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Mammoths will roam new Jurassic Park-style theme park with cave lions...in 10 years,...
The Sun ^
| Sept 18, 2018
| Patrick Knox and Will Stewart
Posted on 09/18/2018 7:23:18 AM PDT by ETL
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To: PIF
41
posted on
09/18/2018 9:52:05 AM PDT
by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
To: ETL
“Along with other measures, it’s hoped the woolly mammoths will create an environment which could stop Siberia’s permafrost melting and then releasing billions of tons of greenhouse gases.”
He said: Cold-resistant elephants would flatten the insulating snow and supporting trees in winter and favour the highly heat reflective grass in summer. They would also help capture new carbon by enhancing the photosynthetic capacity of the vegetation. Should Prof Church and his Harvard uni team successfully clone woolly mammoths they would be taken to an extraordinary Ice Age safari park currently being developed by Russian scientists.
Called the Pleistocene Park, the 20,000 hectare zone in the furthest stretches of remote Siberia has been created in a bid to recreate an Ice-Age ecosystem. Boffins believe grazing woolly mammoths would also compact the snow in the winter and grass in the summer all of which lowers the permafrost temperature.
It is nice to know that academics are still able to get their hands on some really great drugs.
A few dozen, or even a few thousand, woolly mammoths tramping down the snow and grass in a 20,000 hectare park is going to have a snowball’s chance on the surface of the Sun to stop ALL of the permafrost in Siberia from melting? Yeah, they’re on drugs...either that, or so f’ing stupid that they should immediately be fired.
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posted on
09/18/2018 9:56:37 AM PDT
by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
To: Ancesthntr
Good find. Those long faced bears do look a bit small however ...
43
posted on
09/18/2018 10:02:31 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Ancesthntr
If the woolly mammoths only had that ability to start with.... Will these be "new and improved" woolly mammoths with real foot-stomping action from Mattel™ ?
...and think of the Coca-Cola commercials. Do polar bears eat woolly mammoths?
44
posted on
09/18/2018 10:18:41 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: dinodino
I am certain that a thorough background check might prevent a Dennis Nedry from coming in.
45
posted on
09/18/2018 10:26:13 AM PDT
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: ETL
Yeah, that little problem of inventing an artificial womb might be tough. Usually with these stories they talk about implanting an embryo in some living animal, to my understanding.
Freegards
46
posted on
09/18/2018 10:34:30 AM PDT
by
Ransomed
To: ETL
47
posted on
09/18/2018 11:05:21 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: dinodino
Free the Mammoths!!!! They deserve to roam free!!!
48
posted on
09/18/2018 11:07:18 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: Boogieman; JayAr36
Why stop there? Clone some neanderthals to put in the park and we can have a real show.
Let the games begin...
49
posted on
09/18/2018 11:52:46 AM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: bgill
Hellarysauras
50
posted on
09/18/2018 11:56:18 AM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: WKUHilltopper
The horses probably died out because the grasses are covered in snow... unless they plan on trucking hay into the herd, they most likely won’t survive the Siberian winters...
51
posted on
09/18/2018 12:04:56 PM PDT
by
shotgun
To: Pride in the USA
Agree, the pictures are amazing. The concept makes me uneasy, but I’d still be excited to see it.
52
posted on
09/18/2018 12:31:57 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
To: ETL
Sounds fascinating; on behalf of all Freep Old Farts, let me say, ‘I wish I could be around to see it.’
To: Ancesthntr
You think they believe this crap? It’s just a way to make their harebrained idea a holy cause by allying it with the global warming movement.
54
posted on
09/19/2018 9:57:32 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
To: ETL; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Note: this topic is from . Thanks ETL.
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posted on
12/02/2018 12:23:49 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
To: ETL
56
posted on
12/02/2018 4:38:48 AM PST
by
bert
(to them (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Invade Honduras. Provide a military government)
To: Ancesthntr
Lol fantastic! Well done!
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posted on
12/02/2018 4:53:50 AM PST
by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
To: tet68
That’s a lot of freezer burn.
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posted on
12/02/2018 3:52:41 PM PST
by
Redcitizen
(I don't always lurk, but when I do, Freerepublic.)
To: Lurkina.n.Learnin; dinodino
“When scientists decide they are smarter then mother nature it is a problem. Just because you can doesnt mean you should.”
According to that logic, mankind should be living in caves without technology, modern medicine or first world sanitation.
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posted on
12/02/2018 3:58:38 PM PST
by
Redcitizen
(I don't always lurk, but when I do, Freerepublic.)
To: Parmy
Because the Russians know that AGW is a hoax and are anticipating the coming cold. Billions of pounds of self sustaining protein on the hoof is cheaper to maintain and goes a long way when needed. Everything in Russia (and China) is in reality about military preparation.
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posted on
12/03/2018 8:25:35 AM PST
by
gnarledmaw
(Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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