Extinct!

[LegendaryRotom]

I don't know about cloning a dinosaur,but there certainly could be a way as to "recreate" a dinosaur.

Dinosaurs are decended almost without question,from birds.Being so,there
are several avian species (Cassowaries,Emus,Ostriches) that share common
characteristics and structures as bipedal theropod dinosaurs.
They still have the recessive genes for things like claws and teeth,the are just not in use.
The birds don't need them,so nature has turned them off.
This is a time when we can manipulate the genetic structure of an animal.
We have the right equipment,we just need to take our time.Through biological engineering and
selective breeding of large flightless birds,I believe that in a couple thousand years we
could have something that looks quite a bit like a deinonychus.
It's all a game of trial and error until we find something that works.

As for living in the present environment,I guess you could just keep it in a secure artificial prehistoric environment.
It's perfectly possible to imitate
temprature,humidity levels,possibly air pressure,and foliage.

 

[Fire master of the east]

yeah i have always wondered if it was possible for it to happen, i dont think it could only because of the dna branch would probably be broken and knowing ppl how they aren't like robots, they will mess up making it complete.

 

[Rageman]

Well, to bring up a point here, cloning isn't exactly unethical. Sure, it's a huge middle finger to anything religious we've bothered to learn, but science can be very important. Our technology hadn't advanced drastically until the late 1800's, so we couldn't record anything about dodos or other animals very accurately, I fully support these studies and cloning.

 

[(s.i.e)]

Considering that cloning DNA to ressurect a species from extinction would mean manipulating the DNA of a creature, I doubt PETA would be very happy about the entire process. Even if its the DNA of a long dead creature, "manipulating" the DNA wouldn't go well with PETA.

true but on the other hand it's not very difficult to get on their wrong side,
for everything that happens with any animal they will hiss at you from a save distance.

 

[Dawn_Hero]

I've always loved the thought of going to a zoo and seeing velociraptors/Tyrannosaurus/Allosaurus/etc. As long as there's no chance of them being able to break out and kill everyone, I'm game for it. xD It would be so great to watch them!

 

[Jhonny]

Everybody's talking about zoos but we all know that the real money would be in a prehistoric aquarium.

 

[(s.i.e)]

Everybody's talking about zoos but we all know that the real money would be in a prehistoric aquarium.

even worse, everybody is talking about attractions & money while they are living beings should they be cloned, it's a bit greedy is it?

 

[Rageman]

even worse, everybody is talking about attractions & money while they are living beings should they be cloned, it's a bit greedy is it?

It is greedy, but I can only see some of the animals, if they have been successfully cloned, being put in public attractions such as zoos or aquariums. Many animals would either be to dangerous, or would die due to too much human exposure. You have to consider that most of these animals have never seen a human, let alone been in contact with them. Besides, with Global Warming, is it REALLY a good idea to bring Mammoths in so they can just become endangered and extinct again? We have elephants, anyways. Why would we need bigger ones with fur?

 

[Cain Nightroad]

You have to consider that most of these animals have never seen a human, let alone been in contact with them.

You have to understand that with today's technology, raising the creatures away from humans could be possible. Take away the "new creature infestation" problem, and you'll eventually have creatures that are strong enough to no longer fear humans.

 

[Rageman]

You have to understand that with today's technology, raising the creatures away from humans could be possible. Take away the "new creature infestation" problem, and you'll eventually have creatures that are strong enough to no longer fear humans.

While that is a possibility, that takes away most of our scientific studying possibilities. Raising them away from us just ensures we won't learn ANYTHING from them. And the new creature infestation shouldn't be a problem, IF WE PUT THEM IN NATURAL HABITATS.

 

[Cain Nightroad]

And the new creature infestation shouldn't be a problem, IF WE PUT THEM IN NATURAL HABITATS.

Even if we put them in natural habitats, they will have to become part of the food chain and disturb other links in the chain. Everything gets affected.

Raising them away from us just ensures we won't learn ANYTHING from them.

If we scare the creatures at first, then it will come back to bite us...literally. Letting them grow strong enough to not be afraid of us will help a lot. Once they understand a bit more about humans, they'll be more comfortable around them. We'll learn from them, but we just need to be patient.

 

[Rageman]

Even if we put them in natural habitats, they will have to become part of the food chain and disturb other links in the chain. Everything gets affected.

But take it into perspective: If we were to clone an animal, it would have it's animal instincts so it knows what's safe to eat and not, and it would go smoothly. It's not an alien animal if it's in it's natural habitat. And if the animal is put in it's habitat, with no supervision from humans, it could either die off quite quickly, or kill off another species. That's about the ONLY problem I can extract from this idea.

