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Scientist Warns: Dont Bring Back the Mammoth - 17 Animals Scientists Want to Bring Back From Extinction

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Published May 14, 2013FoxNews.com

 Don’t Bring Back the Mammoth Scientist Warns

They can … but they shouldn’t.

That’s the message from  Alice Roberts, a clinical anatomist, TV personality and professor of public engagement in science at England’s University of Birmingham.

17 ANIMALS THAT SCIENTISTS WANT TO  BRING BACK FROM EXTINCTION

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Columbian Mammoth

While advancements in science have made it possible to bring animals back from the dead, Roberts recently argued, it might not be morally right to do so.

“I would prefer the emphasis to be on saving existing animals under threat of extinction rather than trying to resurrect their long-extinct cousins,” Roberts said, according to a story at International Business Times.

The ethical issues surrounding “de-extinction” of a species were on debate during a March panel at the National Geographic Society.

Speakers include Chris Anderson, curator of the TED Conference talk series, Australian paleontologist Michael Archer and Spanish researcher Alberto FernDandez-Arias, who has worked on cloning a now-extinct goat.

Organizers of the event said dinosaurs aren’t among the candidate species — unlike in the movie “Jurassic Park.”

Mammoths might be more realistic anyway: Japanese scientists have already extracted the bone marrow from woolly mammoth remains found in Siberia to look at the DNA, she said. 

But bringing those creatures may lead to unforseen problems.

“There’s something really questionable about bringing back a single mammoth,” Roberts said.

“Mammoths are herd animals and their environment no longer exists, so what are you bringing that animal back for? You’re bringing it back to live in a zoo?”

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17 ANIMALS THAT SCIENTISTS WANT TO  BRING BACK FROM EXTINCTION
 
 

 

17 animals scientists want to bring back from extinction
It’s called “de-extinction,” the act of bringing an extinct animal back to life by reassembling its genome and injecting it into embryonic cells.
 
 After that, it’s the simple matter of finding a surrogate.  Scientists met to discuss which animals should be up for consideration.
 
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    • gspat

      I vote to bring back the dodo!

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