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De-extinction probably isn’t worth it
« on: October 05, 2017, 08:54:39 am »

De-extinction probably isn’t worth it
by Sarah Zielinski
7:00am, March 9, 2017



The prospect of resurrecting mammoths is back in the news after Harvard geneticist George Church announced last month that he may be only two years away from creating a mammoth-elephant hybrid fetus. That’s still a long way from a living mammoth — let alone herds of the animals — and scientists are skeptical that Church will be successful with even a hybrid fetus. The scientific hurdles that will have to be overcome are huge. 

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/de-extinction-probably-isnt-worth-it?mode=topic&context=60
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Re: De-extinction probably isn’t worth it
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2017, 01:22:05 pm »
Quote from: rangerrebew on October 05, 2017, 08:54:39 am
De-extinction probably isn’t worth it
by Sarah Zielinski
7:00am, March 9, 2017



The prospect of resurrecting mammoths is back in the news after Harvard geneticist George Church announced last month that he may be only two years away from creating a mammoth-elephant hybrid fetus. That’s still a long way from a living mammoth — let alone herds of the animals — and scientists are skeptical that Church will be successful with even a hybrid fetus. The scientific hurdles that will have to be overcome are huge. 

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/de-extinction-probably-isnt-worth-it?mode=topic&context=60
Okay, let's say they do create a herd of these critters, that modern disease doesn't wipe them out right away. Then what? Where are they going to keep them? (And please, don't just up and drop them in flyover country. We have wolves and other critters to deal with already).
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Re: De-extinction probably isn’t worth it
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2017, 01:49:27 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on October 05, 2017, 01:22:05 pm
Okay, let's say they do create a herd of these critters, that modern disease doesn't wipe them out right away. Then what? Where are they going to keep them? (And please, don't just up and drop them in flyover country. We have wolves and other critters to deal with already).

They may be a tasty way to keep vegetation down?
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« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2017, 02:06:04 pm »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on October 05, 2017, 01:49:27 pm
They may be a tasty way to keep vegetation down?
We call that vegetation "crops". Besides, they'd protect the d@mned things, and that's a lot of GMO meat to sneak off over night, and too big a hole for SSS.
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« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2017, 03:09:25 pm »
I just know that I'm not going to get the tank of trilobites that I've always wanted.
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Re: De-extinction probably isn’t worth it
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2017, 04:34:50 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on October 05, 2017, 01:22:05 pm
Okay, let's say they do create a herd of these critters, that modern disease doesn't wipe them out right away. Then what? Where are they going to keep them? (And please, don't just up and drop them in flyover country. We have wolves and other critters to deal with already).

They will likely use this to justify grabbing more private land for national wildlife reserves.
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« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2017, 09:57:35 pm »
Quote from: thackney on October 05, 2017, 04:34:50 pm
They will likely use this to justify grabbing more private land for national wildlife reserves.
Maybe the greenies think they will charge electric cars with mammoth dung. Food to fuel, again...
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Re: De-extinction probably isn’t worth it
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2017, 01:34:06 am »
Bring back the dodo bird.
Put 'em in suits and send 'em to Washington.
No one will know the difference!
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