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2005-12-19 Science & Technology

Pliestocene Park : Decoding of Mammoth Genome Might Lead to Resurrection

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Posted by BigEd 2005-12-19 17:37|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So let me get this straight.....

The same folks that claim were going to get into severe (self-induced) global warming want to resurrect an elephant covered in fur? Does PETA know about this obvious cruelty to animals?

Posted by Sninesh Hupolung8208 2005-12-19 18:33|| 2005-12-19 18:33|| Front Page Top

#2 During the invasion of Afghanistan our Special Operators participated in calvary charges. We should thonk about all possibilities before getting involved in North Africa.

Posted by Super Hose 2005-12-19 19:07|| 2005-12-19 19:07|| Front Page Top

#3 There's something iconic about the wooly mammoth that captivates those who want to reconstruct them.

As to technique, I gather once they have figured out the genome of the mammoth, then they will do some elaborate cut-and-paste with their DNA to produce an elephant and mammoth hybrid, mothered by an elephant.

From that point, they cut-and-paste DNA again until they produce a "pure" strain of mammoth. Perhaps in 3 or 4 generations.

Russia has already set aside a BIG area in Siberia as a "mammoth preserve", when and if they pull it off.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-12-19 20:11|| 2005-12-19 20:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Damn - my Charbroil grill isn't nearly big enough

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-12-19 20:19|| 2005-12-19 20:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Geeze Louise! Better get out one of THESE if yer gonna hunt wooly mammoth.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-12-19 21:58|| 2005-12-19 21:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Studies have shown that their demise was due largely to hunting by humans, not from climate change as one theory held.

Mammoths, why do we hate them?

(Studies have shown...
while evidence suggest the other; there often seems to be this pesky discrepancy between studies and evidence)

Posted by twobyfour 2005-12-19 22:22|| 2005-12-19 22:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Mammoths, Manolo! Mammoths!
Fetch my blunderbuss!

Posted by tu3031 2005-12-19 22:44|| 2005-12-19 22:44|| Front Page Top

#8 YES!!!

Someday I want to sit down to a mammoth steak and dodo egg breakfast.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-12-19 23:27|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-12-19 23:27|| Front Page Top

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