Crazy drunk russian geneticists suggest breeding mammoths to fight crisis - Polidicks

OP is a racist.

[QUOTE=doomkiwi;19271812]Uhh... problem here. An animal that size would need to be fed like crazy. It's kinda like how we don't eat elephants because they need to be fed so much\[/QUOTE] Perhaps, but not alot is known about mammoths. They may be unfeasibly hungry, or they may of evolved to be able to have an extremely efficent digestive process.

This is surprisingly close to a Infamy Mission in Evil Genius...

[QUOTE=doomkiwi;19271812]Uhh... problem here. An animal that size would need to be fed like crazy. It's kinda like how we don't eat elephants because they need to be fed so much. No, the food of the future is algae. It's low on the food chain, is extremely nutritious, and requires very little to maintain.[/QUOTE] I was watching this program on TV once about mathematics (it's on the 'smart channel' in Australia), and they mentioned this rule of thumb that applies to biology whereby a larger animal (such as an elephant) eats less in proportion than a smaller animal like a cow, or a mouse. That being, if you bred one mammoths worth of cows, and you had one mammoth, then the cows would in total eat more than the mammoth.

[img]http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/jurassic_park_rex1.jpg[/img] No mammoth for me thanks. Like we need an extinct species to come back with prehistoric disease or the ability to switch genders at will and decimate small unendorsed amusement parks.

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v676/suddenlee/jp3_12_1024.jpg[/img] Oh yeah.

Something with "shitbox" in url name can't be very trusted, can it?

I like the idea.

That's genius and i fully endorse it, mainly because i want one.

[QUOTE=Ishmael12;19269810]Can I get a large mammoth cheeseburger with a diet coke, Hold the pickles[/QUOTE] The pickles are the best bit :colbert:

I wonder what mammoth would taste like, especially compressed into mentioned burger form.

There's also a group of American and British geneticists looking for leftover dinosaur DNA in birds.

hmm [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh4zvQfDhi0[/media]

[QUOTE=markg06;19276720]I wonder what mammoth would taste like, especially compressed into mentioned burger form.[/QUOTE] I reckon it'll taste like beef.

Mammoths would be awesome. It would be like a giant "fuck you" to nature.

But I wanted a Brontosaurus Burger with a side of Oviraptor Onion rings.

[QUOTE=Nitrowing;19292186] Onion rings.[/QUOTE] What?

[media]http://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/14/13057/thumb_620x2000/RA3_MammothTank1.jpg[/media] Sounds like a good plan.

Species go extinct for a reason. Bringing them back won't change anything.

[QUOTE=Jurikuer;19294770]Species go extinct for a reason. Bringing them back won't change anything.[/QUOTE] If we breed them and protect them then we can prevent their extinction. You forget that we now have the power to bypass natural selection via selective breeding(corn for example can't really breed in the wild anymore) for whatever reason.

Hell, we've been eating them for a hundred thousand years, shame they'd go extinct recently. Seems like a good idea to bring them back - they might be [I]that tasty[/I]. After all, the best food in the fridge ends up getting eaten first, right?

[QUOTE=Xystus234;19295900]Hell, we've been eating them for a hundred thousand years, shame they'd go extinct recently. Seems like a good idea to bring them back - they might be [I]that tasty[/I]. After all, the best food in the fridge ends up getting eaten first, right?[/QUOTE] You can use that logic, but another way of thinking is the animal is giant and a guaranteed meal is way better than risking meals. One mammoth can feed a lot of people so all you have to do is down one and you and your family if fed for a long time. We might have just hunted them because they were a big meal, not necessarily a tasty one.

When I read the title I had an image of flying mammoths with capes fighting bank robbers. I see that possibility has been ruined.

In b4 mammoth cavalry.

I'm curious how much a mammoth would need to eat to live. Probably less than a few cows.

[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;19314930]I'm curious how much a mammoth would need to eat to live. Probably less than a few cows.[/QUOTE] I think pound for pound an elephant eats less than a cow, so I would think a mammoth might eat even less(since they are adapted to the arctic where food is more scarce).

[QUOTE=yawmwen;19314993]I think pound for pound an elephant eats less than a cow, so I would think a mammoth might eat even less(since they are adapted to the arctic where food is more scarce).[/QUOTE] My thoughts exactly, if the food is more scarce, the mammoth would have to be more efficient. Cattle however, are horribly inefficient. I wonder how nutritional it is, and what color the flesh would be. (red meat, etc.)

[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;19315161]My thoughts exactly, if the food is more scarce, the mammoth would have to be more efficient. Cattle however, are horribly inefficient. I wonder how nutritional it is, and what color the flesh would be. (red meat, etc.)[/QUOTE] It's a huge muscular elephant. The meat's going to be so red with muscle that you'll need a chainsaw to cut it.

[QUOTE=Nitrowing;19316702]It's a huge muscular elephant. The meat's going to be so red with muscle that you'll need a chainsaw to cut it.[/QUOTE] Mmm. Sounds appetizing.

You know this isn't such a bad idea, mammoths survived in terrible conditions of an ice age for a good period of time. Selective breeding could make them a viable resource for food considering the efficient use of energy for size. Russia is a good place to start for something like this. Also as a side mention, it would possibly be lower fat then beef if bred properly i think.