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On Friday at a National Geographic-sponsored TEDx conference, scientists met in
Washington, D.C. to discuss which animals we should bring back from extinction.
They also discussed the how, why, and ethics of doing so. They called it "de-extinction."
There are a few guidelines for which
ancient species are considered, and sadly, dinosaurs are so long dead they
aren't in the picture. Their DNA has long ago degraded, so researchers are
fairly sure that Jurassic Park will never happen.
They chose the animals
using the following criteria: Are the species desirable — do they hold an
important ecological function or are they beloved by humans? Are the species
practical choices — do we have access to tissue that could give us good quality
DNA samples or germ cells to reproduce the species? And are they able to be
reintroduced to the wild — are the habitats in which they live available and do
we know why they went extinct in the first place?
This still leaves
plenty of other animals on the table. The list of candidates is actually pretty
long, considering. The cost of de-extinction varies by species but projects
could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more. Then there's
also the cost of housing the animals once they are created, and re-introducing
them into the wild and protecting them from poachers once they are
there.
But, if you were the zoo that had that one Woolly mammoth or
saber-toothed cat, these costs just might be worth it.
Here are 10
animals they are hoping to one day resurrect.
1 Aurochs 2The Dodo 3Labrador Duck 4Ivory-billed Woodpecker 5Woolly Mammoth 6Mastodon 7plains Zebra, the Quagga 8Saber-toothed cat, Smilodon 9The Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger 10 The Caribbean monk seal ok now i ask you your thoughts becuse at least one i am not to sure on and thats the saber toothed cat ummm hello what happens if a breeding pair escaper or for that matter what if they can breed with other large cats what kind of impact wouth that have sence we know nothing about them but from fossels
