Woolly Mammoth to be Cloned

[Robosapien]

"AH-HAAAA!"

 

[RomanNose]

No they're being brought back as an experiment to see if we can, and to see what we can learn from them/other extinct species.

same reason we went to the moon, travelled the seas and built the LHC.

We are explorers, it is our nature.




If god made man in his own image then god intended for us to be creators.

I love the idea the fact that people think it is wrong because we are becoming too powerful and can be described as "playing god". Dude, I want to play God, everyone who has ever played the sims and put 5 women in a 4x4 room with a fireplace wants to play God.

 

[Skillmister]

And thus hunger in africa is solved. Few mammoths would go a huge way

 

[Robosapien]

Why shouldn't we be able to evolve such that we find more and more sophisticated ways of altering our environment. Where's the rule book? If it's possible, then it's not forbidden by nature, is it? God doesn't care about any of this stuff.

 

[Vespasian777]

Until they clone a T-Rex, I'm not interested!

+1

 

[Dr.EM]

Not keen on animal experimentation and there's lots of dubious science around in the vein of "we're doing it because we can", but actually I have no problem with this. I'd quite like to see it even

 

[Robosapien]

all science is exploration. advances to living standards is just a spin off.

 

[Tefal]

Not keen on animal experimentation and there's lots of dubious science around in the vein of "we're doing it because we can", but actually I have no problem with this. I'd quite like to see it even

we don't do it because we can we do it to see if we can

 

[PermaBanned]

I wouldn't worry about it anyway, with current cloning technology it's will most probably be that it will be born (if at all) with severe terminal cancer and die after about twenty minutes.

 

[BloodyL]

"I know, let's clone a woolly mammoth!"
"Great idea!"
And thus Desperate Scousewives was born.

 

[ng93]

Japan's Kinki University

Sod the mammoth, i'm getting on a plane

Edit: bah, beaten, and by a whole 11 hours

 

[Lysander]

They've been saying this since the 80s. It never bloody happens. It probably won't happen in our lifetimes either.

 

[FoxEye]

And thus hunger in africa is solved. Few mammoths would go a huge way

That's brilliant. But how about we cut out the middle-men entirely, and work on a method to clone a cheeseburger...

 

[bhavv]

I could have been playing God right now if I had paid more attention in class

 

[bhavv]

That's brilliant. But how about we cut out the middle-men entirely, and work on a method to clone a cheeseburger...

Or maybe just clone cows for food?

 

[FoxEye]

Or maybe just clone cows for food?

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Cloning Woolfy Mammoths for food is one plausible, but cows? Don't be ridiculous man. It would never work.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

As long as Richard Attenborough is kept well away, all will be fine.

We all know the failure of Jurassic Park sits on his shoulders. Some of his ideals were questionable and his methods inconsistent. In fact, I like to refer to him as "Dicky Attenborough".. And that's without his horrendous attempt at a Scottish accent.

 

[J-FRO]

do want.

One issue though, if they do create one, how would it react to the current eco-system? Wasn't there a lot more oxygen thousands of years ago and what could be the possible effect of other gases in the atmosphere on such an animal?

 

[Glaucus]

do want.

One issue though, if they do create one, how would it react to the current eco-system? Wasn't there a lot more oxygen thousands of years ago and what could be the possible effect of other gases in the atmosphere on such an animal?

It's only 10000 years ago where pretty much all modern animals are from. You talking Egyptian period. Gases weren't significantly different. As such would cause any issues.

 

[Skillmister]

Didn't realise they were no bigger than elephants... for some reason i had it in my head they were quite a bit bigger. Not so excited now