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It makes zero sense to bring back extinct species who have zero chance of surviving the current and future environment.
If anything we should be trying to adapt modern existing endangered animals so they can survive the coming decades.
~~I agree that's a horrible idea but I doin't think anyone is actually proposing that.~~
~~For me the question is, is there enough scientific value to be gained by "de-extincting" these ancient creatures to justify keeping them in a controlled environment for study.~~
edit:
never mind, i was wrong.
https://colossal.com/mammoth/
But won't be a mammoth.
I have a friend who works for this company (or some other company with the same goal, I dont remember). She says that the mammoth with help maintain the ecosystem's native ground mosses (or something) to combat climate change.
I tried to point out to her that (1) that is a huuuuge stretch, (2) this sounds like a bunch of VCs just thought the idea was super cool and wanted to throw money at it because "duuuuude, dinosaurs!!!", (3) this is the exact plot to jurassic park, and (4) eventually the VC will dry up and her company will sell their tech to the super-rich to genetically modify their offspring, creating a permanent genetic class heirarchy in humans.
And then she told me she didnt want to hang out with me anymore.
i read an article where they claimed that the mammoths would stamp the co2 into the ground, so it cant escape. lol. also they were hoping to make money with carbon credits
Had the same thought seems like a stepping stone to eventually create modified humans.
Perfect! It'll be able to survive ice age tundra in a rapidly warming world.