Is Extinction Obsolete?

Is Extinction Only Temporary? Posted by timothy on Sunday October 08, @05:07PM from the my-kids-will-be-my-clones dept. Logic Bomb writes: "A group of researchers at a privately-owned Massachusetts company are trying out an experiment that could help solve some of earth's problems with endangered species. An article from the Washington Post details their project to create a cloned Asian Guar using a good ol' American cow as a surrogate mother. The new guar, 'Noah,' is due to be born next month -- in other words, the project is a success. The company sees great possibilities for earth's wildlife, because as long as an appropriate surrogate mother can be found -- of the same or another species -- there is hope for any endangered animal. The next project is to bring a species of Spanish mountain goat back from extinction(!). Giant Pandas are on the schedule too." ~~~ Just don't bring back the passenger pigeon; that would be a sh#tload to deal with ;0) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...and I want a peradactyl and a giant wolf and a fanged koala... __________________ They had somthing on the Discovery Channel not too far back about how they might be able to bring the wooly mammoth back to life. Then dinosaurs... __________________ "Its bad enough that we HAVE cause the extinction of most species here on earth..." Nonsense! Mother Nature has caused most of the extinctions here on planet earth. Us humans sure as hell didn't cause the wooly mammoth and all the dinosaurs to disappear. __________________ Quote: Originally posted by sbp "Its bad enough that we HAVE cause the extinction of most species here on earth..." Nonsense! Mother Nature has caused most of the extinctions here on planet earth. Us humans sure as hell didn't cause the wooly mammoth and all the dinosaurs to disappear. Word to that. OK, OK, so we've caused a lot of extinctions, but I think it's folly to try and revive something we have no contact with. Who knows how these animals will impact the existing ecosystems etc.? Talk about total disruption of the food chain... __________________ Just imagine this: Your very own pet dodo! __________________ Quote: Originally posted by helius Just imagine this: Your very own pet dodo! How about your very own domesticated wooly mammoth? "That is one...huge...pile... of dinosaur ****!" -Jeff Goldblum __________________ ...they'll always be more from where they came from Mavi forum