If we scare the creatures at first, then it will come back to bite us...literally. Letting them grow strong enough to not be afraid of us will help a lot. Once they understand a bit more about humans, they'll be more comfortable around them. We'll learn from them, but we just need to be patient.

I applaud you for this due to the fact you're correct. But the thing is, if we cannot help them, they might be killed off to fast... bringing us back to your other point.

 

[Mowz]

christ murphy and jones man, correct me if im wrong but isnt a smilodon that big ******* lizard that kills everything? :|

Somebody probably already said this, but Smilodon is a cat... with really big teeth.
Smilodon--> http://www.abc.net.au/beasts/factfiles/primary_ff_displays/smilodon_1.jpg

It would be cool to bring back stuff like these, but it should be done for the good of science, not the pursuit of money. And they shouldn't clone things like T-Rex or Dunkleosteus (an evil fish - not too sure about spelling), or humanity will pay the price.

 

[SamuraiDragon1]

Somebody probably already said this, but Smilodon is a cat... with really big teeth.
Smilodon--> http://www.abc.net.au/beasts/factfiles/primary_ff_displays/smilodon_1.jpg

It would be cool to bring back stuff like these, but it should be done for the good of science, not the pursuit of money. And they shouldn't clone things like T-Rex or Dunkleosteus (an evil fish - not too sure about spelling), or humanity will pay the price.

I completely agree. I deffinatly don't want to go walk my dog and get eaten by a smiladon or something.

But cloning could help to restore all of the different species that humans have caused to go exctinct.

 

[Yonowaru in Chaos]

But take it into perspective: If we were to clone an animal, it would have it's animal instincts so it knows what's safe to eat and not, and it would go smoothly.

The thing is that the once the animal has died off, the ecosystem has 'evolved' to function properly without the extinct animal. If you abruptly reintroduce the animal into the ecosystem, it usually will not be able to cope with the new 'threat'. Likewise, the animal may not be able to cope with the 'new' threats in that ecosystem. There would be no difference between reintroducing a once-extinct animal or introducing a completely foreign animal.

I applaud you for this due to the fact you're correct. But the thing is, if we cannot help them, they might be killed off to fast... bringing us back to your other point.

We can help them indirectly, if letting them know about humans is such a bad thing.

I completely agree. I deffinatly don't want to go walk my dog and get eaten by a smiladon or something.

We have bears, sharks, lions, tigers and so forth, and yet our dogs are quite safe from them

 

[SamuraiDragon1]

We have bears, sharks, lions, tigers and so forth, and yet our dogs are quite safe from them

lol most of the time.

But prehistoric predators were much bigger and badder when they were alive. Considering smiladon was about 50 lbs heavier and a bit bigger than a lion I really don't want to mess with them.

But that's not my point. Humans have done so much damage that just by helping to reduce the numbers of some of the animals that we have introduced and adding some species that we have cause to go extinct could go a long way in helping to restore our inviroment.

 

[Nikacho]

Maybe in the futureeeeeeeeee then we can make better work with as little DNA as possible.

 

[Drake Pokétrainer]

Well about the dinosaur cloning. They did try to get some DNA out of a fossilized Edmontosaurus mummy (A duck billed dinosaur).
They did indeed extracted some proteïnes out of it, but the specimen was too old to contain any preserved DNA.
I just wanted to mention that.

Oh and @ LegendaryRotom, "reconstructing" a dinosaur wouldn't be possible. Birds evolved 135 (or was it 125?) million years ago from dinosaurs. Their genes changed way too much since then to reconstruct any diosaur.

Our ancestors from 135 million years ago were similar to rats. We would also be unable to reconstruct those animals by using human or even rodent DNA.

 

[Yonowaru in Chaos]

@SamuraiDragon1: I doubt they'd really be looking for cities to invade. The odd one might wander into the cities, but the threat would be handled before it gets to the inner part of the city. I mean...if it's that big, it probably would attract quite a bit of attention.

Well about the dinosaur cloning. They did try to get some DNA out of a fossilized Edmontosaurus mummy (A duck billed dinosaur).
They did indeed extracted some proteïnes out of it, but the specimen was too old to contain any preserved DNA.
I just wanted to mention that.

Was it the one whose skin was also preserved?

 

[Drake Pokétrainer]

Was it the one whose skin was also preserved?

At the left side of the body. On the right side the bones were visible.
It's the one they named Leonardo.