Wooly Mammoth blood found, fueling hopes of cloning the Ice Age animal

[Introvertebrate]

Russians find mammoth carcass with liquid blood:

http://www.newsday.com/news/world/russians-find-mammoth-carcass-with-liquid-blood-1.5370680

 

[Kazaam]

I sure hope that I will be able to ride a woolly mammoth before I die.

 

[Malhavoc's]

Russians find mammoth carcass with liquid blood:

http://www.newsday.com/news/world/russians-find-mammoth-carcass-with-liquid-blood-1.5370680

So Mammoth blood, the next enviro friendly anti freeze?

 

[Formerphobe]

Great find! Thanks for sharing.
But, we would want to clone them because?.?.?.

 

[bugmankeith]

I hope to see them, the question is where on earth will they be able to live and what do they eat? Are any trees/grasses alive today that were millions of years ago?

 

[Formerphobe]

where on earth will they be able to live and what do they eat? Are any trees/grasses alive today that were millions of years ago?

Exactly. Their world no longer exists.

 

[Kazaam]

I hope to see them, the question is where on earth will they be able to live and what do they eat? Are any trees/grasses alive today that were millions of years ago?

In zoos, obviously.

Some of those grasses and trees do still exist, but I don't think that they're limited to only being able to eat those.

 

[Munch]

How do they know they don't eat humans ?

 

[ShredderEmp]

They know because we ate them.

 

[Introvertebrate]

Great find! Thanks for sharing.
But, we would want to clone them because?.?.?.

You're not intrigued by the possibility of bringing back an extinct species? I'm just sharing info. I never said it was a practical thing to do.

 

[JZC]

Amazing. Absolutely amazing

 

[Shell]

Fascinating, I just wonder if we did manage to clone them, could they handle our climates? As Joyce said, their world just doesn't exist anymore, while they could live in it, would it be humane? Just thinking out loud really

 

[Formerphobe]

You're not intrigued by the possibility of bringing back an extinct species? I'm just sharing info. I never said it was a practical thing to do.

I think it's absolutely fascinating that they found such a well-preserved specimen. I would relish opportunity to see it myself. It's right there on par with the finding of the Ice Man and some of the South American mummies. I think it would be wrong to clone them, too.

 

[The Snark]

So here mankind sits at the apex of the pyramid. Selectively taking what he wants from the environment and rapaciously destroying the habitats of any animal that gets in the way of his greed. Keystone will now be squirting the ancient ooze across the country for his additional profits and amusement. Science now tells us for our lifestyle to be maintained we need another half a planet of resources. The primary perpetrators of the rape and destruction get Fox as their only news source, vote anti intelligence whenever possible, vociferously object to anything remotely resembling spontaneous thinking and demand the newest and fanciest toys regardless what the planetary price may be.
Then along comes a Mammoth. It might be cloned. Well, natural selection has gone down the drains. Probably got the jump start when that planetoid whammed our ball of dirt some 65 million years back. But the mammoth was an herbivore. Not likely able to help put things right and give us the wake up call required. What we need is Jurrasic park full blown and not on some obscure island. Let's talk raptor seeding programs throughout the mid west. T Rex and friends bred like the cattle the glut demands on down Texas way. Would give the 'I need all the guns I can possibly get' crowd something to do.

Nope. Don't see the slightest problem with cloning. Honestly, anything that has the remotest possibility of helping keep homos erectus in check would be beneficial to the planet in the long run. Bring on the big woolys! Retrograde progress rules!

 

[Formerphobe]

But the mammoth was an herbivore. Not likely able to help put things right and give us the wake up call required. What we need is Jurrasic park full blown and not on some obscure island.

Ah, you're talking human population control. That's a different can of worms.

 

[The Snark]

Ah, you're talking human population control. That's a different can of worms.

Naw. Nothing that complex. Just advocating something much of modern man has become allergic to: Socratic Methodology. Let's be honest, mammoth in your barn makes just as much sense as motorhome, ski boat, SUV, wide screen TV and the heck with don't drink our water or breathe our air.

 

[ShredderEmp]

Snark, Homo erectus no longer exists. Haha. I wonder if the oxygen percentage would be able to support them today as it is much lower than what it was.

Also, whos heard of that new virus? Apparently it could kill a lot of people.

 

[The Snark]

Snark, Homo erectus no longer exists.

Been in a Texas beer bar 22:00 Saturday night or wade through the outback 17:00 swill lately? Erectus is alive and well.

 

[Munch]

How on Earth would they be able to clone it? Well it is Russia (no offense)

 

[Malhavoc's]

Ah, you're talking human population control. That's a different can of worms.

.... jurrasic worms?