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Are we close to De Extinction?
http://io9.com/for-the-first-time-scien … aurendavis Interesting article...... So what extinct animals would you like to see revived again? Jul 03 14 12:36 am Link AdelaideJohn1967 wrote: Jul 03 14 12:45 am Link Cherrystone wrote: T Rex is cool and all but what can you do with a T Rex? Jul 03 14 02:34 am Link Saber-toothed tiger. Wooly mammoth. Tasmanian Devil. Dodo bird. Giant Sloth. Jul 03 14 05:35 am Link Among a number of others, the quagga.  I'd especially like to see ones revived that were indisputably hunted to extinction by humans (like the passenger pigeon, Tasmanian tiger, or great auk) as opposed to those that didn't make the evolutionary cut otherwise. Jul 03 14 05:42 am Link AdelaideJohn1967 wrote: You can be his meal! Jul 03 14 06:08 am Link AdelaideJohn1967 wrote: good model mayhem threads? Jul 03 14 07:28 am Link Robb Mann wrote: Alive and well. Jul 03 14 08:04 am Link AdelaideJohn1967 wrote: Send it to say hello to the MODS. Jul 03 14 08:17 am Link AdelaideJohn1967 wrote: I'd train it to attack and destroy signs that say "This Workplace Has Been Velociraptor Free For X Million Years". Jul 03 14 09:23 am Link Not exactly extinct yet, but the numbers are down to less than 2,000. http://www.livestockconservancy.org/ind … l/hereford We had registered Hereford Hogs when I was a kid. It was a lean pasture fed pork that tasted delicious. Jul 03 14 12:11 pm Link So what extinct animals would you like to see revived again?
Jul 03 14 03:44 pm Link Justin wrote: Tasmanian Devil is on the endangered list. They are dying from contagious virus induced mouth cancer. It's horribly sad. Jul 03 14 03:50 pm Link Robb Mann wrote: The Tasmanian devil is alive and well. You're thinking of the Thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger. Jul 03 14 04:54 pm Link Justin wrote: Clearly, I don't read threads before posting my own reply. Jul 03 14 04:54 pm Link AdelaideJohn1967 wrote: roast Jul 03 14 05:48 pm Link AdelaideJohn1967 wrote: Put it in captivity for a miserable life for the purpose of human entertainment would be my guess. Jul 03 14 05:59 pm Link Alabaster Crowley wrote: I quite agree. IF they could do it that's its only future...... Sad Jul 03 14 11:08 pm Link Virtual Studio wrote: I did not know. Do Not Like. Yes, that is horribly sad. Jul 04 14 06:34 am Link |
