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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months ago

'Closer than people think': Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens next

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'Closer than people think': Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens next

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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months ago
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Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction. That may not be a good thing.
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    I’ve said this a million times before, but if we’re playing gods anyway, can’t we make them dog sized also?

    I would totally get one or maybe two.

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      Yeah you say that until you get a tusk in the crotch

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        They’ll be wearing stylish pool noodles on the tusks to minimize furniture and gonad damage.

        Or we create them with softer tusks. Maybe that’s better, the. They’ll also be worthless to poachers.

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          I don’t want to live in a world that has wooly mammoths with floppy tusks. It just seems wrong.

          • @[email protected]
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            Of course it seems wrong when you say it like that.

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        What about that trunk though? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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      If they’re like their cousins you don’t want a pet that smart. Especially with a trunk. Good luck mammoth proofing your house.

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_mammoth

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        Those are closer to horse-sized, but it’s a good start.

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      Even dog sized they’d probably weigh like 200Kg. Mammoths be thicc

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      1•8 months ago

      Pygmy mammoths would be adorable! Imagine them pulling sleds in the winter with jingle bells and stuff.

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