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IF WE CUD REVIVE EXTINCT SPECIES...Shud We ?

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OmSigDAVID
 
Reply Sun 13 Jan, 2008 04:06 am
IF WE CUD USE DNA
TO REVIVE EXTINCT SPECIES...Shud We ?

Mammals ?

Birds ?

Reptiles ?
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Coolwhip
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jan, 2008 05:48 am
If their extinction were caused by man - I say yes. Mammoth, the dodo etc.
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hanno
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jan, 2008 11:19 pm
Yep - all of them that we can get - it would be interesting. One tends to assume it's steady 'improvement' over time, or saw toothed with things like mass extinctions, and that would tend to be the overall trend, but that's not guaranteed.

I wonder how many lost species would displace modern ecological equivalents if given a chance or how many of them were more complex without the sacrifice of elegance. Then again with cock-fights illegal in all states, how much fun could we have? Might not be worth it.
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Mon 21 Jan, 2008 07:23 am
Re: IF WE CUD REVIVE EXTINCT SPECIES...Shud We ?
OmSigDAVID wrote:
IF WE CUD USE DNA
TO REVIVE EXTINCT SPECIES...Shud We ?

Yes. It's unlikely that anything we brought back could survive in the wild again (because most go extinct because their environment has changed), but a few (like the passenger pigeon), might do ok if people didn't shoot them, and others would make good domesticated zoo animals.

I would like to bring back the American Chestnut tree also.
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real life
 
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Reply Mon 21 Jan, 2008 09:19 am
Coolwhip wrote:
If their extinction were caused by man - I say yes. Mammoth, the dodo etc.


Why?

If man is simply another product of evolution, then why should man be singled out as if his actions were somehow 'invalid' and need correcting?
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OCCOM BILL
 
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Reply Mon 21 Jan, 2008 10:11 am
I'd pay big money to visit Jurassic Park.
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Mon 21 Jan, 2008 10:20 am
real life wrote:
Coolwhip wrote:
If their extinction were caused by man - I say yes. Mammoth, the dodo etc.


Why?

If man is simply another product of evolution, then why should man be singled out
as if his actions were somehow 'invalid' and need correcting?

I think that the concept is one of MERCY;
that our ancestors
were not as kind to them as thay shud have been;
that thay shud not have driven them into extinction... a rather extreme thing to do.
David
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Mon 21 Jan, 2008 10:23 am
hanno wrote:
Yep - all of them that we can get - it would be interesting. One tends to assume it's steady 'improvement' over time, or saw toothed with things like mass extinctions, and that would tend to be the overall trend, but that's not guaranteed.

I wonder how many lost species would displace modern ecological equivalents if given a chance or how many of them were more complex without the sacrifice of elegance. Then again with cock-fights illegal in all states, how much fun could we have? Might not be worth it.

U wanna legalize cock fights ?
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Mon 21 Jan, 2008 10:30 am
OCCOM BILL wrote:
I'd pay big money to visit Jurassic Park.

That wud be most enjoyable.

I have my doubts about reviving the carnivorous ones.

" Brush your teeth with Colgate -- Colgate Dental Creme. "

David
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