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Dro
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I vote for woolly mammoths being cool. If I had a choice of recently extinct animals to resurrect for sheer wow factor, that would be in the mix. You give the counter example of nearly everything else, but give us a specific.
If a woolly mammoth was produced, people would go nuts to see it. I mean, look at this thing!
A giant sloth or sabre-toothed tiger would also appeal. There is something about the ice age, I guess. If we could go back a bit farther, the terror bird would be sure to delight and amaze the public. Especially if 100,000 of them were produced and released in Central Park. |
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| Also those megafauna can support saddles and weapon systems. |
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cixelsyD
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My God! We could put bears on them, they would be unstoppable!
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mouse
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| Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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we could put them on the back of the mammoths! instead of the bears!
although the sloths aren't all that terrifying. i mean, they have very impressive claws, but they are pretty much slow-motion.
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Thy Brilliance
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:05 am Post subject: Jurasic park |
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| Canopus wrote: | This project sounds simply marvelous. However, I feel a bit short on excitement for the following reason.
I'm not arguing that this isn't potentially groundbreaking, but they could have selected a less mundane species to revive. To the layman, the woolly mammoth isn't much more than a hairy elephant. Hurrah, that's great. Let's move on.
I understand that the ancient pachyderm was chosen on account of extant genetic compatibility, but it just seems like a trivial provision to more conspicuous installments of biotechnological advances. Such as giving life to species that really stimulate the imagination: Pretty much anything else. |
Ray Ramano ruined any positive qualities of the wolly mammoth. |
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Oneponytoruleall
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 3:19 am Post subject: |
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| mouse wrote: | we could put them on the back of the mammoths! instead of the bears!
although the sloths aren't all that terrifying. i mean, they have very impressive claws, but they are pretty much slow-motion. |
Well, the surviving modern day sloths are. I imagine ground sloths were probably more like bears, lumbering and deceptively peaceful until disturbed. Otherwise every sabretooth and dire wolf would have been eating out its ass end. |
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Dogen
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I'm with Dro et al. Mammoths are fucking awesome. Elephants are cool. Shaggy dogs are cool. Shaggy elephants? Fucking. Awesome. Thy and his alt are overruled. Does anyone want to make a mammoth cake in celebration?
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Thy Brilliance
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:29 am Post subject: Agree with someone, get accused of alt. Never change sinfest |
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Canned laughter dogen.
Years of canned laughter.
Don't let Ray's puppy dog looks fool you.
The man steals souls. |
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Canopus
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:38 am Post subject: I think Dogen was joking |
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| Dogen wrote: | | Does anyone want to make a mammoth cake in celebration? |
Sure, should we expect the ingredients to be available circa 2016? :p
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Oneponytoruleall
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| Dogen wrote: | | Does anyone want to make a mammoth cake in celebration? |
I feel the need to check Cake Wrecks all the sudden... |
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nathan
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I too long for the day when NFL quarterbacks can be sanctioned for hosting illegal mammoth fighting rings.
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| Dro wrote: | I vote for woolly mammoths being cool. If I had a choice of recently extinct animals to resurrect for sheer wow factor, that would be in the mix. You give the counter example of nearly everything else, but give us a specific.
If a woolly mammoth was produced, people would go nuts to see it. I mean, look at this thing!
A giant sloth or sabre-toothed tiger would also appeal. There is something about the ice age, I guess. If we could go back a bit farther, the terror bird would be sure to delight and amaze the public. Especially if 100,000 of them were produced and released in Central Park. |
I'd see your mammoth with a Neanderthal. They used to hunt mega fauna like Mammoths and Woolly Rhinoceros with stabbing spears. Meaning they had to be up close and personal.
That last probably explains why the sorts of healed or partially healed injuries common to neanderthal remains are presently only seen in modern rodeo riders.
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