Preserved Mammoth Found in Siberia-- With Flowing Blood AND Muscle Tissue - Polidicks

[QUOTE=KeX194;40831893][url=http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/exclusive-the-first-pictures-of-blood-from-a-10000-year-old-siberian-woolly-mammoth/]More info here[/url] with some pictures.[/QUOTE] [img]http://siberiantimes.com/upload/information_system_38/9/7/6/item_976/information_items_976.jpg[/img] The majestic mammoth

My opinion is that mammoths were a major food source for humans for a long time, and wanting to eat them is part of being human. My mouth is actually watering at the thought of eating a juicy mammoth steak right now, even though I've never had one. It's a shame that they died off, but we can bring them back. They've only been dead for a few thousand years, and they're hard to lose and the modern environment is against them so there's not much risk of them running off and becoming an invasive species. I just want to see woolly mammoths alive again, they didn't deserve to die :c

I'm no sciencetist, but would a 'resurrected' mammoth have serious problems dealing with diseases that have had 4500 years to evolve?

[QUOTE=Mlisen14;40834427]I'm no sciencetist, but would a 'resurrected' mammoth have serious problems dealing with diseases that have had 4500 years to evolve?[/QUOTE] Controlled environment, less likely to have diseases. Able to extract tasty meat. Why don't we do this already... :(

MAMMOTH STEAKS! MAMMOTH STEAKS! MAMMOTH STEAKS! Come on people, chant with me! [B]MAMMOTH STEAKS! MAMMOTH STEAKS! MAMMOTH STEAKS![/B]

[QUOTE=overpain;40830595]I wonder how mammoth tastes like[/QUOTE] Probably a lot like elephant I wonder what elephant tastes like

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;40835453]Probably a lot like elephant I wonder what elephant tastes like[/QUOTE] Only one way to find out.

[QUOTE=Schmaaa;40828656]Question: Should we resurrect an ancient species, a creature so old that its evolutionary relatives have long since gone on separate paths? Answer: WHY THE FUCK NOT![/QUOTE] The mammoth only went extinct an evolutionary blink of an eye ago.

It's amazing to know that during my lifetime I will almost certainly see a mammoth.

[QUOTE=erazor;40835560]The mammoth only went extinct an evolutionary blink of an eye ago.[/QUOTE] Seriously, there was an isolated population on an island that lasted until 4000 years ago.

[QUOTE=ZenX2;40835910]Seriously, there was an isolated population on an island that lasted until 4000 years ago.[/QUOTE] We must scour every piece of said island for DNA samples.

[QUOTE=Mlisen14;40834427]I'm no sciencetist, but would a 'resurrected' mammoth have serious problems dealing with diseases that have had 4500 years to evolve?[/QUOTE] Likely no more trouble than any of its extant cousins. There wouldn't be any bacteria or virus highly adapted for a mammoth roaming about for quite some time if the species were brought back, and I'm not even so sure that your general pathogenic bacteria that would infect say today's elephants pose much threat in the frigid environment needed by the mammoth. The massive difference between internal and external temperature makes virulence very difficult for bacteria, as they certainly would not survive outside the host for long.

man no one learned from jurassic park

[QUOTE=Starship;40830241]Picture of it apparently [img]http://i.imgur.com/hx0IAAH.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] You are mistaken, that's a new Ikea wall clock with a mammoth-styled dial. You can see it tells you the date and time at the same time.

Interestingly enough, this could also provide for a solution to Elephant poaching. Look at it this way: Elephants only grow their tusks out once. Ivory (also known as elephant tusk) can only be had by a single legal method: Parks, reserves and zoos legally cutting the tusks off to protect the animals. They can, of course, be had illegally by killing the animal for their tusks. [b]THAT BEING SAID[/b] Mammoths have much larger tusks (substantially so), which means that if we ever use them as a source of meat or for our enjoyment (either of which are perfectly acceptable at this point, considering the fact that they're extinct at the moment and we used them as a food source previously), we will have another source of legally had ivory either way. Essentially, resurrecting the mammoth for us is a win-win, so long as we do not release them in the wild. The second we do that, they compete against native, [b]ALIVE[/b] species for food.

[QUOTE=Mlisen14;40834427]I'm no sciencetist, but would a 'resurrected' mammoth have serious problems dealing with diseases that have had 4500 years to evolve?[/QUOTE] Since antibodies are not 100% genetically and the first mammoths would be born by elephants, no, they should be cool.

[QUOTE=ColdWave;40831941]Imagine a future where these grand beasts wander the land once more.[/QUOTE] [Media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8zlUUrFK-M[/media] [sp]Im so sorry i had to do it[/sp]

I wonder if a Mammoth could survive in this modern age

[QUOTE=Viper1204;40837715][Media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8zlUUrFK-M[/media] [sp]Im so sorry i had to do it[/sp][/QUOTE] Mammoths are not dinosaurs you dunce

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We've caused so many extinctions, I feel if we have the technology to bring something back we have a moral obligation to do so.

I would like to know which kind of mammoth the one they found is. Because there are different types of mammoths. I would guess and hope its a woolly mammoth.

[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;40839718]I would like to know which kind of mammoth the one they found is. Because there are different types of mammoths. I would guess and hope its a woolly mammoth.[/QUOTE] Nope. They found an attorney mammoth. They're the worst kind.

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Now we need Giants

[QUOTE=Scizor;41251120]I think, that our job is to ressurect the animals we made extinct. Say dodo or Quagga. Fix our mistakes. But in this case, it's just "why the fuck not". As long as they (mammoths) don't interfere with the ecosistem and foodchain and all that stuff.[/QUOTE] So you thought it was a good idea to find a month old thread and post in it

[QUOTE=MILKE;41254493]So you thought it was a good idea to find a month old thread and post in it[/QUOTE] Not only that but he spelled "System" wrong.

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;40828298]Didnt they clone an elephant/mammoth hybrid at some point?[/QUOTE] In some magazine that was either Time or National Geographic they showed how they could do it, but I don't think they ever got around to it.

We got the DNA of a female now, could we change it to make a male? Or would there need to be an expedition to find another one?

Can I please have something that won't trample my car? I'm okay with those extinct pigeons, but this is going too far.