So, they cloned a dire wolf, a prehistoric animal, and managed to produce three pups. Some people are very skeptical of this, people fear new technology. I am praying for the pups to survive and be healthy. The problem with these clones is they are unstable. Although, the dire wolf is probably genetically not so different from the dogs that carried the pups. Creating stable clones is what we should be aiming for, and the second would be resurrecting extinct animals.
We don’t have to worry about not finding them a habitat. Pleistocene park in Siberia would have them. Sparsely inhabited parts of Canada and the US, even areas here in Europe. Packs of dire wolves can hunt hikers that fuck up nature for all I care.
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It’s actually genetically modified grey wolf. So hype is fake, they also want to do the same by playing with genes of elephant, to create pretty much fake mammoth.
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Just genetic modified grey wolf mixed with dire wolf DNA here and there. Much like Jurassic Park, where they take dino DNA from some dead mosquito trapped in amber and mix it with African tree frogs’ DNA. I predict rich folks may pay huge money to claim it as pets. But all in all, this means one thing: if a species gone extinct for that long? Unless someone invent a time machine, forget about finding out what it looks like, except with wooly mammoth, where there was frozen carcass discovered.
Sometimes, letting nature erase a species may be a good idea. Reviving ancient species hybrid may bring some unwanted consequences. Not sure about you, but I’m not in the mood to deal with some chupacabra ass shit digging into the dumpster of my apartment when I go to work late at night.
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Lot of species have gone extinct because humans hunted them down or destroyed their habitat. I am more open to recreating species and creating Safari parks, where people can observe animals. Of course not everything needs to be let out.
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But like I said, even if you do, it will not look the same, behave the same as the original ones. Jurassic Park…if you read the novels, you’ll know it’s a genetically modified Frankenstein based on African tree frog instead of what real dino looks like. I mean, come on, didn’t you read what I said?
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Yeah but given that humans have pretty much wiped out many species then it would not be unethical if they create their own species and increase the biodiversity.
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There are species gone extinct due to getting their asses kicked by another species – entelodont would remain alive if there weren’t better predators competing for food.
Or due to climate changing – not the bullshit they cook up to be though. Truth to be told, Earth’s climate changes all the time. The very idea that we can do all that to preserve climate pattern is nothing short of narcissism.
Or due to overhunt and habitat loss. But honestly, some of these protected species would go extinct, if it wasn’t for human protection.
All in all, the very idea that humanity should do that much, more than necessarily so, to preserve species, or we should go extinct or at least suffer due to “every other human being is an idiot” or because we did this or that to natural world, is pretty narcissistic. It stems from human’s entitlement issue. Pretty similar to the very idea of committing a suicide, when you think about it.
And on top of the Ian Malcom’s chaos theory demonstrated in Jurassic Park, there’s a theory of my own: you see, the ecosystem is revolving around biodiversity. Natural world is like a computer system when you do inventory at a retail store. It keeps tracks of stocks, or in this case, the species that are there and not there. By adding in the extincted species – even if it’s the real deal (which it’s not), it would upset the balance, as the natural world can’t generate an environment where the revived species and existing species would live side by side. and cause some of the existing species to go extinct and could even spit out new species that we may be ill-prepared for.
I don’t think they’re dumb enough to let these dire wolf – modern day wolf hybrids to go out into the wild. At best, it would remain in the backyard of some millionaire or billionaire. Rich folks don’t care that much about consequences. This is one thing about them. But hey, without them, I don’t think this project would be funded in the first place.
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Introduction of any species to an environment is a disruption. But any disruption is a contribution to something else. Mammoths in the tundra will shit big boulders that will serve as home to insects that will feed small animals that in turn will serve as food for carnivores like the Arctic Fox or the wolf. Any habitat is a bit of a sandbox. People think my idea is hubris but I don’t think of humans as small.
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I don’t know why you’re trying so hard at debating me over this shit. Did I say anything previously that strike a nerve? I hate playing games, you know. I just wanna know why am I getting trolled for, assuming you’re aiming at such. But anyways.
Ethic aside, introducing extincted animals, that we have yet to study it’s behavior nor things such as its diet, it could be dangerous. At best, they’re just die out due to unable to assimilate into this world. And at worst, it can cause extincted species to change its behavioral patterns, or having the cycle of evolution going all out of control, if not putting mankind themselves at risk. You may say mankind deserves it or whatever, that’s until it’s affecting you. Learn some self awareness buddy.
And wiping species out then introducing more species to wipe more species out, that may put us in danger in some ways, and that’s ethical. I’m trying to find logic in this. I really do.
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Well my idea was that there are already Rewilding projects that introduce big game herbivores to places where they have been extricated. Like the bison in the Carpathians or the Muskox in Siberian tundra. What is wrong with introducing recreated ancient mammals? I am not really trolling you. I appreciate your takes.
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And the biggest rewilding project is Australia. Look at what happens to some of the species there. Now, if the goal is to put them in fences, which some rich folks may be into as I’ve indicated, it’s another story. It could lead to a perfectly ok scenario or Travis the chimp scenario. I wouldn’t recommend that neither tbh, but at least it’s more under control.
As for trolling, I dunno, it’s just that lately, I feel everything is turning into debates. Like, somebody else said the exact same shit as I’ve indicated, but little to no response, as response tends to be, “yeah I agree” or “I see your point, but …”. But me? Everything is a debate! If not cuss fest. Now, if it’s over what I said about MAGA, then I have to say, somebody needs to grow the fuck up. I did, and that’s why I focus on what’s good for myself rather than these stupid value related talking points. Not everything is some study club at your local university, you know.
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