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Cloning Dinosaurs

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  • #32
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,824 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sure, why not?

    In the name of human curiosity and endeavour, anything that science can do should be done.
    kneemos wrote: »
    Animals that kill are interesting.

    Speaking of Newstalk,Yer man reackoned the T Rex was about the size of a large Turkey with feathers.
    Nothing like the Movies.

    What, as opposed to featherless turkeys? :confused:


  • #33
    johnny_adidas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,977 ✭✭✭johnny_adidas


    kneemos wrote: »
    Animals that kill are interesting.

    Speaking of Newstalk,Yer man reackoned the T Rex was about the size of a large Turkey with feathers.
    Nothing like the Movies.

    Or nothing like the actual bones of its massive skeleton???

    You sure he didn't mean it looked like a large turkey?


  • #34
    The Adversary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 237 ✭✭The Adversary


    It's actually quite interesting. The 'cloning dinosaurs from DNA' thing from Jurassic Park is impossible because DNA breaks down very quickly and no chance would survive a few thousand years never mind 65 million and if you take blood from a mosquito and try clone using that you'll end up with a room full of mosquito's. Although hey have found dinosaur collagen and bone marrow IIRC.

    Apparently what they're trying to do now is reverse engineer chicken genes to create a "dinochicken" that has teeth, a long tail and arms instead of wings. Of course in reality it's far from a dinosaur and is just really a chicken that vaguely resembles something that walked the earth 65 million years ago and will still behave like any other chicken. Last time I checked they found the gene for teeth and are still looking for the other genes.


  • #35
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    johnny_adidas wrote: »
    Or nothing like the actual bones of its massive skeleton???

    You sure he didn't mean it looked like a large turkey?


    Maybe he meant the ones depicted were way smaller than reality.
    May listen back.


  • #36
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,114 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Sure, why not?

    In the name of human curiosity and endeavour, anything that science can do should be done.

    Josef Mengele is that you?


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  • #37
    Samaris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭Samaris


    The Adversary wrote: »
    Apparently what they're trying to do now is reverse engineer chicken genes to create a "dinochicken" that has teeth, a long tail and arms instead of wings. Of course in reality it's far from a dinosaur and is just really a chicken that vaguely resembles something that walked the earth 65 million years ago and will still behave like any other chicken. Last time I checked they found the gene for teeth and are still looking for the other genes.

    Ah, fair enough, I was trying to figure out what sort of madness they were getting up to.

    I'm not sure the world is ready for fanged chickens. Hens teeth will get a lot more common.


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