I'm biased. If you have the chance to bring back an extinct animal, DO IT!
Maybe not if it's an extinct species of louse or flea, but if it's cool and impressive, yes, please! If it's potentially dangerous, that's even better.
I'm more than skeptical of the "de-extincted Dire Wolves". As far as I know, no one knows what Dire Wolves actually looked like, and they weren't closely related to Gray Wolves (and not even technically wolves), so I'm not seeing how they can figure that Gray Wolves are the closest living species to use in the gene manipulation. I think that's just the species they had handy, so they went with it.
I want to be wrong about this (I sure say that a lot!).
Whatever they are, the new wolves are still cool and interesting.
I'm still waiting for the Woolly mammoth to be brought back. That's first in a long list of things I'd like to see roaming the earth again. And, yeah, that list includes some non-avian dinosaurs.
Thank you for reading.
I have to admit that my first reaction on seeing the story was, "Oh sure! Our ancestors went through all that trouble to wipe out the damned things, and now you're going to bring them back? Doesn't anyone pay attention to movies?!" lol
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DeleteIt sounds exciting, but these creatures were the products of a more dangerous world than our own. Won't they upset the ecosystem badly? That could include an apatite for human flesh.
ReplyDeleteI doubt they'd upset the ecosystem. Normally, what upsets the ecosystem more is eliminating predators.
DeleteAs far as human predation, they'd be far less dangerous than pitbulls. I'm in favor of everyone being adequately armed at all times, everywhere, and if attacked by anything/anyone, using that weaponry to end the attack in favor of the intended victim.