Should Extinct Animals be Resurrected if Ever Possible?

[Wewlad]

Progress has been slow if "steady" on the dream of bringing back extinct species such as the woolly mammoth and the dodo bird.

Let's say if we managed to acquire sufficient material to resurrect dead species at will. Would you support it?

I would support the dodo bird being brought back especially as its destruction was due to humanity. It would give some peace of mind to me even if the new dodo birds aren't quite the same. The same goes for other species who have perished due to us but the dodo stands out to me as an innocent who was horribly wronged by our hands.

Animals that went extinct due to natural processes are another topic though and one where people may talk about how we shouldn't tamper with nature. As if we haven't already done so already. Still it raises questions on what species should be brought back if ever possible and which should remain dead.

What do you think? Should it ever be done at all? If so then which species? Every single one that is made possible or possibly only victims of humanity such as the dodo?

EDIT: don't bring up fictional books/films/et cetera.

[Deleted]

I could only see them being properly integrated in zoos. Anywhere else involves so many variables between other species that it may be a great risk.

[Wolfbear]

If the animal can live in the current environment, then fuck yeah. I wanna see some weird past animals. There are also loads of animals that have become extinct recently that could be brought back.

Also Jurassic Park.

[Ringthane]

Only if they don't smoke pot.

[Gourmandise]

Haven't you seen Jurassic Park...

[seta-san]

I think cloning experiments have gone much further than the public has been made aware. I think that even neanderthals have been cloned for research purposes.

[srathgar]

Somehow i can only see theese animals being ressurected as ending up in a zoo. If they went extinct they did so for a reason, be it us, or nature.
If us, well we will have to have changed dramatically for it to be able to survive again, if nature, odds are it wont be able to survive in the wilds in that case.

I just dont see a good reason to do this unless if it is to create som prehistoric zoo, which im sure a lot will find unusually cruel as i highly doubt it would be a la jurassic park , handing them their own little island to live on.

[Frogguh]

I don't see the need. The life of a dodo bird is not intrinsically more valuable than the life of an ostrich or emu or cassowary or penguin, and we have plenty of those. A wooly mammoth is a hairy elephant - we have elephants. Is a wooly mammoth worth more (in ways other than financial) than an elephant? I think not. Why spend millions and millions to resurrect them?

As Felfury said, in a zoo, I suppose if some private organization wanted to pull a Jurassic Park-style attraction with extinct animals "resurrected", then whatever. But I don't think it's the "moral" thing to do.

[Wewlad]

I could only see them being properly integrated in zoos. Anywhere else involves so many variables between other species that it may be a great risk.

I would agree that something such as new dodo birds should be kept safe in their own monitored and secured environments. It would be foolish to trust humans with wild dodos after what already happened.

[TheSerialSniper]

Other: resurrect only species that would not hurt the ecosystem they would be put in. Another option would be to domesticate any resurrected species and only resurrect species that can be domesticated and useful to humans.

[Jonnusthegreat]

Animals that went extinct by humans are in the exact same situation as animals that went extinct by nature. Humans are in their natural environment. Survival of the fittest. That being said, anything that can be brought back to serve a purpose should be, otherwise they would need to be quarantined, I.E. placed in a zoo where they wouldn't disturb the current ecosystem.

[Wewlad]

I don't see the need. The life of a dodo bird is not intrinsically more valuable than the life of an ostrich or emu or cassowary or penguin, and we have plenty of those. A wooly mammoth is a hairy elephant - we have elephants. Is a wooly mammoth worth more (in ways other than financial) than an elephant? I think not. Why spend millions and millions to resurrect them?

As Felfury said, in a zoo, I suppose if some private organization wanted to pull a Jurassic Park-style attraction with extinct animals "resurrected", then whatever. But I don't think it's the "moral" thing to do.

You missed the point of my stance. The dodo was an innocent creature destroyed by humans. I believe it would be something along the lines of reconciliation to bring them back. Would it not be moral to try and repay for your crimes against someone even if it will never be quite the same(as with any crime against others)?

[Independent voter]

We had a bird in the US called the passenger pigeon. The pigeon's problem was it was too easy to hunt and humans killed them off. They say they once appeared in such numbers as to blot out the sun as they flew by. Be nice to bring that back.

[Wewlad]

Animals that went extinct by humans are in the exact same situation as animals that went extinct by nature. Humans are in their natural environment. Survival of the fittest. That being said, anything that can be brought back to serve a purpose should be, otherwise they would need to be quarantined, I.E. placed in a zoo where they wouldn't disturb the current ecosystem.

The thing is we destroyed the dodos not out of need for survival but due to stupidity. You can't fit humans in with the rest of the animal kingdom because we are so much more dangerous. By your reasoning it wouldn't be bad for us to kill off every species that isn't useful to humans. We have reached a point of conciousness where it is crucial that we avoid allowing "survival of the fittest" to reign over our minds.

[Drekker17]

No, it could disrupt the ecosystem causing more extinctions. Animals that went extinct because of humans shouldn't get special treatment.

[sdkphoenix]

They went extinct for a reason, whether that be due to environmental shifts or to humanity becoming the dominant species. I say no, leave them extinct. The cost to bring them back in enough numbers to matter would be too great.

[Sindile]

You don't fuck with nature. We as humans have caused enough damage to the ecosystems and species. The unpredictable nature of this and what could happen is way too dangerous (Diseases is a likely possibility). Releasing them back to their environment could cause even more damage to these already raped ecosystems and lets be honest, who the hell wants Jurassic park to be a possibility.

[Wewlad]

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No, because the ecosystem that supported now extinct animals is also endangerd or extinct. Therefore there is nowhere for them to live and survive.

That depends. Some species have gone extinct recently so the environment still exists for them. And others like the dodo shouldn't ever be released in the wild if they were resurrected as humans would just kill them again. But they could be placed in special sanctuaries under care and watch.

[Niff]

Couple things..

1. Jurassic park so you know... nothing that has teeth that cut through metal, can camo its skin and eat you, or shit is just as big as a building (the books had genetically modified dinos with camo carnosaurs or something like that, and raptors whos teeth cut through metal.).

2. Yes animals we erradicated due to neglegance. But.... if they get wiped out again by predators well..... sucks to suck

[Daara]

To all of you say that we shouldn't, watch this. Wolves would be considered "extinct" from this ecosystem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q