Woolly Mammoth Could Walk Again after Genes Spliced with Asian Elephant. You know, I'm just as excited to add "trampled by rampaging woolly mammoth" to the list of my possible demises as the next nerd, but maybe we should focus on preventing the extinction of living species to protect our delicate ecosystems before we start reintroducing extinct species to potentially wreak havoc on our delicate ecosystems.
That was my first thought after I read the headline. Then I made my way to the end of the article, and it turns out I'm not alone in that thought, or at least a similar one:
Other experts worry cloning mammoths could also lead people to overlook the threat of extinction of current living animals.Indeed.
Ancient DNA expert Professor Alex Greenwood told The Telegraph: "We face the potential extinction of African and Asian elephants. Why bring back another elephantid from extinction when we cannot even keep the ones that are not extinct around?"
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