Colossal Biological Sciences company ( https://colossal.com/ ) is a company studying genetics and a working to "de-extinct" some of the lost species of the world. It is a boutique operation, but trying to resolve a bigger problem.
The three acknowledged animals they are trying to bring back are the showiest ones, the Wooly Mammoth, the Tasmanian Tiger, and the Dodo - who doesn't want the Dodo back? But the science behind this could also help keep some animals from extinction at all.
Imagine if a male Northern White Rhino(s) could be brought back. They might mate with the two living females and start to repopulate the species. Anyway, it is an interesting company (with cool graphics).
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Just because you can do a thing, doesn't mean you should. The DODO seems innocuous enough but the other two seem like they could be real trouble. Have these people never seen Jurassic Park?
ReplyDeleteI think they DREAM of Jurassic Park. The Tasmanian Tiger doesn't bug me either. they were only recently made extinct in the 1930s. They have left a hole in the ecosystem and would refill it. There are no dingos in Tasmania, so they are the natural apex predator.
ReplyDeleteThe Wooly Mammoth is a bad idea. First, they weren't driven extinct by man and could not thrive in our environment. That would mean showing them in zoos, with most of them confined to a zoo or animal park. But the problem would then be rich people would bring back "interesting" animals which have no place in the current ecosystems. They will become simply rich toys or breed to be hunted (like quail). A waste of time and money.
And a real question of ethics.