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longship

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1. Clone it and impregnate an elephant.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 06:16 AM

Sep 2012

Probably not possible, let alone practical. But it is the only possible way forward to actually have a live wooly mammoth today.

That would be cool.

And then there's that guy in Canada who wants to turn on genes in a chicken to bring back long suppressed physical traits of the dinosauria.

That would also be cool.

No Jurassic Park, but zoos might get a lot more interesting.

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Woolly mammoth remains may contain living cells [View all] xchrom Sep 2012 OP

Clone it and impregnate an elephant. longship Sep 2012 #1

What is the size difference between a mammoth and elephant? Can a baby be delivered all right? GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #2

Well, look at the thing. longship Sep 2012 #5

Well, Great Danes and Chihuahuas are both dogs, but I think they're not a match made in heaven. LOL GreenPartyVoter Sep 2012 #7

Mammoths are essentially large hairy Asian Elephants. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #9

Woolly Mammoth to Be Cloned Javaman Sep 2012 #3

Don't know about mammoths but they definitely had encounters with Mastodons. chknltl Sep 2012 #4

...and yet, there are STILL people pressing the 6000 year old earth memes n/t Sheepshank Sep 2012 #13

You want me to impregnate an elephant? tclambert Sep 2012 #6

hehehe - that's helawwwrious! tomm2thumbs Sep 2012 #8

Time to bring back a creature we killed off 10,000 years ago. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #10

This is amazing. DNA links will be fascinating. efhmc Sep 2012 #11

~cough~ Marrah_G Sep 2012 #12