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How To Clone A Mammoth

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Thanks folks! by DuranDuran · · Score: 1, Offtopic

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

    --
    "You can justify anything by putting it in quotes, adding a famous name and making it a sig" - Albert Einstein
  2. Re:a score of 2? are you insane? by jukal · · 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?