madelyn wrote:Well heck yes, and if they are missing any DNA they could always use some froggie DNA like in Jurassic Park!And they might end up withWoolly Mammoths reproducing hermaphroditically, escaping and running amok. (They THOUGHT they were safe when they only cloned a MALE Woolly Mammoth)... Would make a GREAT sequel to Godzilla if the park was in Japan!
LOL!!!
madelyn wrote:Seriously, I believe that just because something like cloning is possible does not mean it is something that should be done. If something is truly historical, doesn't it really BELONG in the past?
That's pretty much my line of thought, too. The argument presented in Jurassic Park was a good one. Dinosaurs were naturally selected by nature to become extinct, and there's no way of knowing what would happen if they were suddenly reintroduced to the natural world. I liked Jeff Goldblum's line from the film, "Just because you could do it, you didn't stop to think if you should do it." I'm fascinated with this stuff, but my gut feeling on reintroducing these genetics is probably best expressed in another cliche' quote: "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature."
Laurie
