Scientists aim to bring mammoth back to life

[Ichinisan]

Cant wait until they do this with Dinossaurs

Just gotta find some frozen dino tissue and...BINGO! Dino DNA. Oh...

 

[jonks]

"your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should"

 

[Ichinisan]

ok.. passenger pigeosn then.

but why would it be useless?

The social structure no longer exists. It probably couldn't reproduce. Also, species that lived with such huge populations probably need a lot of genetic diversity.

 

[Ichinisan]

i agree bring back the dodo

We wouldn't have any frozen tissue, I think. They died off before scientists knew what DNA was.

 

[HAL9000]

Karl Pilkington has issues with this.

 

[drebo]

Do you know how many piano keys we can get from tusks that large?

Three or four at least, I'm sure.

 

[Onceler]

"Let this abomination to the lord commence"(prof Farnsworth when they were going to clone Fry's dead fossilized dog)

 

[destrekor]

"your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should"

Ah hell with that reasoning.

The only time we should start questioning whether we should or not is when it gets into the realm of changing our genetic code. And even then, my answer is: hell fucking yes - just figure a way out to keep our population in check.
We're a terrible creature when it comes to ideal physical condition, it's just that we're also the best at adaptation (including the manipulation of our surroundings in the goal of adaptation).