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jeffreyi

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8. How about we take care of what's already in our world.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2024, 02:25 PM

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Scientists Said They'd Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth by 2027. They're Really Close. [View all] babylonsister Mar 12 OP

I'm all for it. I see no ethical problems. Goodheart Mar 12 #1

Well, if you think cow farts are bad, yagotme Mar 12 #3

You know how many times I leafed through PM magazine in the past, yagotme Mar 12 #2

I'm more interested in technology that dups extra organs for those needing transplants, or replacement SWBTATTReg Mar 12 #4

Still, a revived mammoth will face the problems that led to its extinction: lack of genetic diversity. Aristus Mar 12 #5

According to article... they won't be Mammoths. WarGamer Mar 12 #6

Wooly Mammoths will be the 'new' capybaras. sinkingfeeling Mar 12 #7

I want a fucking mammoth running down Main Street smashing cars out of the way. SoFlaBro Mar 12 #14

How about we take care of what's already in our world. jeffreyi Mar 12 #8

Didn't we learn our lesson SocialDemocrat61 Mar 12 #9

Welcome to edhopper Mar 12 #11

I want something that eats box-elder bugs. Owl Mar 12 #10

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. 🤔 nt Raine Mar 12 #12

But in this case we should Polybius Mar 12 #13

Yeah I'd say esp the Tasmanian Tiger as it just went extinct in the 1930's EX500rider Mar 12 #16

Why are people excited about this? Seriously? harumph Mar 12 #15

Fyi there is also a team working to bring back the sabre-toothed tiger ripcord Mar 12 #17

"the ecosystem it once lived in"? Great. Just as global warming really gets going, they give some elephants a fur coat muriel_volestrangler Mar 12 #18

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