How To Clone A Mammoth

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Posted by timothy on Monday August 19, 2002 @10:30PM from the time-to-buy-a-new-bench dept.

psyconaut writes: "In a story that sounds more fitting for the big screen than the London Times, Japanese researchers are planning on cloning a mammoth by impregnating an Indian elephant. Apparently the source of the DNA will be a newly found mammoth specimen in Siberia. Due to genetic constraints, the final mammoth specimen will only be 88% pure mammoth and the process will take about 50 years."

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fist post by Anonymous Coward · 2002-08-19 22:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

yeah baby!
Thanks folks! by DuranDuran · 2002-08-19 23:16 · Score: 1, Offtopic

This sounds like a mammoth job!
They have a real tusk ahead of them!

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Re:a score of 2? are you insane? by jukal · 2002-08-20 00:53 · Score: 1, Offtopic

> What the hell does that stupid ass crap pot comment that makes no sense get a score of 2:

... because it uses your posting history? as a reference?
Simple solution. Let Starbucks go broke. by ReplayTVMan · 2002-08-20 01:19 · Score: 0, Offtopic

If I understand the situation. 1. People can get free acess, or 2. People can pay Starbucks $29 a month. If they both exist, why do you think people will pay $29 for what they can get for free? Let Starbucks go broke.
Gor Gor! by InnereNacht · 2002-08-20 01:20 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Gor-Gor comes and you must die
Swats F-16s from the sky
Admit you crave the gift he brings you
Fall worship tyrant king, you Gor-Gor!
Re:Yummy by Anonymous Coward · 2002-08-20 01:26 · Score: -1, Offtopic

probably tastes like chicken
Re:This is going too far by Anonymous Coward · 2002-08-20 02:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

oh go back to your cave with osama.

stopping cloning would be like arabs stopping the rights of women.

ok maybe not such a good example, but. Cloning has to be done, perfected. We have millions of sheep, when they cloned dolly I didn't really care. But now, they're truly going to be using cloning for something cool, bringing back an extinct species!

And as for them not being able to handle todays climate... Mammoths lived before the ice age, and in areas that were worm. They also lived during the ice age..... when they all DIED... they say humans killed them (another reason why we should bring em back), but I'm sure the ice didn't help. Some evolved to handle it more than others. I'm sure they will be happy in siberia.