Scientists attempt to clone woolly mammoth

The Independent (U.K.) ^ | 07/16/03 | Charles Arthur

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[Centurion2000]

Wonder what it will taste like ? .... freezerburned ?

[Mean Daddy]

On what basis is it that the authors states that man was the cause of their extinction?

[Naspino]

Mammoths died out about 13,000 years ago because humans hunted them to extinction. One plan to revive mammoths would not use cloning, but the more straightforward technique of artificial insemination of any intact sperm into African elephants, the mammoths' closest living relative.

Yes -- absolute crock of $(&*$. The liberals have too much power in education.

[CholeraJoe]

Mammoths died out about 13,000 years ago because humans hunted them to extinction.

Hogwash. This is merely one of many theories. There were a whole lot more humans in Africa but it was only with the advent of high-powered rifles in the last 100 years that the African elephant became endangered.

Perhaps the mammoths suffered reproductive inertia like the giant panda? Or got brucellosis. Or all the male mammoths turned gay.

[Onelifetogive]

Mammoths died out about 13,000 years ago because humans hunted them to extinction.

You think we could get all the world's liberals distracted for a few years by a "Save the Mammoths" crusade?

[Labyrinthos]

Perhaps the mammoths suffered reproductive inertia like the giant panda? Or got brucellosis. Or all the male mammoths turned gay.

Don't forget global warming.

[CholeraJoe]

Idiot.

And your doctoral degree is in which discipline? Mine's in Medicine.

[Onelifetogive]

Hogwash. This is merely one of many theories. There were a whole lot more humans in Africa but it was only with the advent of high-powered rifles in the last 100 years that the African elephant became endangered.

Maybe it's the liberal author's opinion that the European (lily-white) hunters of mammoths were considerably more talented and effective than the African elephant hunters...

[Camel Joe]

Yes, but would it have three arses like the monkey?

[CholeraJoe]

Don't forget global warming.

But...but...there weren't any SUV's back then.

[Labyrinthos]

Since when should the facts get in the way of science. If there was man, then there must have been global warming. Very simple. Now stop arguing with me.

[RightWhale]

"You have to have a living cell for cloning, and not a single cell can survive in the permafrost," he said then.

But, then, he's a wooly mammoth expert, not a cloning expert.

[Billthedrill]

Hey, cool. Already got me a mammoth tag. I'm thinking a .458 Winchester magnum with Grand Slams, but I'm willing to take suggestions.

Mammoth-burgers. Mmmmmmm....

[CholeraJoe]

If there was man, then there must have been global warming. Very simple. Now stop arguing with me

Oh. I see. I liked onelifetogive's explanation better. Europeans were better hunters than Africans.

[RightWhale]

Mammoths didn't need firepower to make them extinct. A couple dogs and a sharp stick ought to do the job. Let us know how it goes, and we'll expect images, if not a flanksteak.

[Junior]

20C (-4F).

I think he's got this backward. 20C is about 68F.