Could science ever bring back the dinosaurs?

The_Dark_Lord · 10-10-2020 1:26am #1

The sale of the Tyrannosarus rex skeleton at Christie's auction house this week has had me thinking about how magnificent this ancient creature must have been when it was alive. I'm aware that their DNA is gone, but do you think it might be possible that science, with the aid of super AI computers, would ever be able to bring back Tyrannosaurus and other dinosaurs at some stage in the future?

mikhail · 10-10-2020 1:27am

No, but Woolley Mammoths and other more recent extinctions are within the realm of possibility where we've found frozen samples.

bobbyy gee · 10-10-2020 1:31am

They still have dna

Rothko · 10-10-2020 1:33am

Perhaps, it'd be great if they could bring back extinct species.

con747 · 10-10-2020 1:34am

Not sure how reliable this is but it seems a possibility. https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/business/article/Scientists-Say-They-Can-Recreate-Living-Dinosaurs-6330301.php

10-10-2020 1:35am

Yes, if you extract the syrupy part from the amber and place it in a freezer for one week. Presto, dinosaur.

Feisar · 10-10-2020 1:36am

If they can grow an ear on a rats back I'm sure it is possible.

1990sman · 10-10-2020 1:37am

if they find some insect that was sucking their blood then somehow got preserved in amber or something, piece of cake, they could bring them all back and even make up new ones. maybe set up some sort of reserve on an island where people could visit...

1990sman · 10-10-2020 1:39am

Rothko wrote: »

Perhaps, it'd be great if they could bring back extinct species.

people will be next. the reverse dying with dignity bill.

nothing matters anymore

10-10-2020 1:44am

Another couple of centuries and we'll certainly have the CO2 levels to sustain them.

chrissb8 · 10-10-2020 1:46am

1990sman wrote: »

if they find some insect that was sucking their blood then somehow got preserved in amber or something, piece of cake, they could bring them all back and even make up new ones. maybe set up some sort of reserve on an island where people could visit...

Call it dinosaur island or something catchy like that.....yeah....could definitely work!

1990sman · 10-10-2020 1:48am

wonder what they taste like... probably gamey enough but satisfying.

hey remember cadillacs and dinosaurs? not sure if it was an arcade game or cartoon but it was pretty cool

Character Building · 10-10-2020 1:52am

Life finds a way

PTH2009 · 10-10-2020 1:57am

It will just turn out like Jurassic Park and they will come for us

There going to be pissed off

growleaves · 10-10-2020 2:01am

If you can get mainstream experts to declare that the dinosaurs are back then as far as the majority of people are concerned the dinosaurs are back.

1990sman · 10-10-2020 2:02am

PTH2009 wrote: »

It will just turn out like Jurassic Park and they will come for us

There going to be pissed off

i dunno man, the dinos might not be pissed, imagine a bunch of little tasty salty snacks beamed you into their world out of nothingness or dino heaven if they'd aready converted.

theyd be all like ' whoa man thanks dude *nyom nyom* oh hey paul thanks again *nyomnyom*

Capt'n Midnight · 10-10-2020 12:34pm

chrissb8 wrote: »

Call it dinosaur island or something catchy like that.....yeah....could definitely work!

In the interest of public safety I hope they they don't open it up too early.

dxhound2005 · 10-10-2020 12:59pm

Dinosaurs evolved into birds. It should be possible to reverse engineer a chicken into a T Rex.

1990sman · 10-10-2020 1:03pm

McNuggesarus

Richard Hillman · 10-10-2020 1:03pm

There was a film about it. I think it was called Billy and the Cloneasaurus

Duckworth_Luas · 10-10-2020 1:13pm

This whole idea of bringing back dinosaurs is nonsense.

Scientific focus should be on getting sponges to wear square pants.

Rothko · 10-10-2020 1:16pm

chrissb8 wrote: »

Call it dinosaur island or something catchy like that.....yeah....could definitely work!

Dinosaur peninsula

ctrl-alt-delete · 10-10-2020 1:18pm

So long as they hire a better dinosaur supervisor this time.

Capt'n Midnight · 10-10-2020 1:31pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Dinosaurs evolved into birds. It should be possible to reverse engineer a chicken into a T Rex.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMmgnpcaKyM

Supplementary video from the paper Grossi B, Iriarte-Díaz J, Larach O, Canals M, Vásquez RA (2014) Walking Like Dinosaurs: Chickens with Artificial Tails Provide Clues about Non-Avian Theropod Locomotion. PLoS ONE 9(2): e88458. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088458.

Capt'n Midnight · 10-10-2020 1:36pm

I hope they bring back megatherium

McGinniesta · 10-10-2020 1:51pm

Why on earth would you want to bring back dinosaurs?

Most adults can't handle dogs as pets. The dog whisperer earns a living and has his own T.V Show.

How do you think they'll get on with a megalodon trying to chew the bollocks off them.

dxhound2005 · 10-10-2020 1:54pm

McGinniesta wrote: »

Why on earth would you want to bring back dinosaurs?

Most adults can't handle dogs as pets. The dog whisperer earns a living and has his own T.V Show.

How do you think they'll get on with a megalodon trying to chew the bollocks off them.

