Woolly mammoth on a comeback?

[shenmue]

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From the article:

Earlier this year, Seoul-based Sooam Biotech took flesh and blood samples from a very well-preserved mammoth. The mammoth, nicknamed "Buttercup," was discovered on an island in Siberia in 2013. Sooam hopes to clone her, bringing back a species that has been extinct for several thousand years – a process that scientists call de-extinction.

[newfie11]

1. Just as the earth heats up

Poor buggar

[lordsummerisle]

2. Oh sorry

I thought this was a Chris Christy thread...

[Warren DeMontague]

3. The Russians already know how they taste, right?

Didnt someone cook and eat some frozen mammoth meat a couple decades ago in siberia?

If our ancestors actually hunted them to extinction, well... Do the math.

Okay, fine, express shock horror and outrage. But if they come back, sooner or later someone is going to want to know how they do on a barbecue.

[HereSince1628]

4. I've been cheering for the Aurochs de-extinction for decades...

They're trying to do it thru back-breeding, as the aurochs is the ancestor of many contemporary european cattle breeds with primitive traits...

There have been a number of forecasts made for it's return to the wild, here is one...

http://www.eurowildlife.org/news/the-aurochs-is-about-to-return-to-the-mountains-of-central-europe/