Scientists Resurrecting Woolly Mammoths
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Ha! I find the part where he implies that you can beat Skyrim in the time it take an elephant to go through a full birth cycle hilarious.
Jurassic Park....... But with mammoths....Distorted Stu said:
If they could bring back other beasts from that era, that'd be great.
I'm sure they can, they just need to find the right fossil, something of the dino encased in ice which would let scientists get a DNA sample . As far as my understanding goes, the Paleo-Eocene Thermal Maximum (the original Global Warming) pretty much melted all the ice on the surface of the Earth.Sigmar ov The Hammer said:
Keep you finger crossed, though.
Wait...-whose- 'twisted amusement' exactly are you referring to? I don't see where the article mentions that this is case. But of course, I'm sure a bunch of scientists have nothing better to do with their time then resurrect dead mammals for fun. :/spartan231490 said:
If you can't see the value in that kind of research I don't really know what to say to you.
I guess, the gist of is is that it really isn't about the mammoths, it's simply that they're the most likely subject due to the aforementioned genetic material available that they don't have for other animals.
AWESOME! Uh... I mean... Ahem... Thats sounds pretty cool, I guess. Might improve the elephant species as a whole. Or create a twoheaded telepathic war elephant (guess where thats from!). I heard they were trying to ressurect a T-Rex back in 2005, but nothing ever seems to have come from it.
chaotician?
i think he means necromancer.
but i'd rather they did it with stegosaur(i? s? uses? oes?)
i want one as a pet.
i also want to see a bird give birth to one (birds are the closest living relatives to dinosaur(i? s? uses? oes?).
i think he means necromancer.
but i'd rather they did it with stegosaur(i? s? uses? oes?)
i want one as a pet.
i also want to see a bird give birth to one (birds are the closest living relatives to dinosaur(i? s? uses? oes?).
Taking all bets - how long before some dumb religious group demands a ban on resurrection because it's unethical.
YES, LET'S NOT RECREATE AN ANIMAL WE DESTROYED WHILE WE WERE STILL TOO DUMB TO HAVE A SIGN LANGUAGE.
Instead, it's have another homophobic parade... that'll help the world.
YES, LET'S NOT RECREATE AN ANIMAL WE DESTROYED WHILE WE WERE STILL TOO DUMB TO HAVE A SIGN LANGUAGE.
Instead, it's have another homophobic parade... that'll help the world.
I also would appreciate more sources on this matter. The way the stories are written, I don't think they really understand the magnitude of what this means. It's one thing to clone a house cat, but it's another thing altogether to do it with an animal that hasn't been around in 10,000 years. Also, this will only further the misconception of what genetics actually means, which annoys me a bit.AugustFall said:
How long until my fellow christians make us look like assholes and then attack these people?
This is a good thing to try and do! And I'm catholic.
This is a good thing to try and do! And I'm catholic.
Haha, after re-reading, the process is misrepresented. They are talking about Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. Essentially, you don't take the nucleus from the somatic cell, you simply insert the somatic cell into the de-nucleated cell. Then you insert, fuse with electricity and when it forms a blastocyte, it is then implanted into the elephant.
Fascinating process really.
Edit: It's important to note that though this will be an exact genetic duplicate, it will look very different from it's donor animal.
Fascinating process really.
Edit: It's important to note that though this will be an exact genetic duplicate, it will look very different from it's donor animal.
About time, took you some decent years after that incident at Jurrasic Park.
The question I really don't want to answer is:
WHY do japanese scientists have a 16-year old frozen mouse in their fridge???
The question I really don't want to answer is:
WHY do japanese scientists have a 16-year old frozen mouse in their fridge???