I think most adults look after their dogs well.

fleet_admiral · 10-10-2020 1:55pm

As long as they spare no expense

endacl · 10-10-2020 1:56pm

1990sman wrote: »

people will be next. the reverse dying with dignity bill.

nothing matters anymore

The bee in your bonnet is in no immediate danger of extinction anyway...

Gregor Samsa · 10-10-2020 2:02pm

They haven’t gone away, you know.

Birds didn’t just evolve from dinosaurs. They are dinosaurs.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/05/dinosaurs-survivors-birds-fossils/

https://www.livescience.com/are-birds-dinosaurs.html

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/why-are-birds-the-only-surviving-dinosaurs.html

McGinniesta · 10-10-2020 2:11pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

I think most adults look after their dogs well.

Some don't.

It's not like we're going to put dinosaurs in the zoo or seaworld or some sh1t.

893bet · 10-10-2020 2:16pm

It’s pretty obvious that they can.

Do ye not remember Jurassic Park 1 where the fat IT dropped the shaving can full of embryos.

That will be found.

Wibbs · 10-10-2020 2:32pm

Let's say it were possible, then you run into a few problems, not least of which is the air we breathe today. Back in the age of dinosaurs there was a significantly higher percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere. So for the bigger ones, well anything much beyond dog sized you're running into problems of not enough O2 for them to breathe. Then there are diseases around now that weren't around then. Temperatures could be another problem as again back in their day the earth was hotter than it is today.

Conall Cernach · 10-10-2020 2:53pm

It's pity they don't try to bring back some species that died out more recently due to human activity like the thylacine or dodo.

Quantum Erasure · 10-10-2020 4:00pm

Wibbs wrote: »

Let's say it were possible, then you run into a few problems, not least of which is the air we breathe today. Back in the age of dinosaurs there was a significantly higher percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere. So for the bigger ones, well anything much beyond dog sized you're running into problems of not enough O2 for them to breathe. Then there are diseases around now that weren't around then. Temperatures could be another problem as again back in their day the earth was hotter than it is today.

We'll sort that out.
Global warming,
more CO2 more plants,
more plants more oxygen....
????
Profit

smellyoldboot · 10-10-2020 4:04pm

If we start selectively breeding very large birds like ostriches and emus with particular interest in excessively large or aggressive specimens we might be on our way towards it.

I have no idea why we would want to do that though.

TheValeyard · 10-10-2020 4:32pm

Lads, there's been a series of film about why this would be a very bad idea.

dxhound2005 · 10-10-2020 4:45pm

McGinniesta wrote: »

Some don't.

It's not like we're going to put dinosaurs in the zoo or seaworld or some sh1t.

There could be some in the zoo, like we do with elephants. And the super rich could have them as pets. They could afford to pay someone to take them for walks.

Church on Tuesday · 10-10-2020 5:11pm

Mr. DNA reckons it can be done so...

McGinniesta · 10-10-2020 5:24pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

There could be some in the zoo, like we do with elephants. And the super rich could have them as pets. They could afford to pay someone to take them for walks.

Sounds amazing. I like to walk my elephants.

The_Dark_Lord · 10-10-2020 9:11pm

Wibbs wrote: »

Let's say it were possible, then you run into a few problems, not least of which is the air we breathe today. Back in the age of dinosaurs there was a significantly higher percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere. So for the bigger ones, well anything much beyond dog sized you're running into problems of not enough O2 for them to breathe. Then there are diseases around now that weren't around then. Temperatures could be another problem as again back in their day the earth was hotter than it is today.

Do you think there's a possibility that a species resembling the dinosaurs might exist on another planet?

1990sman · 10-10-2020 9:25pm

only a matter of time

Mad_maxx · 10-10-2020 10:05pm

Feisar wrote: »

If they can grow an ear on a rats back I'm sure it is possible.

A human ear ?

Mad_maxx · 10-10-2020 10:06pm

1990sman wrote: »

if they find some insect that was sucking their blood then somehow got preserved in amber or something, piece of cake, they could bring them all back and even make up new ones. maybe set up some sort of reserve on an island where people could visit...

I'm stealing you're movie idea

awec · 10-10-2020 10:17pm

Wibbs wrote: »

Let's say it were possible, then you run into a few problems, not least of which is the air we breathe today. Back in the age of dinosaurs there was a significantly higher percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere. So for the bigger ones, well anything much beyond dog sized you're running into problems of not enough O2 for them to breathe. Then there are diseases around now that weren't around then. Temperatures could be another problem as again back in their day the earth was hotter than it is today.

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that if someone does bring back a t-rex the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere is going to be pretty far down the list of problems that people raise.

I've seen this movie.

Capt'n Midnight · 10-10-2020 10:48pm

awec wrote: »

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that if someone does bring back a t-rex the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere is going to be pretty far down the list of problems that people raise.

I've seen this movie.

https://xkcd.com/758/

Gregor Samsa · 11-10-2020 10:15am

Mad_maxx wrote: »

A human ear ?

Well, it was a human ear shape. Roughly.

They grew cartilage on a mouse’s back around an ear-shaped framework, and used a mould on the outside to make it look like an ear. It looks freaky, but is not an actual human ear, it wouldn’t have grown that shape if it wasn’t confined to the mould, and they didn’t even use human cells. The cartilage cells came from a cow.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacanti_mouse

It’s been done on rats since, but with the same technique.

Could science ever bring back the dinosaurs?

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