This is how Jurassic Park starts...

[Newbian]

Great.. it starts with bringing back a goofy sounding animal, Quagga , and the next thing you know we will have dinosaurs running all over the place.

I want a pet raptor to do my bidding.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I really want harts back.

 

[silverpig]

Get a brain Moran!

 

[Newbian]

Get a brain Moran!

Go to the wizard for one.

 

[Texashiker]

I am waiting for the russians to bring back the mastodon, release then into northern Siberia, and then open a stone age theme park.

There are an article on the BBC last year about the Japanese finding mastodon in hair fibers.

 

[paperfist]

Great lets bring back a spices that was easily hunted because it was inquisitive and watch it go extinct all over again.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Could be worse - it might be Jar Jar Binks

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

That video is actually really dumb. Most of it is spent talking about how some people are trying to breed zebra's to look like quagga, which isn't actually resurrecting the species. They won't have the same dna makeup as a quagga just look similar to them.

 

[Bateluer]

That video is actually really dumb. Most of it is spent talking about how some people are trying to breed zebra's to look like quagga, which isn't actually resurrecting the species. They won't have the same dna makeup as a quagga just look similar to them.

This is how humans have created other species in the past, specialty breeding for desired traits and attributes. It won't have the genetic make up as the original Quagga, but given time, it'll have a different genetic make up than the zebra.

 

[nublikescake]

That video is actually really dumb. Most of it is spent talking about how some people are trying to breed zebra's to look like quagga, which isn't actually resurrecting the species. They won't have the same dna makeup as a quagga just look similar to them.

I wouldn't call it dumb but misleading for sure. I wouldn't call that "resurrecting" an extinct species but actually coming up with something with similar genetic make-up. The extinct species as it really was is still non-existent.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Maybe dumb was too strong of a word, but they start out talking about JP being based on getting ancient DNA from quagga and then segue into the breeding thing, which isn't anywhere near as cool.

 

[Sea Moose]

Bring back the tasmanian tiger

I dont see a problem with bring back a species that humans hunted out.

 

[gophins72]

I was going to comment to say I think it's neat that they are doing this, especially without any government funding. Then I looked at their sponsors and chuckled:

http://www.quaggaproject.org/quagga-sponsors.htm

The Detroit Chapter of Safari Club International also made a substantial cash donation.