Jurassic Park Apparently Possible

[chaseter]

I think there's enough proof that he was a hunter at least part of the time, what with many skeletons found with healed Rex tooth marks in them, showing that the animal survived the encounter with the Tyrannosaur. It's very likely that Tyrannosaur, like many predators, would scavenge if the opportunity arose.

As for being an ambush hunter, it really doesn't take much to learn a habit like that, especially if dinosaurs were as active parents as is theorized.

I don't doubt that he would attack an animal if it presented itself as easy but I would agree that it would be like a croc as in it only attacked if the opportunity was extremely easy much like older crocs wait for an animal to cross a river then easily take it down. I don't think T-Rex was a chaser and I think he was too big to hide and he couldn't crouch or hide under water like most stealth predators do today.

 

[Specter313]

Yep, and more disgusting abuse of animals

Looking at this from a more practical point of view, if they can perfect this method so these animals don't suffer and are able to live, this can be used in some really beneficial ways, such as helping to repopulated endangered species, as well as bring back species that man helped to cause to go extinct, and such. Correcting our wrongs in a way. This does have potential.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Looking at this from a more practical point of view, if they can perfect this method so these animals don't suffer and are able to live, this can be used in some really beneficial ways, such as helping to repopulated endangered species, as well as bring back species that man helped to cause to go extinct, and such. Correcting our wrongs in a way. This does have potential.

i agree. Especially when they are no longer "clones" and able to breed on there own, it would be beautiful to give back what we took away. The Dodo, several breeds of elephants, lions, and other wild cats, and hundreds of birds.

 

[chaseter]

The dodo died for a reason

 

[SuperFerret]

To provide us with a funny way to discuss extinction. Plus, it sucked.

 

[chaseter]

I think this just means we all may soon have a Bubastis

 

[SuperFerret]

I think this just means we all may soon have a Bubastis

I knew a guy who had that, it burst and he died.

 

[chaseter]

Sorry old friend

 

[FaT_tONle]

I was learning about sequencing technique in a Mol Bio class... apparently the techniques are so adept these days that we can sequence a DNA genome in possibly several days. But I still say you need the complete DNA or an organism so no matter what... while I think we can go back to the Ice Age... Jurassic Park is wishful thinking.

 

[chaseter]

We can artificially sequence any genome we want as long as it has been mapped.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Yeah but I don't know how close you can get to a Dino sequence. Maybe when the technology is there is might be possible to make the proper predictions and come up with some hapassed cloned dino species or something. Obviously having the DNA would make it a heck of a lot easier.

 

[chaseter]

I am sure there is a frozen specimen or perfectly encased specimen(s) out there somewhere.

 

[SuperFerret]

Fortunately, dinosaurs died out so long ago that any DNA from them would be, at best, incomplete. Unfortunately, if there is ever any advances in finding dinosaur DNA, they will be cloned. Science doesn't leave any stone unturned like that, regardless of the consequences.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Yeah but DNA half life even in ice is like a million years or so...

 

[chaseter]

So lets just create a time machine then instead of playing around with cloning

 

[spideyboy_1111]

The dodo died for a reason

actually.. no we killed it off. It was named the dodo because it was dumb enough to actually run up to the hunters

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

I saw a neat documentary on cable last year where they theorized they could take an Emu, knockout certain genes, change others, to basically make it look more like an archaic ancestor.

For instance, change its genes to make its digestive system similar to a carnivore, give it teeth, elongate and retain the vertebrae to give it a tail, and change the genes to make feathers into making scales instead (similar to the feet of birds). They say that might be the closest we'll ever get to see a dinosaur.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

i agree. Especially when they are no longer "clones" and able to breed on there own, it would be beautiful to give back what we took away. The Dodo, several breeds of elephants, lions, and other wild cats, and hundreds of birds.

Theres only one problem, and thats the same problem that Dolly the sheep had. The DNA has a trigger to let itself know when an organism needs to die after billions of replications. I think they're called tilomeres. Dolley only lived for 7 or 8 years, the exact age left for the DNA doner sheep to live.

If they do manage to clone them, they will live short, miserable lives.

 

[Star]

actually.. no we killed it off. It was named the dodo because it was dumb enough to actually run up to the hunters

Did people eat the dodo?

 

[spideyboy_1111]

Did people eat the dodo?

no, i think it was back in the "Seal clubbing" days... and i believe they hunted dodo for it's tail feathers.. for clothing.

 

[Carcharodon]

Science doesn't leave any stone unturned like that, regardless of the consequences.

 

[Carcharodon]

Theres only one problem, and thats the same problem that Dolly the sheep had. The DNA has a trigger to let itself know when an organism needs to die after billions of replications. I think they're called tilomeres. Dolley only lived for 7 or 8 years, the exact age left for the DNA doner sheep to live.

If they do manage to clone them, they will live short, miserable lives.

Telomeres. And that's actually an interesting point, given that each replication clips them of a few nucleotides. I'd never even considered that as a factor. Good call.

 

[chaseter]

actually.. no we killed it off. It was named the dodo because it was dumb enough to actually run up to the hunters

Therefore, it died for a reason

 

[chaseter]

Telomeres. And that's actually an interesting point, given that each replication clips them of a few nucleotides. I'd never even considered that as a factor. Good call.

Telomeres are very interesting, being made from the enzyme Telomerase, and they are used up in our body to allow proper DNA replication in our body to then code for products but once the Telomeres are used up in our body...we age and die So, some propose that if we can make telomeres and give them to people, then we may be able to extend our life for years and years

 

[Carcharodon]

Therefore, it died for a reason

It died....so that we....could LIVE.