| Oct 2, 2007 @ 6:12 PM |
Cloning Extinct Animals & Other Species. Yes Or No?
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BrendaNoklahoma
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I said something earlier about cloning that got me to thinking about the topic. Im not including species which had their time on earth, and were taken out by natural selection, or natural disaster. Although, Ive got to admit, if Jurassic Park were real, Id probably be the first in line. lol. But, what about the species (animal, bird, plant, or reptile) that man destroyed? The ones we as humans sent into extinction. If we had the ability/knowledge to bring those back, should we?
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 6:26 PM |
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twotall911
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I think that the Creator has all this preplanned 
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 7:09 PM |
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BandTMom
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I'll have to say no. They're gone no matter who or what caused it. I firmly believe in not messing with Mother Nature, God's creations, or whatever you want to call it.
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 7:12 PM |
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burnslikethesun
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Oh hell yeah bring some of them bad boys back
Just be extremely careful of who and why we are doing it. Everything up and up.
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 7:14 PM |
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burnslikethesun
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alot of these creatures becames exstinc because to the foolishnees of gods man. god gave us the ability to learn that if we create a problem, in that excist the solution This is our fix to our f@ck up, of mother natures in the first place.
mum 
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 7:16 PM |
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ISSUESWOPTIONS
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well it's obvious that when we (man) was around there was no issues except "what's for dinner tonight" so....
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 7:35 PM |
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BrendaNoklahoma
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Remember folks. I said the ones we destroyed. Some relatively recently. Like the Tasmanian Wolf, last sighted 65 years ago.Therefore, they did have their niche in nature. What about those listed as extinct in the wild as well. Using Zoo populations, do we reintroduce them? Egyptian Barbary Sheep, Saudi Gazelle, Black Footed Ferret, etc.
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 7:46 PM |
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BandTMom
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I just worry if cloning becomes too advanced it could be very scary. Just think about the technology in the wrong hands.
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 7:48 PM |
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ISSUESWOPTIONS
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Two or more Sadians  Oh my!!!
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 7:59 PM |
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Jankia
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Its a tough call this cloning business.We ruin our habitat,force extinctions on life other than ours and then try to mend those mistakes by cloning.
Whose to say cloning wont be our extinction?
Mess with mother nature? I say no,we spend the time and the money salvaging what we have left before its to late.
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:09 PM |
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BrendaNoklahoma
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Jankia- Ok, what about reintroducing species extinct in the wild but present in zoo populations,etc? Or, reintroducing available species which are no longer in certain areas which were originally their natural habitat? Wolves disappeared from some states, and those ended up with an overpopulation of diseased deer & crop damaging wild rabbit populations. Wolves are being reintroduced, as are coyotes.
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:13 PM |
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BandTMom
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 Janika!
And more than one Sadian??? The world couldn't handle it! 
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:20 PM |
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grumblebear
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Before we get caught up in trying to bring animals back....
Reality is, we don't want the ones we have.... The Federal government is talking about bringing DDT back for mosquito control, since the Eagles and Hawks are coming back... they don't care that it works its way into people too...
Wolves? heck Minnesota is talking about bringing back the bounty on wolves....
we don't have any concern for habitat, or maintaining wildlife preserves... Jurassic Park may have been a horror movie, but people aren't any smarter in the real world
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:26 PM |
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JeansToTight
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I with bear on this one ,,,we should take better care of the ones left before we go trying to "make" new ones....
they have a bounty on wolves in Alaska for hunters with Planes,,,,now thats a fair way to hunt .....
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:37 PM |
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RareQuestor
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The drawback with cloning is that unless one has numerous specimens to clone, the animals that we do clone will not be genetically diverse. Even if we clone enough animals to successfully reestablish a population, it will be susceptible to disease, birth defects, etc. It's not possible to create an entire herd or flock from one or two individuals. We also have to remember that the habitat and, all too often, the prey that some of these animals depended on are also extinct.
While I would like to see some extinct species resurrected, I agree that we should focus our resources on protecting what we still have. Cloning still has a long, long way to go before it can equal what nature has perfected over the eons.
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:39 PM |
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thegoodideaman
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it seems to me, if one species went extinct,
it would save a great deal of the other species... 
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:45 PM |
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burnslikethesun
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Even if we clone enough animals to successfully reestablish a population, it will be susceptible to disease, birth defects, etc.
Kind of just like before.
It's not possible to create an entire herd or flock from one or two individuals Dont need to do it all across the board. Use what we got with what we do have enough of. Some is always better then none.
I would start with the most recent. And work backwards.
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:48 PM |
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GibsonGirl93
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No way...I don't want to mess with any of God's work....
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:59 PM |
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robodad
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 Cloning extinct animals? Shades of Jurassic Park! 
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| Oct 2, 2007 @ 9:01 PM |
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Jankia
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Brenda- Jankia- Ok, what about reintroducing species extinct in the wild but present in zoo populations,etc?
Or, reintroducing available species which are no longer in certain areas which were originally their natural habitat? What do we then do with the population that caused them to loose there natural habitat in the first place?
Wolves disappeared from some states, and those ended up with an overpopulation of diseased deer & crop damaging wild rabbit populations. Wolves are being reintroduced, as are coyotes.
PETA did enough to discourage fur trapping that we are now overun by rabid and diseased racoon because of no value in hunting them for there hides.I'm not a hunter but hunting helps to regulate having to many deer that eventually become over-populated and diseased.Wolves and coyote cannot regulate the deer herd because they find it easier to migrate into areas inhabited by man and live off of his spoils.
There is no longer an abundance of pheasant and quail in the countryside any longer.That was blamed on hunting or the over abundant fox,coyote and racoon trying to survive,by raiding nests and the young when easy to kill.
The demise of pheasants is more due to feral cats then all of the above.People from the city get tired of there cats so they dump them out in the country figuring thats better and cheaper than euthanizing them.
Mother nature cannot balance what man wont let it.
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