Revival of an extinct species is now a reality!

[d1abolic]

Reviving an extinct species! Finally some news that doesn't point to the complete at utter destruction of Earth as we know it

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[Jimbo]

Reviving an extinct species! Finally some news that doesn't point to the complete at utter destruction of Earth as we know it.

Uh... yeah. I can't wait for the day the 9' tall saber toothed proto-mammals get loose and decide we taste real swell.

 

[djheater]

I remember hearing about this a few years ago... The outlook didn't seem as good then as it does now... It's reassuring to see they are applying the technology in this manner... doubtless some zealous law-maker has will ban it for political mileage.

 

[Aves]

The cloning of animals that are extinct because of man is one thing but the cloning of animals that nature truly selected for extinction could be a bad idea.

We'll just have to see.

 

[Nefrodite]

would love to see a live wolly mamoth(sp)

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Jimbo
Uh... yeah. I can't wait for the day the 9' tall saber toothed proto-mammals get loose and decide we taste real swell.

Don't forget to get in line early when they're handing out torches and pitch-forks

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Damn you blasted end italics tag... damn you to hell

 

[bandXtrb]

Cool. They should work on bringing dead people back to life too. That would be interesting.

 

[Nefrodite]

Originally posted by: aves2k
The cloning of animals that are extinct because of man is one thing but the cloning of animals that nature truly selected for extinction could be a bad idea.

We'll just have to see.

hehe why? if they were unfit b4, they probably are still unfit? yea yea i know thats not how it works. but i doubt a wolly mamoth would find much of a home in the current enviroment outside of a zoo.

 

[Jimbo]

Don't forget to get in line early when they're handing out torches and pitch-forks

Then we head for your house, right?

 

[d1abolic]

Cool. They should work on bringing dead people back to life too. That would be interesting.

I don't see why they couldn't. Of course, bringing back their minds would be a whole other story.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Jimbo

Don't forget to get in line early when they're handing out torches and pitch-forks

Then we head for your house, right?

Nuh uh... I'm gonna get the last word so there ...

 

[rubix]

golly, does this mean i'll finally get my own pet trilobyte. that's swell.

 

[joohang]

Yeah, just read about that too. Pretty cool.

Jurassic Park, anyone?

 

[Jimbo]

Nuh uh... I'm gonna get the last word so there

OK

 

[djheater]

nah... they specifically say viable DNA....

I seriously doubt it's possible to get enough genetic material from a mosquito in amber.... with or without frogs....

<---wife's a biologist so i know what I'm talking about....

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: djheater
nah... they specifically say viable DNA....

I seriously doubt it's possible to get enough genetic material from a mosquito in amber.... with or without frogs....

<---wife's a biologist so i know what I'm talking about....

hey man.. I'm sure that we can substitute frog DNA for the missing parts.

 

[Jimbo]

I seriously doubt it's possible to get enough genetic material from a mosquito in amber.... with or without frogs....

Who says you have to go back that far. There are some seriously nasty stuff that went extinct in the last 20,000 - 50,000 years.

<----- Read a book once.

 

[amnesiac]

Dude if I get punctured or garroted by a stray ice-age proto-mammal I'm going to be so goddamn pissed.

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: Jimbo

I seriously doubt it's possible to get enough genetic material from a mosquito in amber.... with or without frogs....

Who says you have to go back that far. There are some seriously nasty stuff that went extinct in the last 20,000 - 50,000 years.

<----- Read a book once.

Like.. humans? Oh wait. We ain't extinct yet.

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: rubix
golly, does this mean i'll finally get my own pet trilobyte. that's swell.

That would be pretty cool to have a fish tank full of trilobytes. Anyway, I think reviving a species that man pushed to extinction using cloning and advanced technology is a great idea. Reviving a woolly mamoth would be pretty cool too, to have in a zoo only of course. I wonder if mamoth is tasty?

Ryan