So, I'm steadfastly in support of cloning dead things.
However...the clones will never be the real things. Both, because they'll come via closely related organisms AND because evolutionarily genes do not work that way.
Still a hairy elephant or a wooly mammoth basically tomato-tomato.
Texas A&M studied the issue, and found that heli-hogging is the most cost-effective method of hunting them. It's expensive per hour, but the results are enough better than anything that can be accomplished on the ground to overcome that in the ratio.
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Not another dime.
I had my megafauna confused earlier and combined giant ground sloth with short-faced bears. I want someone to clone and release short faces bears into the wild.
im strong, i can run faster than train
So what will be the starting point to get us some daeodons, the buffalo sized horse-legged boar-like creatures of yore?Originally Posted by RevolverRob
Picture of short-faced bear and daeodon for those who aren’t familiar.
im strong, i can run faster than train
Back when my wife would take me to parties at Berkeley I would often tell people at them how I was strongly in favor in the idea of reintroducing the Grizzly to California. They thought I was a good dude until I suggested we start in downtown San Francisco as it would help with the homeless problem.
Quit screwing around and get on this! We need mastodon tusks for stocks for our revolvers!
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Curiosity got me. Looks like these things could stand upwards of 13 feet on their hind legs and run between 30 and 40 mph.
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Yes!!!
And please, please, @RevolverRob, some dire wolves to round things out?
Thank you in advance for your great work.
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Unfortunately, it turns out dire wolves are not closely related to any of our extant wolves or canines. Ancient DNA analyses have actually revealed that they are a distinct, extinct, lineage. So alas, we have no organism to manipulate to make one.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...als-180976765/
This is actually a very recent development. I learned of it last fall, before the paper was published from one of the authors. I had the privilege of serving as a discussion moderator at a (digital) meeting where this was work presented. Very cool stuff.
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