Comments on: The Quagga Project. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/13/the-quagga-project/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:08:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Denita TwoDragons http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/13/the-quagga-project/comment-page-1/#comment-184910 Denita TwoDragons Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:42:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/13/the-quagga-project/#comment-184910 Hey Alex--I'm currently sticking my tongue out at you, out loud. ;-) I like the fact that humans are genuinely trying to bring back something that humans made extinct through their own ignorance. It gives me hope that we haven't thoroughly mired ourselves in exactly that thought of "Oh well, that's just the way it goes, it's dead and gone but WE must go on, etc." And frankly, it's better research than engineering a subcutaneous bra... ;-) --TwoDragons Hey Alex--I'm currently sticking my tongue out at you, out loud. ;-)

I like the fact that humans are genuinely trying to bring back something that humans made extinct through their own ignorance. It gives me hope that we haven't thoroughly mired ourselves in exactly that thought of "Oh well, that's just the way it goes, it's dead and gone but WE must go on, etc."

And frankly, it's better research than engineering a subcutaneous bra... ;-)

--TwoDragons

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/13/the-quagga-project/comment-page-1/#comment-184402 Alex Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:48:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/13/the-quagga-project/#comment-184402 That's certainly a neat project, but besides the "wow, we can do it" factor, what's the value? So the quagga is extinct - we humans live on and have improved living conditions since the late 19th century. Why do we need a zebra subspecies? Just thinking outloud. Now, if it was a giant woolly mammoth, THAT'll be different! :) That's certainly a neat project, but besides the "wow, we can do it" factor, what's the value?

So the quagga is extinct - we humans live on and have improved living conditions since the late 19th century. Why do we need a zebra subspecies?

Just thinking outloud.

Now, if it was a giant woolly mammoth, THAT'll be different! :)

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/13/the-quagga-project/comment-page-1/#comment-184219 Miss Cellania Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:00:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/13/the-quagga-project/#comment-184219 Thats what fascinated me about this. We already breed animals for certain traits, and we can now map genes. Breeding existing animals to match a gene map of a bygone animal is a whole new area. Thats what fascinated me about this. We already breed animals for certain traits, and we can now map genes. Breeding existing animals to match a gene map of a bygone animal is a whole new area.

]]> By: redphone http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/13/the-quagga-project/comment-page-1/#comment-184199 redphone Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:30:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/13/the-quagga-project/#comment-184199 THAT, is a big deal. I mean whoohoo, a zebra subspecies, but that's no the point. It's humans attempting to bring back something that is extinct. That's the hugeness of this news. THAT, is a big deal. I mean whoohoo, a zebra subspecies, but that's no the point. It's humans attempting to bring back something that is extinct. That's the hugeness of this news.

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