Blogs Jan 17, 2011 at 11:45 am

Today's Dinosaur News

Mary P. Traverse
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He did it. That crazy son of a bitch, he did it.
lukeiscool on January 17, 2011 at 11:54 AM Report this
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Jurassic Park notwithstanding, they can't get DNA out of dino fossils. They're able to get this because they're frozen, not fossilized. Guess you'll have to wait for that time machine to go back and get your own.
Fifty-Two-Eighty on January 17, 2011 at 12:19 PM Report this
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Clever girl.
Whodunit? on January 17, 2011 at 12:20 PM Report this
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@2 I know I know. But I can dream that someone will find a way, right? I WANT MY DINO-PET!
Mary P. Traverse on January 17, 2011 at 12:23 PM Report this
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@2 Jurassic Park got around that from extracting DNA from dinosaur blood found in biting insects trapped in amber. It's important that you know.
Fish Wrench Asteroid on January 17, 2011 at 12:39 PM Report this
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Where's Jeff Goldblum's insightful yet stuttering rebuke when you need it?
Urgutha Forka on January 17, 2011 at 12:44 PM Report this
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Forget the baby dinosaurs, can we engineer a dog-sized mammoth? Can you imagine a baby elephant you can pet?
Collin on January 17, 2011 at 12:49 PM Report this
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Isn't this the second time they've tried this clone-a-mammoth thing?
samktg on January 17, 2011 at 1:09 PM Report this
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Here comes the most expensive umbrella stand ever.
eclexia on January 17, 2011 at 1:17 PM Report this
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What happened with the auroch they were bring back from extinction?
DavidC on January 17, 2011 at 1:17 PM Report this
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Mammoth burgers, a reality?
lukeiscool on January 17, 2011 at 1:41 PM Report this
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Don't know about that; elephant burgers aren't exactly a delicacy.
Fifty-Two-Eighty on January 17, 2011 at 2:12 PM Report this
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And you know about DINOSAUR WARS on PBS tonight, right? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperien…
Tracy on January 17, 2011 at 2:13 PM Report this
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@13 Yes, I am looking forward to it!!!
Mary P. Traverse on January 17, 2011 at 2:19 PM Report this
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@2: We've gotten preserved soft tissues out of dinosaur bones, and we've gotten enough DNA to sequence chunks of it out of (fossilized) Neanderthal bones. It's pretty likely that we'll find bits of dinosaur DNA.
Enough to clone from? Not a snowball's chance in hell.
venomlash on January 17, 2011 at 2:30 PM Report this
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Hold on to your butts.
Zebes on January 17, 2011 at 2:39 PM Report this
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@15 That's ok, we can fill in the gaps with amphibian DNA!
Mary P. Traverse on January 17, 2011 at 2:48 PM Report this
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Don't know about you, but I'm holding out for one of those adorable miniature panda-mammoths.
RonK, Seattle on January 17, 2011 at 2:59 PM Report this
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is anyone thinking about the life that this surely intelligent being will lead? elephants are very social creatures who need a rich social life and interaction with their own kind. mammoths are not elephants but pretty dammed close, i suspect. they better have a plan for making sure the mammoth is happy.
onion on January 17, 2011 at 2:59 PM Report this
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@20 Most mammals can transfer familial relations onto other species. My cat and I agree on this point. I vote for it to be raised with a couple baby buffalo along with it's human caretakers, I'm sure it would be fine emotionally.
Fish Wrench Asteroid on January 17, 2011 at 3:37 PM Report this
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@17: No we can't.
venomlash on January 17, 2011 at 4:37 PM Report this
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Life finds a way.
OuterCow on January 17, 2011 at 4:44 PM Report this
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What I want to know is why would they clone a mammoth when they could be cloning a saber-toothed tiger? That couldn't possibly go wrong.
mirth on January 17, 2011 at 4:47 PM Report this
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@21 LOL yes I am well aware that not only is that impossible, it would be a terrible idea even if we could.
Mary P. Traverse on January 17, 2011 at 5:49 PM Report this
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19. I would be worried about it too. I would think it would grow up with its elephant mommy and sisters.
Sandiai on January 17, 2011 at 11:23 PM Report this

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