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Tweak says, "I know you are but what am I?"

Cypher (_babelfish) wrote,
@ 2011-01-17 12:47:00

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Because this worked so well in Jurassic Park.

Which I must now watch since I've mentioned it.

But really? Sure, let us resurrect a long extinct species that was alive during an ice age into the present age of even more global warming and radical climate change since that had absolutely no factor on that species extinction in the first place.

In 2008, they succeeded in this exact cloning procedure with mice, so this isn't even going to be done in a "lets see if we can do it way." They already know they can.

I just figure they can spend their time bringing back some animal that more recently went extinct.

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psyche_out
2011-01-17 10:51 pm UTC (link)

Well, I remember taking an anthropology class in college and they talked about the parasites that live inside organisms and how many organisms reproduce via copulation because it increases genetic diversity to help combat said parasites as they become acclimated to the body they reside in.

So, with that in mind, the more recently deceased the animal, the more likely current parasites will adversely affect the cloned animal, right? So maybe the thinking has to do with that. Just a thought.

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	_babelfish 2011-01-18 03:40 am UTC (link)
	Didn't know that. I still say it's a really bad idea considering how different the planet is today. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psyche_out 2011-01-18 06:33 am UTC (link)
	Oh, sure, no argument here. I just figure they must have their reasons and maybe that's one of them. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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