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Plus we are talking about wooly mammoths not velociraptors
. I would be ok with preventing a real jurassic park if it comes to that.
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Why do we insist on trying to play god?
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. I would be ok with preventing a real jurassic park if it comes to that.
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Also, in some cases it has been the actions of human beings that MADE some of these animals go extinct, in whole or in part, and resurrecting them actually UNDOES some of the harm done to them and to our environment.
When we finally decided to save the American bison, do you know how many remained on Earth?
Not enough to make a difference if they had already gone extinct.
So tell me, what IS the difference between a massive course correction on the part of man to bring BACK a NEARLY extinct animal species, and reviving one that is already extinct, other than time itself?
No, we did NOT kill them ALL, however the woolly mammoth might have survived in at least SOME regions had it not been for man hunting them for food hides and ivory.
We have eradicated quite a few species in the name of making it possible to carve out new neighborhoods for man to live a comfortable suburban life in, and then we express shock and dismay when the knock-on effects of removing an apex predator results in drastic overpopulation of the next species down on the totem pole.
In Southern California residents are upset that COYOTES are now so prevalent that pets are disappearing and human beings, mostly small children, are being approached and attacked on the street in broad daylight.
Well, had we not eradicated or nearly eradicated bears, wolves and mountain lions, the coyotes would not be quite so plentiful.
The DEER population in Northern Minnesota is so overstocked that the state PAYS hunters to bag them by the half dozen every day.
And that's because Minnesota farmers nearly wiped out the wolf population.
Bringing back wolves has several dramatically positive effects on the environment.
That's not "playing God" at all.
In fact, it's the real time practice of God's advice to be good stewards of the Earth that He granted us.
Perhaps bringing back certain extinct animals can help undo some of the damage we have done to our planet in ways we never expected.
When we finally decided to save the American bison, do you know how many remained on Earth?
Not enough to make a difference if they had already gone extinct.
So tell me, what IS the difference between a massive course correction on the part of man to bring BACK a NEARLY extinct animal species, and reviving one that is already extinct, other than time itself?
No, we did NOT kill them ALL, however the woolly mammoth might have survived in at least SOME regions had it not been for man hunting them for food hides and ivory.
We have eradicated quite a few species in the name of making it possible to carve out new neighborhoods for man to live a comfortable suburban life in, and then we express shock and dismay when the knock-on effects of removing an apex predator results in drastic overpopulation of the next species down on the totem pole.
In Southern California residents are upset that COYOTES are now so prevalent that pets are disappearing and human beings, mostly small children, are being approached and attacked on the street in broad daylight.
Well, had we not eradicated or nearly eradicated bears, wolves and mountain lions, the coyotes would not be quite so plentiful.
The DEER population in Northern Minnesota is so overstocked that the state PAYS hunters to bag them by the half dozen every day.
And that's because Minnesota farmers nearly wiped out the wolf population.
Bringing back wolves has several dramatically positive effects on the environment.
That's not "playing God" at all.
In fact, it's the real time practice of God's advice to be good stewards of the Earth that He granted us.
Perhaps bringing back certain extinct animals can help undo some of the damage we have done to our planet in ways we never expected.
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Hmm… nothing with roots can grow in permafrost (aka tundra).
Tundra & Permafrost - Arctic Arts Project
www.arcticartsproject.com
It can with mammoths to break up the moss crust.
Could resurrecting mammoths help stop Arctic emissions?
A 20-year-old experiment is testing whether filling the Arctic tundra with animals could keep carbon trapped in the ground.
theconversation.com
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It can with mammoths to break up the moss crust.
Could resurrecting mammoths help stop Arctic emissions?
A 20-year-old experiment is testing whether filling the Arctic tundra with animals could keep carbon trapped in the ground.
OK, but…
No one is playing god.
This sounds more like you watched a movie and it scared you.
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The "playing God" fear has done more damage to scientific progress than much else.
Frankenstein, Brave New World, Jurassic Park... they're killing the cloning business.
People don't under that writers have a formula for that, and it works really well.
Someone's going to write a book where cloning works out just fine, rather than threatening humanity itself?