tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post6202576362725034680..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: De-Extinction, on the Radio and in the BlogosphereBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-14181165831105296612013-07-23T07:14:57.813-04:002013-07-23T07:14:57.813-04:00Raptornado? TREXNADO!!!Raptornado? TREXNADO!!!Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-22682958461599934922013-07-23T00:08:23.682-04:002013-07-23T00:08:23.682-04:00Mammothnados!Probably more like "mammothalanc...Mammothnados!Probably more like "mammothalanche"--I picture a calving glacier letting loose a torrent of zombie trogontherii...tumbling into a nearby town and seeking varied grazing lands unmolested by vehicle traffic. It would be more of a colorful nuisance than a horror show unless someone got kind of stepped on. <br /><br />I read something about rhino incest being encouraged by zoos today (I think on Jezebel.) I understand it has worked for certain royal families in short term, but I would vastly prefer they adopt some kind of careful exogamous insemination regime to just try not to have badly inbred and dysfunctional animals. I'm too sentimental to be okay with their extinction--especially when humans are pretty much a singularly sinister species-snuffer.Vixen Strangelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-51483778857999863032013-07-22T13:35:46.726-04:002013-07-22T13:35:46.726-04:00I'd be a lot more impressed with heroic effort...I'd be a lot more impressed with heroic efforts to stop the ongoing extinctions to be.Syrbal/Labryshttp://www.herlanderwalking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-71685452454488349572013-07-22T12:19:03.951-04:002013-07-22T12:19:03.951-04:00But just think of the new opportunities for horrid...But just think of the new opportunities for horrid SciFi horror movies.<br /><br />Think ... <b>MAMMOTHNADO!</b><br /><br />In Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series, cloning has reached the point that dodos can be created at home and feral dodos roam about. <br /><br />But the duck has been extinct for so long it is featured in a show called Walking with Ducks. <br /><br />(And that's all I can say about Fforde on cloning without being a spoiled spoiler.)<br /><br />My thought is this: If it becomes possible to bring animals back, the kind of people who'd like to knock the South American rain forest flat would say there's no need for conservation efforts. <br /><br />They'd probably quite nicely volunteer to capture genetic material of any critters they come across as they're slashing and burning, and to create habitats for any animals that are regrettably wiped out in the pursuit of profit. <br /><br />Or to paraphrase two other authors, people need to learn that if they kill a whale, what they get is a dead whale.Shakezulahttp://arkyles.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-41289645924259697922013-07-22T09:14:04.370-04:002013-07-22T09:14:04.370-04:00I think we need to bring back Smilodon Fatalis. T...I think we need to bring back Smilodon Fatalis. To control the population of resurrected woolly mammoths of course. <br />Also, Moas and Dodos need a do-over.Helmut Monotremenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-11456784138359241702013-07-22T08:00:48.466-04:002013-07-22T08:00:48.466-04:00I'll bet M.B., for one, would like us to bring...I'll bet M.B., for one, would like us to bring back T. Rex and the velociraptors.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-3764468746515359382013-07-21T22:21:25.244-04:002013-07-21T22:21:25.244-04:00But why not? Maybe you do get to call a mulligan.
...<i>But why not? Maybe you do get to call a mulligan.</i><br /><br />Any "resurrected" animals wouldn't be the real deal, but simulacra of the extinct organism, and to develop breeding populations would probably be impossible to pull off. The end result would most likely be a handful of sickly specimens languishing in captivity. <br /><br />Believe me, I'm torn about it... it would be extremely cool to see glyptodonts or phorusrhacids in a zoo.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-79067281724905239672013-07-21T20:59:13.491-04:002013-07-21T20:59:13.491-04:00you don't just get to call a mulligan on extin...<i> you don't just get to call a mulligan on extinction.</i><br /><br />But why not? Maybe you do get to call a mulligan.<br /><br />People did stupid things when they didn't understand the world and their footprint in it.<br /><br />Now, we have science. We're not talking about resurrecting the influenza virus, we're talking about bringing back some version of ruminants and birds. <br /><br />Somebody's going to have to give me a pretty compelling reason NOT to do this, or even dinosaurs if we can find working DNA, before I do anything but cheerlead from the sidelines...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.com