zeta_immersion Share Posted January 17, 2011 well ... a mammoth is cool how about a sabertooth or something ... i would love to see a dodo bird actually Link to post Share on other sites
Growled Member Share Posted January 18, 2011 This would be an amazing feat, if they could pull it off. Link to post Share on other sites
Pajter Share Posted January 18, 2011 I wanna go to Kinky University... Link to post Share on other sites
Crisp Share Posted January 18, 2011 Two reasons why this wont work. 1. How can you ask an Elephant if you can use her body to bread this cloned animal inside her? B. Didn't Japan learn from when they made Godzilla? It'll go terribly wrong. Link to post Share on other sites
greenwizard88 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Two reasons why this wont work. 1. How can you ask an Elephant if you can use her body to bread this cloned animal inside her? B. Didn't Japan learn from when they made Godzilla? It'll go terribly wrong. Luckily, this isn't a giant lizard. I heard they'll be putting it in a Jurassic themed Park though, I doubt that could ever go wrong :whistle: Link to post Share on other sites
Ently Share Posted January 18, 2011 I really hope they end up making a Jurassic Park! just... with better security :ninja: First Mammoths next.. T-Rex! :D Link to post Share on other sites
leedogg Share Posted January 18, 2011 unfortunately that mammoth is probably going to need to live in a bubble. its immune system is going to be seriously underdeveloped. Wonder what it will/can eat. Link to post Share on other sites
Quattrone Share Posted January 18, 2011 unfortunately that mammoth is probably going to need to live in a bubble. its immune system is going to be seriously underdeveloped. Wonder what it will/can eat. But u know what, even if he die in a few days, his dna is fresh and scientists can improve it and make it better next time. Link to post Share on other sites
ViperAFK Share Posted January 18, 2011 Ok, then what? is there a need for mammoths? food perhaps? Mammoths are ****ing awesome, do you need more reason than that? Link to post Share on other sites
zhangm Supervisor Share Posted January 19, 2011 unfortunately that mammoth is probably going to need to live in a bubble. its immune system is going to be seriously underdeveloped. Wonder what it will/can eat. Underdeveloped immune system? What? Explain. It can eat modern day equivalents of what it used to eat. Its not like modern day life is biochemically incompatible with life from millions of years ago. Two billion years - probably. Link to post Share on other sites
logicwin Share Posted January 19, 2011 dont mothers pass on some of their immune system qualities to the baby, well thet would happen to the baby mammoth wouldnt it? anyways we have cures for the diseases most likely so we would give them to the baby Link to post Share on other sites
Solid Knight Share Posted January 19, 2011 These animals went instinct for a reason. Bad circumstances mostly. Lots of animals go extinct for things beyond their control. I bet some forest fires killed off thousands of species. Link to post Share on other sites
leedogg Share Posted January 19, 2011 Underdeveloped immune system? What? Explain. It can eat modern day equivalents of what it used to eat. Its not like modern day life is biochemically incompatible with life from millions of years ago. Two billion years - probably. Remember what happened when europeans first came to the americas and introduced all sorts of diseases that the natives were never able to build immunities against? This mammoth's immune system was meant to fend off diseases that were present at that time, not modern diseases. The common cold for the rest of us, could be like the bubonic plague for this creature. Then again, modern diseases could also have evolved to the point where this creature would be like a different species and nothing can infect him...we just dont know. Link to post Share on other sites
Xilo Share Posted January 19, 2011 Remember what happened when europeans first came to the americas and introduced all sorts of diseases that the natives were never able to build immunities against? This mammoth's immune system was meant to fend off diseases that were present at that time, not modern diseases. The common cold for the rest of us, could be like the bubonic plague for this creature. Then again, modern diseases could also have evolved to the point where this creature would be like a different species and nothing can infect him... There's one problem. You're comparing a group of developed living beings with something that isn't even currently alive. Immunity is built up in the womb/egg and also during early development after birth. Not just genes. It's not an either or thing. Also, they are mixing it with a modern day elephant, so it's not like *poof* now we have a real mammoth out of no where. Link to post Share on other sites
zhangm Supervisor Share Posted January 19, 2011 Remember what happened when europeans first came to the americas and introduced all sorts of diseases that the natives were never able to build immunities against? This mammoth's immune system was meant to fend off diseases that were present at that time, not modern diseases. The common cold for the rest of us, could be like the bubonic plague for this creature. Then again, modern diseases could also have evolved to the point where this creature would be like a different species and nothing can infect him...we just dont know. The reply by Xilo covers most of the salient points. Immunity is a convergence of genetic and environmental factors. The adaptive immune response has been around for a very long time (think, just where did we get it from?). Human babies inherit some maternal factors that are immunogenic, but those don't last. Baby needs to develop its own adaptive immunity, and it is equipped well to do so. Same with mammoths. Link to post Share on other sites
JonathanMarston Share Posted January 19, 2011 I heard about when they tried this with dinosaurs, the lawyer got eaten on the crapper by a T-Rex. As long as they don't try filling in the blanks with frog DNA, we should be ok... Link to post Share on other sites
Hum Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 What if the mammoth grows 5 times the size of a normal elephant .... :laugh: Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedyTheSnail Share Posted January 19, 2011 I heard about when they tried this with dinosaurs, the lawyer got eaten on the crapper by a T-Rex. Lol Link to post Share on other sites
thechronic Share Posted January 19, 2011 Why don't they focus on doing this for the many animals that are going extinct now? Link to post Share on other sites
Quattrone Share Posted January 19, 2011 What if the mammoth grows 5 times the size of a normal elephant .... :laugh: They will have to build a facility that allow the mammoth to survive. I am going to be excited if the mammoth born sucessful and grow as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Solid Knight Share Posted January 19, 2011 Why don't they focus on doing this for the many animals that are going extinct now? Probably because its more exciting to study an animal nobody has ever seen alive. Link to post Share on other sites
Quattrone Share Posted January 19, 2011 Probably because its more exciting to study an animal nobody has ever seen alive. +1 (Y) Link to post Share on other sites
Ryoken Share Posted January 19, 2011 Why don't they focus on doing this for the many animals that are going extinct now? Because they aren't gonna close enough to save a species.. But they can clone to bring a species back. Link to post Share on other sites
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