Beyond romanticism, what's the point in bringing back extinct animals? If you only have DNA from 1 male and 1 female, you're stuck with a small gene pool, which results in a precarious population, and looking at the conflict over the re-introduction of wolves to Yellowstone, I can't see the ranchers/farmers happy about bringing back a long-dead predator whom they will be legally prevented from killing if they should attack their herds/flocks.
Beyond romanticism, what's the point in bringing back extinct animals?
The tasmanian tiger is just going to be about a billion tourist dollars or so. But the REAL point is that once the technology is perfected, we can do Mammoths, Moa, and eventually Tyranosoars.
And if you can't see the point of T.Rexes roaming the earth, you are a pod person. To give another example, is there any reason, besides romanticism, to not grind up the acropolis and use it for building roads?
By the time they have the capability to bring back extinct animals, I think they'll be able to "introduce" variation into the DNA, to artificially create a gene pool.
"Beyond romanticism, what's the point in bringing back extinct animals? If you only have DNA from 1 male and 1 female, you're stuck with a small gene pool, which results in a precarious population."
My first thought on hearing of mice with Tazmainian tiger DNA was that it was sure to lead to another bad afternoon for Sylvester the Cat.
Beyond romanticism, what's the point in bringing back extinct animals? If you only have DNA from 1 male and 1 female, you're stuck with a small gene pool, which results in a precarious population, and looking at the conflict over the re-introduction of wolves to Yellowstone, I can't see the ranchers/farmers happy about bringing back a long-dead predator whom they will be legally prevented from killing if they should attack their herds/flocks.
Beyond romanticism, what's the point in bringing back extinct animals?
Well, for one, humans need a natural predator.
Beyond romanticism, what's the point in bringing back extinct animals?
The tasmanian tiger is just going to be about a billion tourist dollars or so. But the REAL point is that once the technology is perfected, we can do Mammoths, Moa, and eventually Tyranosoars.
And if you can't see the point of T.Rexes roaming the earth, you are a pod person. To give another example, is there any reason, besides romanticism, to not grind up the acropolis and use it for building roads?
My first thought on hearing of mice with Tazmainian tiger DNA was that it was sure to lead to another bad afternoon for Sylvester the Cat.
Oh, you have no idea. A friend of mine named "Jerry" also has some plans for this, I expect.
Half Canadian,
By the time they have the capability to bring back extinct animals, I think they'll be able to "introduce" variation into the DNA, to artificially create a gene pool.
"Beyond romanticism, what's the point in bringing back extinct animals? If you only have DNA from 1 male and 1 female, you're stuck with a small gene pool, which results in a precarious population."