Scientists Clone Extinct Animal

By Queuebot in Animals & Pets, Science & Tech on Feb 2, 2009 at 1:42 am

The Pyrenean ibex, a form of mountain goat, was deemed extinct in 2000. Using tissue recovered from its body, however, scientists were able to successfully clone this creature. Although the cloned ibex died shortly after birth due to physical defects, the event is considered a breakthrough in cloning and has raised hopes for cloning of other extinct species, such as the mammoth, and possibly even dinosaurs!

“I think this is an exciting advance as it does show the potential of being able to regenerate extinct species.
“Clearly there is some way to go before it can be used effectively, but the advances in this field are such that we will see more and more solutions to the problems faced.”

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nuts
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 2:38 am
jurassic park here we come. lets just not let some crazy eyed scientist in charge and we’ll be fine. it’s like the dream.
Marilyn Terrell
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 2:46 am
I don’t want a bunch of dinosaurs running around (where would we keep them?) but it would be cool to revive the dodo.
LisaL
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 3:35 am
Would be awesome to see mammoths roaming around! I dunno about dinosaurs. I guess they could only do the small ones… not sure if it’d even be possible to do one of the bigger species *shrug*
It would be interesting though.
neatoman
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 8:13 am
all we need is to replace the missing dna from the dinosaur with dna from a frog… and BINGO! Dino-DNA.

that sure made a lot more sense when i was 9 years old.
red
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 8:45 am
Even if it’s another 100 years before they can finally clone a dinosaur, someone is STILL going to bring up the subject of Jurassic Park as a deterrent.

Also, presumably these dudes are going to put some effort into preserving currently endangered populations.
Ajan
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 8:47 am
AAAH!! I want a mini zoo…the one like we had in spy kids
Avarana
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 8:54 am
I thought we could only clone as far back as 1 million years ago. DNA quality and all that.
JenDiggity
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 11:42 am
It’s not nice to fool with Mother Nature, people.
Jaxx
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 12:00 pm
I’ll have my mammoth burger well done with crispy bronto bacon and a slice of triceratops cheddar.
Dave
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 12:13 pm
They’re extinct. Didn’t these people learn anything from Darwin?

/sarcasm
SenorMysterioso
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Sure it sounds like a good idea until you actually visit Pyrenean ibex Park and it all goes awry
Non
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 7:20 pm
I like to imagine that not only will we perfect this method someday, and bring back some amazing creatures… but that perhaps in an even far more distant future, we’ll be creating creatures of our imaginations using science.
The biggest step would be overcoming our personal views on such a task. (Ie… the whole “playing God is Taboo” crap)
Unicorns, Dragons, Gryphons, Hyppogryphs, hydras you name it… here we come!
The the uber rich will have them released on private reserves for an ultimate safari.

Hmm… sounds like the subject of a book. Probably is… there are no original thoughts anymore.
DOJ
Feb 3rd, 2009 at 3:06 am
SenorMysterioso, you win
AB
Feb 6th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
It represents a breakthrough? Didn’t it still die from birth defects. A breakthrough would be making a T-Rex or anything that lived. Things are extinct for a reason.
Starrydawn
Feb 11th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Cloning is wrong, people dont understand anything about mother nature anymore. If they’re suppose to be extinct, then THERE is a reason why. We may not know why, but there is a reason behinf EVERYTHING! I dont like it when an animal get extinct, either. Hasnt ANYONE seen the movie jarassic park? If we cloned these animals(or reptiles*dinsaurs*)they wouldnt be the same. They would LOOK the same but wouldnt ACT the same. So whats the point? Letting them be in the freak show and people “oohing” and “ahhhing” at them? Those animals would go insane! I’m telling you, ‘havoc will reach across the world, Terror in everyones heart, souls that shall have no rest. This will happen because of cloning. The first man who will clone a human, will be the first to pay.’. A qoute from Starrydawn. It will come true!
Josh22
Jul 14th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Most of these animals wouldn’t be extinct if it was not for the negligence of the human race. We killed off many species. Dinosaurs were obliterated from the phase of the earth, so I agree they died for a reason. Cloning is wrong but when you see what caused these animals to go extinct, it doesn’t seem that bad to do what is right by bringing extinct species back to life. It’s not bringing extinct species that are a problem it’s what caused them to go extinct that is.

As for people who are with “we should not play God”
Well, God sure likes to play with us so I guess we can go even with God. There’s so many flaws in the Human race, in a race created by GOD. He tempted his own creation. So where’s the logic in your beliefs?
a concerned kid
Sep 21st, 2010 at 12:48 pm
another obvious flaw is: what happens when something goes wrong? something always goes wrong, nothing is ever perfect, there is always one mistake, one flaw, one problem. it could kill us

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