Niffla said:

by the way here's a woolly mammoth photo for reference



well actually that's a bulldog in a woolly mammoth costume, but close enough

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shit man, until you pointed it out i really thought that was a real deal mammoth!

Shroomslip said:

There's been talk of this forever. First time I heard about it was probably over 10 years ago or more on a documentary from Discovery where they found a remarkably intact woolly mammoth frozen in a bunch of ice and excavated it and were talking about maybe using it's DNA to clone it and bring them back.

I say go for it, but do it large scale. I want to find out what one tastes like.

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doodman said:

Niffla said:

by the way here's a woolly mammoth photo for reference



well actually that's a bulldog in a woolly mammoth costume, but close enough

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shit man, until you pointed it out i really thought that was a real deal mammoth!

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zappaisgod said:

Shroomslip said:

There's been talk of this forever. First time I heard about it was probably over 10 years ago or more on a documentary from Discovery where they found a remarkably intact woolly mammoth frozen in a bunch of ice and excavated it and were talking about maybe using it's DNA to clone it and bring them back.

I say go for it, but do it large scale. I want to find out what one tastes like.

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I think it is so cute that you think 10 years is forever.

The difference between this and resurrecting dinosaurs is that mammoths have extremely close living relatives.  They are called elephants.  We can use them as an incubator.  And we don't really need to resurrect dinosaurs.  They are among us.  They are called birds.

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I'm only 30, and 10 was a conservative estimate. I'm pretty sure I watched it back when I was a young teen. That's like half a lifetime ago for me. It's all perspective, 1/3rd of my life is forever ago.

The one thing about perspective and years that always trips me up is that when someone talks about 10 years ago, I have to actually do the math to think of the actual year, because I always just assume they're talking about the 90's.

And come on, you telling me you wouldn't wanna try some Raptor or T-rex? I'd pay some ridiculous price to try it.

zappaisgod said:

Barbecued brontosaurus rib?  Hell fuck yeah.

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zappaisgod said:

The difference between this and resurrecting dinosaurs is that mammoths have extremely close living relatives.  They are called elephants.  We can use them as an incubator.

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psi said:

zappaisgod said:

The difference between this and resurrecting dinosaurs is that mammoths have extremely close living relatives.  They are called elephants.  We can use them as an incubator.

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Another major difference is the quality of genetic material available for the extinct animal. They have found mammoths that have been frozen since the time they were alive. Good luck finding that with a T-Rex.

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