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How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

croemer — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 23:31:21 GMT

Just watching this program on the Smithsonian Channel from my DVR. Very interesting...they found a preserved portion of a Woolly Mammoth...including some blood. It was apparently stuck in some marsh or something and was killed by some animals. What would you think about them cloning a Mammoth...the implantation would be in an Elephant? The trunk was very well preserved as well.

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

Topaz Gem — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 23:33:33 GMT

Kind of creepy on the one hand, but utterly fascinating on the other.

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

croemer — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 23:35:15 GMT

On 3/6/2015 Topaz Gem said:
Kind of creepy on the one hand, but utterly fascinating on the other.

My thoughts too.

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

NoelSeven — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 23:52:25 GMT

Yes!

We need to learn how to do this because so many birds and animals are on the endangered list for becoming extinct.

We also have DNA from Neanderthals, that would be the real ethical question.

FYi: those of us from European ancestry have two to four or six % of Neanderthal genes. Africans do not. The mating happened after the ancestors of Europeans migrated out of Africa.

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

OnlyShopsOnline — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:02:18 GMT

Jurassic Park?

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Elstongunn — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:03:05 GMT

I think we need to focus on saving the precious species and rapidly disappearing environment that we have left rather than introducing an already extinct animal species into our environment where it would have to fight for deplenished food sources.

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

sylviahomeatlast — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:05:25 GMT

I saw a similar show on PBS a very long time ago. It was located in Siberia, I think and the scientists built an ice cave to work.

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

NoelSeven — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:13:42 GMT

On 3/6/2015 ktlynam said:
I think we need to focus on saving the precious species and rapidly disappearing environment that we have left rather than introducing an already extinct animal species into our environment where it would have to fight for deplenished food sources.

If scientists were able to recreate a wooly mammoth, it wouldn't have to fight for food. It would be on a carefully guarded reserve.

And we would be learning how to care for the animals we have now, it's not a waste of time.

Like stem cell research, poo-pooed at first, and now Stanford Hospital is on the verge of growing a new heart for those in need, from a person's own stem cells.

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

Preds — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:15:11 GMT

On 3/6/2015 croemer said:
On 3/6/2015 Topaz Gem said:
Kind of creepy on the one hand, but utterly fascinating on the other.

My thoughts too.

I agree.

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

croemer — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:16:51 GMT

On 3/6/2015 NoelSeven said:
On 3/6/2015 ktlynam said:
I think we need to focus on saving the precious species and rapidly disappearing environment that we have left rather than introducing an already extinct animal species into our environment where it would have to fight for deplenished food sources.

If scientists were able to recreate a wooly mammoth, it wouldn't have to fight for food. It would be on a carefully guarded reserve.

And we would be learning how to care for the animals we have now, it's not a waste of time.

Like stem cell research, poo-pooed at first, and now Stanford Hospital is on the verge of growing a new heart for those in need, from a person's own stem cells.

I have to admit...I think this would be fascinating...I mean they are very much like an elephant but with long hair.

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

NoelSeven — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:18:36 GMT

On 3/6/2015 croemer said:
On 3/6/2015 NoelSeven said:
On 3/6/2015 ktlynam said:
I think we need to focus on saving the precious species and rapidly disappearing environment that we have left rather than introducing an already extinct animal species into our environment where it would have to fight for deplenished food sources.

If scientists were able to recreate a wooly mammoth, it wouldn't have to fight for food. It would be on a carefully guarded reserve.

And we would be learning how to care for the animals we have now, it's not a waste of time.

Like stem cell research, poo-pooed at first, and now Stanford Hospital is on the verge of growing a new heart for those in need, from a person's own stem cells.

I have to admit...I think this would be fascinating...I mean they are very much like an elephant but with long hair.

I think they chose the best "mother" to carry it. They try to get the closest genetic match possible.

This is exciting

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

Kachina624 — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 00:53:54 GMT

I'd like to see them try it.

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

dooBdoo — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 01:14:23 GMT

I agree with the juxtaposition of creepy and fascinating. If it could help the problem of extinction in other animals, that would be a wonderful thing. Thanks for the thread, croemer.

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

NoelSeven — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 01:21:55 GMT

Fascinating information about the animal on Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolly_mammoth

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

Sushismom — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 01:29:04 GMT

Better a mammoth than a velociraptor.

I'm fascinated by the implications. Could we get dodo birds back? Carrier pigeons? Western black rhinoceros (which went extinct in 1996)? Or the Formosan cloud leopard (that also went extinct in the 90s).

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

Cakers1 — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 01:43:16 GMT

On 3/6/2015 croemer said:
Just watching this program on the Smithsonian Channel from my DVR. Very interesting...they found a preserved portion of a Woolly Mammoth...including some blood. It was apparently stuck in some marsh or something and was killed by some animals. What would you think about them cloning a Mammoth...the implantation would be in an Elephant? The trunk was very well preserved as well.

What does the elephant think?

Not sure if the mammoth is the best creature to be brought back since there are quite a few others in recent extinction that seem to merit this more; however I assume the genetic material is not there in those situations.

It might be kind of exciting to see. How many would they clone I wonder.

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

croemer — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 03:06:25 GMT

Ha Cakers...I do not think the Elephant would be asked.

The Mammoth they found frozen was about 50 years old and reading the link Noel provided they lived to around 60. I also found it fascinating that the bones were used for construction material as dwellings for Neanderthals and modern humans during the ice age.

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

Cakers1 — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 03:20:37 GMT

On 3/6/2015 croemer said:
Ha Cakers...I do not think the Elephant would be asked.

The Mammoth they found frozen was about 50 years old and reading the link Noel provided they lived to around 60. I also found it fascinating that the bones were used for construction material as dwellings for Neanderthals and modern humans during the ice age.

Whaaa? The elephant has no say?

Amazing what is found, though. Wouldn't it be great to be on an expedition like that?

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

croemer — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 03:26:13 GMT

On 3/6/2015 Cakers1 said:
On 3/6/2015 croemer said:
Ha Cakers...I do not think the Elephant would be asked.

The Mammoth they found frozen was about 50 years old and reading the link Noel provided they lived to around 60. I also found it fascinating that the bones were used for construction material as dwellings for Neanderthals and modern humans during the ice age.

Whaaa? The elephant has no say?

Amazing what is found, though. Wouldn't it be great to be on an expedition like that?

Yes it would be so interesting...and COLD!

Re: How to clone a Woolly Mammoth:

brewhaha — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 03:28:33 GMT

I hope they play some romantic elephant music first.