SaysWho? Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Life, uh, finds a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxFan9 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 They should Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spork3245 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 They absolutely should do it. But make them super small so I can have a pet Camarasaurus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 OK but first where's my mammoth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 before we bring back dinosaurs, I want my flying car the Jetson's promised me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 24 minutes ago, EternallDarkness said: before we bring back dinosaurs, I want my flying car the Jetson's promised me! https://www.cnet.com/news/flying-cars-coming-in-5-years-says-intel-drone-chief-q-a/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Scientists looking for research money say a lot of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keyser_Soze Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Can they do a test run in the white house? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Keyser_Soze said: Can they do a test run in the white house? that wasn't what we elected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckle85 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Since cloning from preserved Dino flesh in amber (which does in fact exist!) is impossible, the only dinos we'll get are probably gonna look like these: Which are pretty harmless, and will probably make dope pets. The most dangerous prehistoric animals that can be brought back are probably Smilodons or something. EDIT: Actually since DNA takes like 6 million years to degrade and Megalodons went extinct about 2 million years ago, Megalodons. But the likelihood of finding any cloneable genetic material from them is extremely low considering how fish tend to fossilize and how ocean ecosystems function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 29 minutes ago, fuckle85 said: Since cloning from preserved Dino flesh in amber (which does in fact exist!) is impossible, the only dinos we'll get are probably gonna look like these: Which are pretty harmless, and will probably make dope pets. The most dangerous prehistoric animals that can be brought back are probably Smilodons or something. EDIT: Actually, since DNA takes like 6 million years to degrade and Megalodons went extinct about 2 million years ago, Megalodons. But the likelihood of finding any cloneable genetic material from them is extremely low considering how fish tend to fossilize and how ocean ecosystems function. Might as well just bring back Terror Birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckle85 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Spork3245 said: Might as well just bring back Terror Birds Large terror birds are arguably more dangerous than the raptors in Jurassic Park, so hopefully not lol. But the dinosaurs Horner wants to bring back could probably be easily taken out by domestic cats, foxes, birds of prey etc. They probably shouldn't be released into the wild, but worse case scenario they'd serve a similar ecological niche as chickens or kakapos or something. Seems harmless and adorable enough and unlikely that much bad can happen. Sorry, but in this specific case, yes, dinosaurs should be brought back! As long as nobody gets crazy and tries reverse engineering Cassowaries or bringing back several dangerous and ecosystem-disrupting prehistoric superpredators like Sabretooths, Terror birds, and the pandoras box that would be Megalodons there's probably very little to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, fuckle85 said: Large terror birds are arguably more dangerous than the raptors in Jurassic Park, so hopefully not lol. But the dinosaurs Horner wants to bring back could probably be easily taken out by domestic cats, foxes, birds of prey etc. They probably shouldn't be released into the wild, but worse case scenario they'd probably serve a similar ecological niche as chickens or kakapos or something. Seems harmless and adorable enough and unlikely that much bad can happen. Sorry, but in this specific case, yes, dinosaurs should be brought back! As long as nobody gets crazy and tries reverse engineering Cassowaries or bringing back several dangerous and ecosystem-disrupting prehistoric superpredators like Sabretooths, Terror birds, and the pandoras box that would be Megalodons there's probably very little to worry about. Just make them smaller and great tasting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 27 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: Just make them smaller and great tasting If we're bringing back animals to eat, let's go with a dodo. It's just a 50lb chicken, but somehow dumber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 16 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said: If we're bringing back animals to eat, let's go with a dodo. It's just a 50lb chicken, but somehow dumber. According to pirate journals they actually tasted horrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 So @fuckle85 is @gfxtwin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 44 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: According to pirate journals they actually tasted horrible Boooo... What can we a a people do to get a hold of some new meat that's easy domesticate? This is the real question people should be asking when they think about bringing some animals back from extinction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 11 hours ago, Ghost_MH said: Boooo... What can we a a people do to get a hold of some new meat that's easy domesticate? This is the real question people should be asking when they think about bringing some animals back from extinction. Mammoths were apparently tasty Seriously, though, the only reason I knew about the Dodo tasting bad was because it was on several of those "common myths" articles and videos that constantly pop up, in regards to the Dodo being hunted to extinction for it's meat. Journals from the time seem to claim the meat being super tough and was greasy to the point it would almost make you gag. What killed it was dogs/pigs/rats developing a taste for dodo eggs or something iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuckle85 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 9 hours ago, Ghost_MH said: Boooo... What can we a a people do to get a hold of some new meat that's easy domesticate? This is the real question people should be asking when they think about bringing some animals back from extinction. This is the correct answer, honestly. While the science industry might say "the development of tasty and sustainable lab-grown meat should be prioritized over resurrecting animals that died off naturally for the purpose of butchering them ourselves into fast food nuggets", scientists and their followers can be so preoccupied with physical health, animal welfare and the protection of the planet that they refuse to acknowledge their issues of being closeminded to eating the most amazing fast food possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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