Re: [DIYbio] Your opinion on reviving extinct species

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There's also the possibility that Trex couldn't survive anymore; there
are theories about higher oxygen concentrations in the atmosphere
allowing for growth of larger animals in the Dino eras.

Not sure I buy that, though, as animals today probably don't even make
use of all the oxygen available to them as it is, and ability to
absorb more oxygen has more to do with blood mechanics than
environmental saturation. Hell, look at Blue Whales.

My opinion is that reviving species for fun is a monumental waste of
money, science and engineering power that could be better spent
preventing the immanent extinction of remaining keystone species. So
if you have the money to revive a T-Rex, please FFS spend that money
engineering whales and dolphins to make them inedible instead so the
Japanese whaling fleets and Faroe islanders will leave them alone.

For that matter, consider making *all* keystone fish species
unpalatably horrible-tasting, so people will stop fishing full-stop,
before the ocean ecosystem collapses completely.

Save "reviving extinct species" for when we have no existing species
left to preserve!

On 04/01/2013 12:09 AM, Thomas Landrain wrote:
> I get the T.rex answer a lot :) However we won't probably be ever
> able to get T.rex DNA in sufficiently high amount and quality.
>
> Please use this survey page to compile your thoughts and answers
> (this is anonymous): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BBYLKLQ I'll be
> sharing all the raw data of the survey on this list after the
> conference has happened, which will be on the 11th of April.
>
> Spoiler: According to this survey we almost get half people
> welcoming such initiative and being ready to buy and pet a member
> of a de-extinct species (i.e. a Dodo) !
>
>
>
> On Mar 27, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Ashley Heath wrote:
>
>> T. rex of course!
>>
>> On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 7:42:37 PM UTC-5, Thomas Landrain
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello guys,
>>
>> I need your assistance. I have been invited to give a talk in a
>> big conference in Cambridge (UK) as a representative of young
>> professionals ;) on how Synthetic Biology and Conservation can
>> be linked together to save or improve the biodiversity on our
>> planet. I'd be very interested in your opinion on the following
>> questions:
>>
>> - if you were to revive one single species, which one should it
>> be? - would you welcome such initiative or condemn it? - what
>> application or abuse can you imagine of such a technology?
>>
>> I have compiled those questions and more in this web interface.
>> Don't hesitate to use it and share it.
>> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BBYLKLQ
>> <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BBYLKLQ>
>>
>> Thanks a lot!!
>>
>> The conference is organized by the Wildlife Conservation
>> Society. You can find a description of it on this link:
>> http://e.wcs.org/site/PageNavigator/Cambridge.html
>> <http://e.wcs.org/site/PageNavigator/Cambridge.html>
>>
>> Thomas
>>
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