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Betteridge's law.
In this case, while it might be possible to reproduce a member of an extinct species, if the conditions which cause the die-off of that species are unchanged then the species will still be extinct. The living individual would be a curiosity at best.
Where are these mammoths meant to roam ? And does anybody get why they think trampling grass and snow is going to protect permafrost ?
Not to mention rejection/loss of their mothers.
So here are some hybrid elephant/mammoths (because take modern elephant egg and replace parts if it with edited dna, keeping most of the modern cell) ; who probably will experience constant pain and unhealthy feelings due to the editing; having life long psychological issues - with no real place to live except in a nature preserve.
The first viable generation will probably be so messed up they need humans to raise the second generation; and the future generations will probably not feel healthy.
Has anyone ever had to deal with several tons of grumpy issues ? I’m fist it’s not me helping
This is why I totally do not support such efforts, done for things other than the new life’s value
My problem with private companies doing this, is that, it will probably end up like the cryogenic fad.
I guess the reasoning behind this is to foster the abilities in genetic engineering.
There's some poetic justice waiting to happen here.
I understand the Dodo and Thylacine—colonialism has been a disaster for ecosystems around the world and restoration is very much desirable—but why the woolly mammoth? What possible benefit could come from destroying the ecosystems we've had for millennia to replace them with a facsimile of the ice age?