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Pros/Cons of Reviving the Wooly Mammoth

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Blindsurfer
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I have to do a school project on the cloning/revival of the wooly mammoth. Stupid project I know, but I need to come up with pros and cons. Any suggestions? +K to contributors
Dec 17 2012 7:03PM
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TheStudioCC
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Profitable.
Dec 17 2012 7:04PM
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Miomo
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Pros: No cons

Cons: None
Dec 17 2012 7:04PM
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panojibber.
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Well if we can just revive a dead species, we might as well hunt them to extinction again.
I can't think of a single hunter that wouldn't want to bag a woolly mammoth, and if we run out we just make more!
Dec 17 2012 7:05PM
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Dirty.Harry.
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I bet you could get Mammut to sponsor the project.
Dec 17 2012 7:05PM
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theabortionator
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Con's, fucking with nature, haven't we done enough to fuck up the word? Waste of money. What's the point?


Pro's, something to do on a monday night when your bored?
Dec 17 2012 7:05PM
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RickAstley
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Pros:
Probably drive advances in cloning technology
It would be fucking cool
Potential food source?
It would be really fucking cool
Their wool might be super warm or something for clothing
Having woolly mammoths around would seriously be fucking cool

Cons:
It would probably cost a lot
It would probably not be worth the huge time and money investment it would take to make it happen

Dec 17 2012 7:07PM
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Jeebus.
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The mammut mammoth, i like it. Another pro, One mammoth could feed an african village for over a decade.
Dec 17 2012 7:07PM
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andrewblackie
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1. Find wooly mammoth DNA
2. Clone it
3. ???
4. Profit


Cons?! Fuck no, it's all about that Jurassic profit.
Dec 17 2012 7:08PM
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JAHpow
Posts: 7282 - Karma: 17,175
Pro: it would be cool to see a live one up close, probably create a lot of field trips for kids.

Con: it may go all jurassic park on us
Dec 17 2012 7:08PM
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fujarome
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they're still talking about this and making students write about it?

I think I wrote the same paper about 10 years ago haha
Dec 17 2012 7:11PM
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Pancake_Fucker
Posts: 1842 - Karma: 1,909
Pros: mammoth safaris.
Cons: destroyed in seconds episodes involving mammoth safaris.
Dec 17 2012 7:11PM
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Blindsurfer
Posts: 2252 - Karma: 2,791
bump
Dec 17 2012 7:14PM
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accualyisdolan
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This. I want to see a wooly mammoth. I wish they would bring back the short faced bear
Dec 17 2012 7:16PM
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Blindsurfer
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bump
Dec 17 2012 7:19PM
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beezey
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Cons: mammoths may end up being Carnivors and steal our women and jobs
Dec 17 2012 7:20PM
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Jeebus.
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I'd wish they'd revive manbearpig.
Dec 17 2012 7:20PM
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Dwarftosser1
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Pros: Absolutely everything

Cons: Well, what do you do with all their shit?
Dec 17 2012 7:20PM
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Blindsurfer
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bump
Dec 17 2012 7:26PM
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Jeebus.
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Why?
Dec 17 2012 7:27PM
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Blindsurfer
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because it's a school project
Dec 17 2012 7:29PM
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accualyisdolan
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20 girls 10 cups
Dec 17 2012 7:30PM
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RimJobber
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Pros: Its a Wooly Fucking Mammoth
Nuff said
Dec 17 2012 7:31PM
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.RYAN66
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for some reason I thought this thread would be about pubic hair.
Dec 17 2012 7:32PM
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Jeebus.
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sounds like a shitshow.
Dec 17 2012 7:32PM
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volvotom
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Pro: Mammoth Mountain gets a live mascot?
Con: ??????
Dec 17 2012 7:33PM
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accualyisdolan
Posts: 3295 - Karma: -192
Or nancy pelosy's mammoth cock
Dec 17 2012 7:33PM
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JaayLaay
Posts: 939 - Karma: 89

Pros: you just created a Wooly Mammoth

Cons: you just created a Wooly Mammoth

Dec 17 2012 7:35PM
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most_mint
Posts: 506 - Karma: 175
Pros: sweaters. endless wool sweaters.
Cons: Cant think of any off the dome.
Dec 17 2012 8:10PM
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KravtZ
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Pros: Wooly mammoths are fucking badass
more ivory
could be used for meat, etc

Cons: Introducing a giant extint species into the wild again
no natural predators
there habitat is shrinking
much of there habitat is used by humans now

Dec 17 2012 8:10PM
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accualyisdolan
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I see it
Dec 17 2012 8:11PM
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TallerThanThou
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Pros: Mammoths are the most righteous of creatures.

Cons: The current most-righteous-creature would probably get butthurt at being moved to #2.
Dec 17 2012 8:20PM
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Round-Four
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theyve gone extinct for a reason, and their niche is no longer available. therefore their presence will have a major impact on other organisms both above and below them on the food chain.
Dec 17 2012 8:23PM
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tripnip
Posts: 1882 - Karma: 482
Pros: clone them sell wooly mammoth hunts make millions?
Cons: bible thumpers would hate it....
Dec 17 2012 8:30PM
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Jeebus.
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ahhh, you got me!
Dec 17 2012 9:14PM
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Bart.Man
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Where would we put them?
Dec 17 2012 10:08PM
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roddy116
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pros
-bigass dumps, you can make gigantic mammoth poop catapults
-you can ride a wooly mammoth
-its a wooly mammoth

cons
-they might try to eat your leg
Dec 17 2012 10:09PM
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Spinoza
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win.


is this a real thing??
Dec 17 2012 10:09PM
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roddy116
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yes, im gonna buy a wooly mammoth and ride him to work everyday. and ill train him to gore everyone i hate.
Dec 17 2012 10:11PM
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Dirty.Harry.
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Lost so hard.
Dec 17 2012 10:15PM
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ForeverYung
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In the future there will be no more cars, and we shall all ride wooly mammoths. We cut wayyy back on putting CO2 in the atmosphere, and we get to ride fucking wooly mammoths. It's a win win
Dec 17 2012 10:19PM
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roddy116
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what about mammoth farts? they probably produce of co2
Dec 17 2012 10:20PM
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roddy116
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a lot of co2 :P
Dec 17 2012 10:21PM
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~4EST_B_Skis~
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Or mammoth mountain
Dec 17 2012 10:23PM
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GEORGEzimmerman
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cons: they may take our jobs
Dec 17 2012 10:28PM
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Fonzy.
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Pros: Advanced cloning.
New species
Mammoth burger
Cons: Fuckton of money
May be a waste of time and efforts.
Dec 17 2012 10:36PM
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ForeverYung
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We genetically modify them so they don't fart.

Remember it's the future
Dec 17 2012 11:35PM
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roddy116
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Dec 18 2012 9:03AM
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Pow.yuHdig*
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a wooly mamomth fur coat would be the most gangster thing ever

Dec 18 2012 9:57AM
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I_Am_Mod
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and mammoth tusk ivory would be pretty baller as well !
Dec 18 2012 10:20AM
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Round-Four
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there have been multiple accounts of people trying to eat mammoth meat. an northern exploration party in the mid 1800s claims to have lived for several weeks on nothing but the meat of a few uncovered frozen woolys and there have even been stories of mammoth banquets taking place in Paris. however, in the last 40 years or so when mammoth excavation has become a scientific endeavor, it has been reported that the meat is most often found rotten or moldy. when it isnt, it still smells awful and a few brave souls who have tried it claim claim it tastes tough and dry with little flavor, like meat which has been left in the freezer too long.
Dec 18 2012 10:20AM
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