S.Korean, Russian scientists bid to clone mammoth

[Tank]

S.Korean, Russian scientists bid to clone mammoth

Russian and South Korean scientists have signed a deal on joint research intended to recreate a woolly mammoth, an animal which last walked the earth some 10,000 years ago.

The deal was signed by Vasily Vasiliev, vice rector of North-Eastern Federal University of the Sakha Republic, and controversial cloning pioneer Hwang Woo-Suk of South Korea's Sooam Biotech Research Foundation, on Tuesday...

Squeeeeee!!!

[Sandra Craft]

I have to admit to being nervous about this.  Couldn't they start with the squirrel?

[Tank]

I have to admit to being nervous about this.  Couldn't they start with the squirrel?

You can't miss a mammoth with a cannon. Squirrels can be smart little buggers.

[KingPhilip]

No, no, this is brilliant. Because you see, they'll want to make many of them to learn how they interacted with one another, and so they'll need a place to keep them. They'll have a massive reserve just for the mammoths. And then, well they already have this giant sectioned off area for the prehistoric beast, so why not bring back a few more? And before you know it, real life Jurassic Park. Can't wait!!  

[Tank]

I was discussing Jurassic Park and somebody suggested how dumb it was to bring back T-Rex as they'd eat us all. I pointed out a T-Rex would be an east target for an Apache gunship. If you put a $10,000 bounty on the head of a T-Rex how long do you think they'd last? It would be a big-game hunters wet dream come true.

[KingPhilip]

Just wait, around that time, probably decades ahead, we could also be much further ahead with genetic engineering. So take a cloned t-rex, add in some dwarfism genes, and presto! Brand new family pet. Well....maybe start with a stegosaurus or something....

Now that I'd pay money for.

[Tank]

Just wait, around that time, probably decades ahead, we could also be much further ahead with genetic engineering. So take a cloned t-rex, add in some dwarfism genes, and presto! Brand new family pet. Well....maybe start with a stegosaurus or something....

Now that I'd pay money for.

Stegosaurus the size of a cat would be soooo cool!

[Sandra Craft]

I have to admit to being nervous about this.  Couldn't they start with the squirrel?

You can't miss a mammoth with a cannon. Squirrels can be smart little buggers.

I just have visions of myself flattened at the bottom of the thing's foot.  Seriously tho, this is spectacularly cool and I wonder what medical uses the technique could have.

[Tank]

This was a good little story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Statue_for_Father

A theoretical physicist and his son work on the theory of time travel, and experiment with a method of reaching back into time and retrieving objects (as also occurs in "The Ugly Little Boy" and "Button, Button").

More by serendipity than design, they manage to retrieve a nest of dinosaur eggs which in due course hatch. They keep on working but are unable to repeat the experiment. In the meantime, the dinosaurs grow and are kept as pets. But when one of them accidentally gets electrocuted, they can't resist tasting the flesh beneath the scales and find that it tastes delicious.

The two men decide to raise the dinosaurs to be killed for food and open the first of a successful chain of restaurants dedicated to serving "dinachicken".

The ironic twist of the title is that the physicist is remembered not for his scientific achievements, but for his culinary discovery.

[Buddy]

Just wait, around that time, probably decades ahead, we could also be much further ahead with genetic engineering. So take a cloned t-rex, add in some dwarfism genes, and presto! Brand new family pet. Well....maybe start with a stegosaurus or something....

Now that I'd pay money for.

I'm still waiting to be able to fit my horse in my pocket.

[KingPhilip]

I'm still waiting to be able to fit my horse in my pocket.

That seems to entirely defeat the purpose of a horse....

[Buddy]

I'm still waiting to be able to fit my horse in my pocket.

That seems to entirely defeat the purpose of a horse....

Little horses are surprisingly strong. I had a little mini who would pull a cart for hours and not break a sweat.

[Tank]

I'm still waiting to be able to fit my horse in my pocket.

That seems to entirely defeat the purpose of a horse....

Unless the purpose is to be cute. We've done it with dogs.

[hismikeness]

How about a mini giraffe?



I am certain this is a hoax, but would be cool nonetheless, and especially with dinosaurs or a mammoth. They'd probably have to change the name though- miniature mammoth is an oxymoron.

[Buddy]

How about a mini giraffe?



I am certain this is a hoax, but would be cool nonetheless, and especially with dinosaurs or a mammoth. They'd probably have to change the name though- miniature mammoth is an oxymoron.

Mini Masti? Short for mastodon.