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Wooly mice to wooly mammoths. Incredibly cool or incredibly stupid?

Asked by canidmajor (21786points) 2 hours ago

I’ve been hearing about this idea: https://apnews.com/article/colossal-biosciences-woolly-mammoth-b381f6f48eeed0828535cf9604263140 and personally, I love the science and the idea of developing a greater understanding of extinct genomes in general, but I have some concerns about the possible abuses of this kind of tech.
This is not straight across the board cloning, it involves some rather dramatic jiggery-pokery with existing species.

Would Michael Crichton cheer or groan?

Your take?

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janbb's avatar

It scares me but right now, maybe unleashing the woolly mammoths and dinosaurs would be a good thing?

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Hawaii_Jake's avatar

OMG! I think it’s a fabulous idea!

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chyna's avatar

I think they would be less scary than snakes. Snakes are slithering and sneaky. You would hear a Wolly Mamoth coming from a long way off.

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janbb's avatar

And think of the fabulous sweaters that could be made!

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ragingloli's avatar

They should do that to humans. They have been hideous skinwalkers for far too long.

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