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Should Extinct Animal Species be Revived?

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Dragon Trainer X

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Only the ones that we made extinct, if at all. The Mammoths dies because of natural causes, so we shouldn't artificially brings them back to life. If we killed them off however, such as the dodo birds, then that is a different cause. But probably not, seeing as though, as others have said already, that we shouldn't play God's role. Only God can create life and only He should (we can, but that's a completely different topic of how).
 
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Arbok4Ever

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I think that if humans would revive those animals, they should only research them and don't free them into the wild
 
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Diz~

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Suuuure, let revive a mammoth. Could be good for a zoo or release it in the wild and see how it decide to live.
 
pikadon92

pikadon92

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If they can't survive for long afterwards, might as well not. Unless that's the experiment.
 
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MastersOfMonsters

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Hmm.... i think i do really want them to Revive some animals, yes~

I really hope the Mammoth will be revived, though i'm extremely sure it won't. As to what would happen to it afterwards, well, don't know if it would live a good life...
 
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7 tyranitars

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I could be used to prevent animals from being instinct now. But no reviving dem dino's.
 
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MastersOfMonsters

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7 tyranitars said:
I could be used to prevent animals from being instinct now. But no reviving dem dino's.
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My biggest dream might be to see the Dinosaurs alive. But, i think i agree with you~

If only i had a Time Machine~<3
 
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Gelatino95

Not a tool
Only for research purposes. Releasing revived animals into the wild would be disastrous.

Also, something tells me that Profesco is going to use Hi Bump Kick.
 
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Glover

Pain in Rocket side
I don't usually stumble into this part of Serebii, but I hhave to say "No." How much damage are we going to do by introducing a species that died, the ecololgical cycle repaired itself to not need those creatures, and then sudden;y has to deal with a new species again? Even if they were there before, they aren't there now, and if they suddenly are in the future, we're doing no better than we were in the first place.
 
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MastersOfMonsters

~Yaoi FanBoy~
Gelatino95 said:
Only for research purposes. Releasing revived animals into the wild would be disastrous.

Also, something tells me that Profesco is going to use Hi Bump Kick.
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Noo, what harm could releasing a couple of Giganotosauruses into the wild possibly cause? XD

Ahem. Yes, that wouldn't work no matter how you see it. But for research, i'd love for it to happen~<3
 
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Ludwig

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Megaton666 said:
No. As much as I'd like to see a mammoth or a triceratops, this violates the laws of natural selection.
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Natural selection is a process, not a set of laws.

Glover said:
I don't usually stumble into this part of Serebii, but I hhave to say "No." How much damage are we going to do by introducing a species that died, the ecololgical cycle repaired itself to not need those creatures, and then sudden;y has to deal with a new species again? Even if they were there before, they aren't there now, and if they suddenly are in the future, we're doing no better than we were in the first place.
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Reviving a few individuals of a specie is not the same as making it a part of the ecological cycle.
Probably, the scientists would create a new ecological cycle that exist separated from the natural ones to study the specie.
 
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voicerocker

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If humans would care more about animals BEFORE they all die out, then there wouldn't be a need to consider reviving them!

Whether humans cause it or not, once an animal is gone from this Earth, it needs to stay gone. Would seeing a living mammoth be cool? Yes. Would it help keep people from starving around the world? No. There's no telling how much money would be spent to simply research an animal that shouldn't exist anymore. That money could be used for much better things.

Also, though they would claim it was only for research purposes, scientists would want to keep pushing it. If they bring back 1, they'll bring back more. Then they'll want to see them breed, then they'll want to see them interact with other animals...before long, a creature that died out hundreds of years ago has been released back into the wild to resume where it left off. Who knows how that would affect creatures that are still alive and well.

I think the question is this: Do human beings REALLY need to challenge the process of life and death? If it's gone, it's gone and it's too late to do anything about it.
 
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Ludwig

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voicerocker said:
Whether humans cause it or not, once an animal is gone from this Earth, it needs to stay gone.
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Why?

voicerocker said:
Would seeing a living mammoth be cool?
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No.

voicerocker said:
Would it help keep people from starving around the world?
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No.

voicerocker said:
There's no telling how much money would be spent to simply research an animal that shouldn't exist anymore. That money could be used for much better things.
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Why shouldn't it exist?

voicerocker said:
Also, though they would claim it was only for research purposes, scientists would want to keep pushing it. If they bring back 1, they'll bring back more. Then they'll want to see them breed, then they'll want to see them interact with other animals...before long, a creature that died out hundreds of years ago has been released back into the wild to resume where it left off. Who knows how that would affect creatures that are still alive and well.
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What is the source?
Most scientists aren't stupid, that's why they managed the become scientists.

voicerocker said:
I think the question is this: Do human beings REALLY need to challenge the process of life and death? If it's gone, it's gone and it's too late to do anything about it.
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It's not to late to do anything about it.
Other than it actually being possible, this topic only makes sense to discuss when assuming that it is possible to do anything about it.
 
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MastersOfMonsters

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Prelude

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You can argue that we're "playing God"/being "unnatural" on this issue, but why is that wrong? The only ethical issue that surrounds this is the precautionary principle. There probably isn't anything wrong with bringing the Yangtze River dolphin back to life (probably pointless, but that's another issue in itself), but a dinosaur might not be a good idea.

I personally don't see the point in doing so, but if people have the money then they can do whatever they want if it's not catastrophic.
 
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Darth Revan

Coming Out!
No, they should just rest in peace es
 
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S.G.

The Shiny Latios
Besides the fact that it would be cool, there really is nothing to be gained in reviving an extinct species. What has gone is gone, and should stay gone. The passenger pigeon we shot down to oblivion, but it had no impact on how we live, or to the food chain. Species adapt. Unless it is a species that must be revived to stop overpopulation, there is no need for revival of an entire species.
 
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Profesco

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