Scientists insert mammoth DNA into Elephant Eggs

[Techno-Druid]

Harvard scientists successfully insert the DNA of mammoths into the chromosome of an Asian elephant. Asian elephants were the closest relative of the wooly mammoth, which died out around 3,000-4,000 years ago (to put that into perspective, mammoths were walking the Earth when Egyptians were building pyramids).

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/5...52717bb039.htm

What do you think? Personally I see no problem in creating a wooly elephant (since these animals would only look and have adaptations of a mammoth, but would technically still be Asian elephants). The idea that we couldn't find an area for them to live in the wild is preposterous, because they survived and flourished in inter-glacial periods (periods where the icecaps had almost completely melted or reduced heavily like now). We also know full-well their diet and both the Asian and African elephant give insight into the behavior of them.


The Siberian habitat a few thousands years ago, full of European bison, wild cattle, lions, spotted hyenas, wolves, foxes and mammoths.

[Polyxo]

Hold on to your butts...

[Deleted]

Nice proof of concept but pointless waste of resources if executed outside of the lab.

[Revi]

Finally \o/

There's actually a theory floating around that they would be very good for the environment in Siberia. It's not like they died out because the environment they needed was changed or any other natural cause - they died out because of humans. They still fit their environment.

[Nasukkin]

in b4 SCP-2082.

[Adamas102]

Totally fake. Everyone knows elephants don't lay eggs.

[Deleted]

If they were released into the wild, they would likely just be poached and hunted back into extinction. It would be better to raise them in a national park or in a zoo.

[Techno-Druid]

If they were released into the wild, they would likely just be poached and hunted back into extinction. It would be better to raise them in a national park or in a zoo.

Yeah, I think the first few individuals would live in captivity, then a few individuals could be introduced to National Parks in Siberia/Alaska and possibly even China. Despite of belief, mammoths were close in size to African elephants.

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Finally \o/

There's actually a theory floating around that they would be very good for the environment in Siberia. It's not like they died out because the environment they needed was changed or any other natural cause - they died out because of humans. They still fit their environment.

Yep, there's actually a park that's trying to introduce large herbivores into Siberia in the Mammoth Steppe in order to restore the ecosystem.

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Totally fake. Everyone knows elephants don't lay eggs.

Can't tell whether joke or serious...

[s_bushido]

Life...uh...finds a way.

[Kalis]

Totally fake. Everyone knows elephants don't lay eggs.

The thread won't get any better than this,


OT: Will they breed enough so we can eat them?

[Nihilist74]

The thread won't get any better than this,


OT: Will they breed enough so we can eat them?

Mammoth burgers! Better and bigger than whoppers!

[IIamaKing]

Totally fake. Everyone knows elephants don't lay eggs.

that'll be /thread folks.

Lets just get a mod in here to shut er down.

[Techno-Druid]

that'll be /thread folks.

Lets just get a mod in here to shut er down.

Oh, no you don't. We still have to have discussion on the wooly elephants and where they will go and what should happen to them.

[IIamaKing]

Oh, no you don't. We still have to have discussion on the wooly elephants and where they will go and what should happen to them.

We should eat them.

[Kalis]

Oh, no you don't. We still have to have discussion on the wooly elephants and where they will go and what should happen to them.

This discussion has been done here before - we decided on Canada, as there aren't really a lot of places for them to go, and that it would give the Canadians a good excuse to get rid of that crappy leaf and put a mammoth on their flag instead.

[Techno-Druid]

This discussion has been done here before - we decided on Canada, as there aren't really a lot of places for them to go, and that it would give the Canadians a good excuse to get rid of that crappy leaf and put a mammoth on their flag instead.

Move over beaver! Anyway, I thought of another use for them, to boost their numbers, maybe we could train and work with them like we do in India with Asian elephant, but let them live free-range. It could be implanted in Aboriginal Alaska/Canada, Mongolia, Siberia and China.

[Kalis]

Move over beaver! Anyway, I thought of another use for them, to boost their numbers, maybe we could train and work with them like we do in India with Asian elephant, but let them live free-range. It could be implanted in Aboriginal Alaska/Canada, Mongolia, Siberia and China.

I don't know if you recall, but I said before that Britain wasn't too keen on letting bears, rhinos and wolves roam free again, so why would the people in those countries be okay with letting hairy elephants run amok?

[Kulanae]

To what end? Breed them as a source of ivory? What purpose does it serve to bring back a species nature selected for extinction?

[poser765]

Totally fake. Everyone knows elephants don't lay eggs.

lol, god damn this is great. +10 internets to you.

[Deleted]

To what end? Breed them as a source of ivory? What purpose does it serve to bring back a species nature selected for extinction?

Oh come on. Don't tell me you don't get excited when thinking about a real life Jurassic Park!