Posted on 05/03/2010 10:18:11 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Woolly mammoths could one day walk the Earth again, it seems.
In an extraordinary Jurassic Park- style experiment, DNA from a frozen specimen of the extinct giant was used to reproduce their blood.
And it revealed that the beasts used more than their distinctive shaggy coats to keep warm in harsh Arctic conditions 25,000 years ago - they had antifreeze in their veins.
The scientists believe the genetic adaptation technique could be used to resurrect body parts and proteins from other extinct animals.
Researcher Prof Kevin Campbell-of the University of Manitoba, Canada, said: 'The molecules are no different than going back in time and taking a blood sample from a real mammoth.'
To recreate the blood, the scientists used DNA preserved in bones from frozen Siberian specimens up to 43,000 years old.
It was used alongside genetic information from their descendants, Asian elephants.
And this revealed the woolly mammoth's blood adapted to cope with the freezing conditions.
Its 'antifreeze blood' was able to carry oxygen around the body even at low temperatures, researchers told Nature Genetics journal.
This is thought to have evolved after mammoth ancestors moved from tropical Africa in an Ice Age.
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Yeah, I guess they didn’t learn anything from Jurassic Park:)
That's what belt fed 12 gauge weapons are for(or maybe 10 gauge).
Modern Siberians do too . . . .
Good point, people have been seeing mammoths that weren’t there for centuries. ;’)
Tusk the right time to try this experiment.
Its similar to our need to go back to the moon.
I have visions of mammoth herds of mammoth mammoths roaming the central U.S. in migration with the seasons, from Texas to Canada, obliterating all before them and leaving fragrant steaming piles to mark their passing.
The herds of these big boys will certainly affect the ozone layer.
I read what you posted to my daughter and she said, “Hey there, what’s that sound. All the mammoths are in the ground!” LOL
OK, Sunken Civ, time to put up the Firestone book.
LOL...very cool!
That’s a possum.....
Actually, I’d want an armored Hummer with one of those remote operated weapon stations. Maybe with a .50 cal, or even a automatic grenade launcher...
A single T-Rex is sport hunting. A pack of Deinonychus is WAR!
“Oh, cmon. Wouldnt you just LOVE to hunt a T-Rex or Triceratops with a 20mm ATR or .50 BMG rifle? Talk about a boon for big game hunters...
It aint the T-Rex that would bother me - its the little raptor-type critters that attack in packs...”
Bring back the 20mm Lahti!
for your second problem, I’d suggest the 10ga. 3-1/2” magnum BELT-FED automatic shotgun... (which is what I tell my daughters I’ll use on any boys who show up looking for them...)
Dunno of any belt fed shotguns. Need a link.
I’m kinda old fashion, though. I like the Winchester 1887 lever action...
Wow. It’s depressing to read only smart-ass comments... Anyone have anything intelligent to say, at all?
You people make me want to drink...heavily.
No, I’m NOT a Liberal. NO, I’m Not a Democrat..
Wanna kill a mammoth? Use a Mark V.460 Weatherby...
Or, start killing members of ‘ALF’, ‘ELF’, and ‘Earth First!’
That’s where millions of dollars for these projects is coming from. They want to irradicate man and replace him in these green zones and conservation corridors with these mammoths. Oh, and sabertoothed cats. They already have a plan to start a ‘Pleistocene Park’ in the middle of the US for these animals.
But..you probably already knew this info, so I’m just going to go. Have fun...
:’)
They were fed by Amerinds on their mammoth farms.
They were their principal cash crop.
“Bring back the Wooly Mammoth for what reason? To terrorize cave men? Dont the Afghans have enough problems?”
Coats, my dear boy. Can you not just see it:)
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