Posted on 08/30/2018 8:08:09 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Extinct woolly mammoths, cave lions and other long-gone species may be brought back to lifee in a new £4.5million cloning facility in Russia, scientists claim.
The new Jurassic Park-style centre will be a "world class paleo-genetic scientific hub" in the world's coldest city, Yakutsk, in the remote north-east of the country.
Vladimir Putin's exact plans will be unveiled in September at an investment forum but experts say the centre will aim "to study extinct animals from living cells - and to restore such creatures as the woolly mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, cave lion and breeds of long-gone horses".
The cloning laboratories - some sunk deep in the permafrost soil - will extend research by Russian scientists who are already working closely with South Korean specialists.
They've found DNA from the ancient animals preserved in remains encased in frozen soil - or permafrost - for tens of thousands of years.
Dr Lena Grigorieva - who drafted plans for the centre - said: “There is no such unique material anywhere else in the world.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
so they didn’t see the Jurassic movies ,LOL
I can’t read the article; but for what purpose? This is crazy.
1. Putin is pushing this as a jobs program for Siberia.
2. Russia plans on invading China using herds of woolly mammoths like Hannibal used elephants.
Cool! Can’t wait to go on a guided mammoth hunt.
Cool! Can’t wait to go on a guided mammoth hunt.
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You only get a spear. Lol
Yep, Sabre toothed tigers should be re-introduced to the wild in southern California.
“Life, uhh, finds a way.”
Cave lions. Great! Like we don’t have enough timberwolves and grizzlies.
Walt thought so.
Why not? What could go wrong?
Mammoth burgers....mmmmmmmmm
Local farmers might object to something the size of an elephant raiding their fields. And if you thought hitting a deer was bad for your car, these things might hit back.
One day, a human is going to emerge out of the Permafrost. The Russians and the Koreans will clone him/her in a New York minute. Depend on it.
Yes.
Think of the money that could be made! Putin could sell new wooly Mammoths to zoos and circuses. Would you pay to see a mammoth? I would. A trained Mammoth act could headline the Moscow Circus, Headline in Las Vegas! The Circ de Paree ! Such a thing would put Russia on the Map. Not to mention “Mammoth Burgers” and “Mammoth steaks.”
Good thinking. Lol
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