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Could an 'Ark in a Freezer' Bring Back Lost Animals? - 1984hasarrived - 11-08-2016 Ok, so this scares me a lot. I worry about the advances in cloning since Dolly the Sheep. And this repository could be seen as a positive and sensible idea to preserve lost animals, or it could be seen as tampering with nature. The world has managed for millions of years without human interference, evolution has taken place, and yes some animals have died out, but hey the world marches on. Maybe there is a reason certain species die out, in the great scheme of things that is how it goes. Is it right to bring back extinct animals? Quote:Inside the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research a few miles outside the city, in an unassuming building that smells like cleaning supplies, is the Frozen Zoo. It's an ark, really—"an ark in a freezer!" as Zach Baron writes in a feature article for GQ—comprising 10,000 samples that represent roughly 1,000 species and sub-species. It's something to hold onto as our planet loses everything from "vital little soldiers like bees" to the "big charismatic mega-fauna like elephants." And what a sweet irony, if a man-made creation like a freezer of vials turns out to restore some of the man-made catastrophes of modern time, from over-hunting to pollution to climate change. Could a frozen zoo one day bring back extinct animals? RE: Could an 'Ark in a Freezer' Bring Back Lost Animals? - guohua - 11-08-2016 I've heard where they've wanted to bring back the Wooly Mammoth. OK, OK, I found the article I read, it was 24 animals they wanted to Clone, Yes I think it's Scary, but think of the fun we could have Hunting them Quote:On Friday at a National Geographic-sponsored TEDx conference, scientists met in Washington, D.C. to discuss which animals we should bring back from extinction. They also discussed the how, why, and ethics of doing so.To see the animals go here: Source Or Click On "View As: One Page " RE: Could an 'Ark in a Freezer' Bring Back Lost Animals? - senona - 11-08-2016 Way back in school, in science class they taught us that "species will go extinct, while at the same time new ones will be discovered". In other words, that is part of the cycle of evolution of life on this planet. Sure deforestation doesn't help, especially when it starts messing with the ecosystem such as declining bee population. But to "bring bacK' lost animals makes me think along the lines of Jurrasic Park. Yes, it was just a SyFy movie...but the point is, some creatures were separated from Man by millions of years for a reason. And you know damn well, there is going to be that one guy, who has to see if he can bring back the T-Rex, just because he can. They are already using the excuse to save "humanity" to clone the Mammouth as shown here. Anyhow, what may start out with good intentions will only be abused, as history of Man has shown us time and again. I personally say leave things to Mother Nature. Let the natural world do it's thing. Life comes and goes, that is a fact. No sense in using the fear mongering of "it is the end of the world, thanks to global warming" to play God with extinct species. And many scientists would see GW as a free pass to do just that. |