I just read in National Geographic that they have DNA of many animals which are already extinct.  The article explains that the mammoth would be one they might consider.  Also some frogs and birds.  Some of these animals would probably have a hard time fitting into our world as it is.  Their habitat is obviously gone. 

The author of article even suggests bringing dinosaurs back to life -- crazy idea if you ask me.  He does acknowledge though that man living with dinosaurs might not be feasible.  Oh how clever!!!!! 

I am kind of ambivalent about this whole idea.  Animals go extinct for a reason.  It may be sad that we will never see them again, but we have to be realistic too. 

Anyway I thought this was kind of interesting, so thought I would bring it here.   

Brontosaurus burgers...hmmmm.....

My dream would be to clear out a little island, bring these creatures back to life and let them roam there, and just continuously exile libs to it.

Quote from: taxed on February 14, 2014, 06:40:26 PM
My dream would be to clear out a little island, bring these creatures back to life and let them roam there, and just continuously exile libs to it.

Hey that is cool.  What about Hillary and Bill???   They could work there as groundskeepers.  Then once Obozo is impeached, we could send him and Moochelle too.   Instead of filet mignon and halibut, they could have barbecued mammoth and tyrantosaurus steaks.  Moochelle could wear her $12,000 gown and still eat on her fine china.  Hope they are good runners. 

Quote from: Little Nan on February 14, 2014, 06:52:45 PM
Hey that is cool.  What about Hillary and Bill???   They could work there as groundskeepers.  Then once Obozo is impeached, we could send him and Moochelle too.   Instead of filet mignon and halibut, they could have barbecued mammoth and tyrantosaurus steaks.  Moochelle could wear her $12,000 gown and still eat on her fine china.  Hope they are good runners.

We could send Bill there, but one of the tyrannosauruses would slap him with a harassment suite.

While it's technically possible,  there hasn't been much success.  You would need a complete DNA profile of the animal.  This has been done with a certain type of Ibex that went extinct about ten years ago. The clone was born but died a few moments later due to a lung defect. 

It's much more difficult if you want to bring back more than one individual.  You would need complete profiles of at least a male and female mammoth so they can mate.  Actually you would need several more profiles to give enough genetic diversity to the population.

The idea of mammoths is interesting because they often find them frozen in Siberia. So DNA wouldn't be a problem. The question is could they exist on modern cattle feed.

It is too fragmented after a few tens of thousands of years. Perhaps if sufficient samples were obtained of the recently deceased, but dinosaurs, forget it.

There's the danger of bringing back the bacteria and viruses that existed back then, too. Things for which we have neither immunity nor drugs.

Speaking of extinct animals brought back to life, let's bring back honest Democrats.

I'm sure at least a couple existed, back before 1850.

Quote from: quiller on May 02, 2014, 07:41:59 AM
Speaking of extinct animals brought back to life, let's bring back honest Democrats.

I'm sure at least a couple existed, back before 1850.

They're another extinct species.

I think the only animals we should even consider trying to de-extinct are those which have died out in the past twenty years or so, the world has changed too much for the rest. Plus, humans haven't exactly proved trust worthy with the creatures we still have.

Quote from: Little Nan on February 14, 2014, 06:52:45 PM
Hey that is cool.  What about Hillary and Bill???   They could work there as groundskeepers.  Then once Obozo is impeached, we could send him and Moochelle too.   Instead of filet mignon and halibut, they could have barbecued mammoth and tyrantosaurus steaks.  Moochelle could wear her $12,000 gown and still eat on her fine china.  Hope they are good runners.

Hillary is a re-incarnation of an ancient dinosaur. The Bitchisaurus-rex. It lacked the tiny arms of the Tyrannosaurus and instead had, long skinny arms perfectly adapted to reach into the pockets of her adversaries and take what they had rightfully earned.