Posted on 02/16/2017 11:16:20 AM PST by C19fan
The woolly mammoth vanished from the Earth 4,000 years ago, but now scientists say they are on the brink of resurrecting the ancient beast in a revised form, through an ambitious feat of genetic engineering.
Speaking ahead of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston this week, the scientist leading the de-extinction effort said the Harvard team is just two years away from creating a hybrid embryo, in which mammoth traits would be programmed into an Asian elephant.
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So when are they issuing the hunting tags?
“...the Harvard team is just two years away from creating a hybrid embryo, in which mammoth traits would be programmed into an Asian elephant.”
Not even that, they’ve mapped the genome of the mammoth and they’re just changing areas of the elephant genome to produce hair and little ears.
They’re not using 10,000’s year old DNA.
And they’re only planning to make embryos.
Please can we have the DoDo bird next. I’d just love to send some DoDo’s to some politicians.
/sarc
I have one question. Is my .375 H&H Magnum enough gun or do I need to go get a .40 or a .50?
I want to bring back the passenger pigeon—raise them in farms and sell them to rich people to eat! Make a million in the first 3 months. They were very tasty and lead to their extinction.
Good! With the coming ice age we’re going to need them.
The failure of Global Warming is going to put a real hurt on the food supply.
I saw a program not long ago where scientists claim they have isolated 100% genetic coding for the reportedly extinct Tasmanian Tiger. I say reportedly extinct, because there are still people today who claim they have seen this species in the wild.
Does that mean we can now do away with the endangered species act? Just keep some DNA samples.
*** Aids originated in monkeys. Who knows what Mammoths had” ***
Those folks into Monkeys and Mammoths will be the most severely impacted by the new Mammoth, Monkey STD’s.
Me... I’m not worried (and as long as Donald Trump is President, I ain’t paying for their proclivities either)
Not Tired of Winning!
MAGA
Ordering a lion/Smilodon hybrid to eat your Asian/mammoth cross ...
lol
But I'll be waiting in my machan on my hybrid pachyderm toting my Howdah pistol waiting for your smilodon/Panthera hybrid.
The game is a foot
Smilodons may have hunted in packs, so you might need more than a pistol. Also while your mammoth is growing up big enough to support a Howdah, my cats will be hunting - they say that baby mammoth is like veal ... I will make the tomato sauce ...
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