquito in amber that might have bitten a dinosaur. They quickly found that the DNA had broken down so much it was impossible to perform any sort of sequencing.

mammoths were around during the time of neaderthals and cro-magnon. We have successfully harvested neanderthal DNA from bone, and made a rather decent genomic assembly from this material.

...a difference of around 70million years in age helps, of course.


as to the potential of Mammoth steaks--will people really be willing to consume genetically modified pre-historic meat? :hmm:

 

[zinfamous]

I can't wait. Then my dream of marrying a gay mammoth can finally come true.

 

[AmdEmAll]

LOL @ "The next step in science or playing God??!!" Just bring the damn things back already.. damn humans think to much.

 

[techs]

Australia.

I'm thinking we put them in Australia.

 

[Texashiker]

as to the potential of Mammoth steaks--will people really be willing to consume genetically modified pre-historic meat? :hmm:

In the name of science, sure, I would.

It would probably taste like chicken.

I wonder how many people would pay good money to live in a prehistoric village and hunt big game with a spear?

 

[zinfamous]

In the name of science, sure, I would.

It would probably taste like chicken.

you think so? :hmm:

 

[Train]

Ribbbbbbbbz

 

[Texashiker]

you think so? :hmm:

Probably not.

I often wonder what it was like to roast a brisket sized piece of meat over a fire. Or a slab of ribs large enough to walk through.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

as to the potential of Mammoth steaks--will people really be willing to consume genetically modified pre-historic meat? :hmm:

If they're willing to eat McDonald's and Taco Bell, they'll be willing to eat anything. Serve it in the drive-thru in a $4.99 Mammoth Meal and people will be lining up to buy it.

 

[WelshBloke]

Fuck mammoths, I want a pet Smilodon.

And a dire wolf.

And maybe a giant ground sloth.

 

[Texashiker]

If they're willing to eat McDonald's and Taco Bell, they'll be willing to eat anything. Serve it in the drive-thru in a $4.99 Mammoth Meal and people will be lining up to buy it.

$4.99???

I was thinking dollar menu and a large coke.

 

[moonbogg]

I thought I also read somewhere the DNA breaks down in organic material over time.

Yeah, I think it does, but I also read that certain bird DNA can be gene manipulated to back track and end up with a T-Rex again. Besides, mammoths are like furry elephants, and people won't eat elephants. If I can't eat it then I care...less.

 

[SlitheryDee]

What if after all this mammoth steak isn't even good? I guess we'll just have to kill them all and try something else.

 

[acheron]

Welcome.. to Pleistocene Park.

 

[Texashiker]

What if after all this mammoth steak isn't even good?

Add it to the WIC program and serve it at schools.

Kids will grow up eating mastodon, so they will buy it when they become adults.

 

[SKORPI0]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/...mmal_n_3355085.html?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=World

I'll take mine medium rare. :awe:

 

[brainhulk]

Imagine the look of horny kiwis when they see this sexy beast

 

[BudAshes]

I'm glad someone got that

 

[Murloc]

Australia.

I'm thinking we put them in Australia.

isn't that too warm?

I'm thinking northern Siberia is a good place for them and would boost tourism.

 

[waggy]

hmm

Yes i would eat one.

hmm