Russian Scientists find Mammoth with Liquid Blood

[Pink Ranger]

Well the Katana is definitely coming off the wall for this quest.

Also, remember that when you kill vicious animals in real life, they don't leave behind treasure chests filled with gold.

I found that out the hard way. I'm not allowed at the zoo anymore.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

People will get bored with them, poachers will slaughter the last ones, and some pimp will end up wearing them as a fur coat.

Thank you science.

And Al Gore said global warming was bad.

 

[Ultimatehero]

So, this means we can bring it to life now right?

And no sabertooths! We don't know how instinctive those cats are. They could be a thousand times more deadly than every wild cat we know due to the time it lived. It could be an expert hunting machine. So I'd say it's not worth the risk.

Bring back a brontosaurus.

 

[Duran Man]

This wouldn't end well.

 

[Teelie]

SyFy has already done reanimated Mammoths and cloned Sabertooth Cats. Neither ended well.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

So, this means we can bring it to life now right?

And no sabertooths! We don't know how instinctive those cats are. They could be a thousand times more deadly than every wild cat we know due to the time it lived. It could be an expert hunting machine. So I'd say it's not worth the risk.

Bring back a brontosaurus.

Challenge accepted

 

[Pink Ranger]

SyFy has already done reanimated Mammoths and cloned Sabertooth Cats. Neither ended well.

Yeah, but to be fair, nothing SyFy does turns out well.

 

[Ultimatehero]

SPOILERS: The Mammoth is possessed by an ALIEN. GOD, I can not believe I just watched that trailer - but, there you go. Syfy's stupidity at an extreme. We're safe!

 

[Octoberist]

Unless this cloned mammoth is altered with some DNA splicing, what is it going to eat that is acceptable to its body? And wasn't the Earth's atmosphere heavier back then? Poor Mammoth.

 

[Thundercrack85]

I would be trademarking the name "Pleistocene Park" right now, if I was a quirky English billionaire.

 

[Breogan]

I can't wait, they will be so useful to have around again...

 

[Ant-manic]

Mammoth-Flu outbreak to follow

 

[Endeavor]

Let's work on the Dodo next.

The Dodo's meat wasn't good to eat

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

There's a wildlife tundra reserve in Russia that wants to bring back Mammoths, cave lions, dire wolves, and Smilodons (Sabre-tooth cats) back.

It's about time we bring back a mammoth for our own amusement. We, after all, were one of the many reasons it went extinct.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

There's a wildlife tundra reserve in Russia that wants to bring back Mammoths, cave lions, dire wolves, and Smilodons (Sabre-tooth cats) back.

It's about time we bring back a mammoth for our own amusement. We, after all, were one of the many reasons it went extinct.

If we brought back one, it'd truly be for our own amusement and kinda pointless scientifically (since we already know pretty much everything there is to know about mammoths). If we have any intention of actually reviving the species permanently we need to bring back 10-20 Mammoths of different genetic backgrounds, but that's impossible with only one vial of DNA to pull from. Unless we can somehow breed mammoths with elephants or they start reproducing asexually like in Jurassic Park (fat chance), this is a bit of a vanity experiment and definitely does not benefit mammoths. It would make a really great zoological exhibit and that's about it.

 

[Thundercrack85]

I'd say it's an achievement up there with the moon landing.

 

[Teelie]

Unless this cloned mammoth is altered with some DNA splicing, what is it going to eat that is acceptable to its body? And wasn't the Earth's atmosphere heavier back then? Poor Mammoth.

It'll eat what it used to eat. Pretty sure none of the plants from the era are extinct, certainly not all of them.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Lots of plants from that era are extinct. Plants are not immune to extinction. Actually while we're on the topic of bringing dead species back to life, Israel just ressurected the Judean date palm tree, a tree that appeared on ancient Roman coins, was renowned for its tasty dates in the Bible and became extinct around the time of Jesus. They found some well-preserved, 2,000 year old seeds and somehow managed to sprout one. It's now a small tree I think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judean_date_palm

 

[Thundercrack85]

Guess we could try peanuts.

 

[Teelie]

Lots of plants from that era are extinct. Plants are not immune to extinction. Actually while we're on the topic of bringing dead species back to life, Israel just ressurected the Judean date palm tree, a tree that appeared on ancient Roman coins, was renowned for its tasty dates in the Bible and became extinct around the time of Jesus. They found some well-preserved, 2,000 year old seeds and somehow managed to sprout one. It's now a small tree I think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judean_date_palm

I know plants go extinct all the time but I don't think mammoths were all that similar to Koalas or something similar in that they ate only one type of plant which no longer exists (and outside of a few human-edible ones, I have no idea what would be extinct from that era). They probably ate a variety and depending on location too. They were quite widespread in their time afterall. There are probably plants similar to extinct ones that are not different enough to distinguish to a mammoth in any event so feeding one shouldn't be difficult.