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Post by Joe Neglia on Feb 28, 2018 22:30:29 GMT -5
Can we at least get the Terror Birds back? At least them? Oh, and maybe those 40-foot tall sloths. Those were bitchin'. I feel like something like those would be easier. Maybe dodos? Dodos? No. Terror Birds. TERROR BIRDS!!! I want one and I will love it and keep it and pet it and unleash its savage murderclaws of painful death upon those who have wronged me.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2018 22:44:05 GMT -5
Can we at least get the Terror Birds back? At least them? Oh, and maybe those 40-foot tall sloths. Those were bitchin'. I want mastodons. Woolly Mammoths get all the love, but mastodons kicked ass.
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Post by mizerable on Feb 28, 2018 23:44:24 GMT -5
Great topic..
Really of two minds on this..
First, I really don't care to see real dinosaurs return, as cool as it would be, I think creating a creature of that magnitude, only for them to be nothing more than a spectacle is somewhat unethical in my eyes. I like going to the zoo, but it provides me with a sense of what is out there, not what no longer isn't. I know this is complete fantasy, but genetics can be extremely tricky and you'd have to do lots and lots and lots and lots of trial and error to get something that the scientific community could agree upon that is a dinosaur. Then there's the possibility of a bottleneck due to lack of genetic diversity if you ever wanted to have a wild population.
However, would I be opposed under the right circumstances to bring something back that could invariably help a certain ecosystem? Sure! This would be more effective with certain plants over actual animals.
That said, I've always been curious about what an Anomalocaris tasted like.
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Post by jagilki on Mar 1, 2018 0:29:39 GMT -5
I'm down for Clown Dinosa...... Oh... Clone. But being serious. This thread just makes me think of Ark: Survival Evolved.
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Post by nm on Mar 1, 2018 0:33:35 GMT -5
HEY! WHAT IF THEY CLONED A DINOSAUR? WOULD YA EAT IT?
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Mar 1, 2018 5:49:43 GMT -5
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Post by Kyn on Mar 1, 2018 7:55:46 GMT -5
Great topic.. Really of two minds on this.. First, I really don't care to see real dinosaurs return, as cool as it would be, I think creating a creature of that magnitude, only for them to be nothing more than a spectacle is somewhat unethical in my eyes. I like going to the zoo, but it provides me with a sense of what is out there, not what no longer isn't. I know this is complete fantasy, but genetics can be extremely tricky and you'd have to do lots and lots and lots and lots of trial and error to get something that the scientific community could agree upon that is a dinosaur. Then there's the possibility of a bottleneck due to lack of genetic diversity if you ever wanted to have a wild population. However, would I be opposed under the right circumstances to bring something back that could invariably help a certain ecosystem? Sure! This would be more effective with certain plants over actual animals. That said, I've always been curious about what an Anomalocaris tasted like. The idea of one day there being enough diversity in available dinosaur DNA to actually create a self-sustaining, breeding, population is fascinating. (Total fantasy though, I know). I hadn't thought of extinct plant species being resurrected. Is this something actively being worked on? Because it could have huge benefits for humanity & the planet. (Also, I'm about to Google Anomalocaris, so I'm pretty sure I'm off down the wikipedia rabbithole...)
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Post by Kyn on Mar 1, 2018 7:58:17 GMT -5
HEY! WHAT IF THEY CLONED A DINOSAUR? WOULD YA EAT IT? ... would you?
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Mar 1, 2018 8:43:35 GMT -5
How could we possibly know how to care for them in a healthy, ethical manner? Ensure they have a vegan diet and stay away from coffee.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Mar 1, 2018 9:43:47 GMT -5
Earth’s environment now is radically different from when they lived. Could they even survive?
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Mar 1, 2018 10:01:13 GMT -5
Everything would be perfectly fine as long as we pay the IT staff well enough.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Mar 1, 2018 17:46:25 GMT -5
HEY! WHAT IF THEY CLONED A DINOSAUR? WOULD YA EAT IT? I so would. Without even a second thought.
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Post by Cyno on Mar 1, 2018 17:54:39 GMT -5
We have dinosaurs already. They're called birds.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Mar 1, 2018 20:13:13 GMT -5
Earth’s environment now is radically different from when they lived. Could they even survive? Short answer? They would be very hard pressed to survive. Some of the more popular ones evolved in an environment with higher oxygen content in the atmosphere compared to today and they all evolved in a warmer planet. That's not even touching on the fact that they evolved on a planet where the plant life is radically different.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Mar 1, 2018 20:21:18 GMT -5
Can we at least get the Terror Birds back? At least them? You can have your birds. Me? I'm a cat person. I'd like a liger, and I don't even need to perfect cloning to have one. I mean, I'd have to shell out the bucks to pay for the 25 lbs of meat they would eat a day, but I do know how to make one.
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Post by mizerable on Mar 1, 2018 23:47:11 GMT -5
We have dinosaurs already. They're called birds. I mean I guess. But that's like saying temnospondyls turned into frogs and salamanders, there's more to it than that. Also, there were many many non-avian dinosaurs that went down another path well before anything resembling a bird came around. Some of the more popular ones evolved in an environment with higher oxygen content in the atmosphere compared to today and they all evolved in a warmer planet. I don't know about that. While temperatures may have certainly been all over the place, the oxygen levels likely didn't play a huge role in their evolution compared to the Cambrian explosion, which pretty much guaranteed vast diversity quickly. Then again, just my theory.
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Post by The Unconquered Sun on Mar 2, 2018 4:26:34 GMT -5
All I know for sure is that a want a rack of ribs like Fred gets at the end of The Flintstones big enough to tip over my car.
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Post by xCompackx on Mar 2, 2018 8:12:46 GMT -5
I feel like someone would successfully recreate a dinosaur from a tiny piece of DNA, and the story that'd get more lasting attention is when stupid teenagers decide to start taking selfies with their heads in its mouth.
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