Nov 6 2008Scientists Still Hope To Clone Extinct Species
Scientists, spurred on by the passing of Michael Crichton, have kicked their efforts of cloning extinct species into high gear. And I think I speak for all of us here when I say, sex with dinosaurs: it's about freaking time.
Japanese scientists have produced clones of mice that have been dead and frozen for 16 years -- a feat that could lead researchers to one day resurrect long-extinct species, such as the mammoth.Researchers had thought that frozen cells were unusable because ice crystals would have damaged the DNA. That belief would rule out the possibility of resurrecting extinct animals from their frozen remains. But the latest research -- published in the journal, Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences -- shows that scientists may have overcome the obstacle.
Yes please! Now tell me somebody's got some frozen dinosaur remains around here somewhere. If not, we're going to need to go back in time and get some. Damn, sometimes my profound logic amazes even me.
Scientists hope to clone extinct species [cnn]
Thanks to Jonathan, who fears for a dinosaur apocalypse. Which, incidentally, is my dreamworld.
Reader Comments
1. I'm a Computer - November 6, 2008 1:09 PM
Jurrasic Bork
2. I'm a Computer - November 6, 2008 1:09 PM
wat
3. I'm a Computer - November 6, 2008 1:11 PM
ok, fine. first. geez.
4. Daisy - November 6, 2008 1:12 PM
FAKE!!!
This is an obvious photoshop job. You can tell its fake because the shadows are all wrong.
This looks a lot like a scene from the movie Never Back Down to the Land Before Time, a prequel. The one where Maxasaurus gets stuck outside when he tries to put the cat out for the night, and he banged on the door trying to get Baja to let him in. They also went to the drive in, and the ribs were so big the car tipped over, but that has nothing to do with this story.
5. big round brown nipple - November 6, 2008 1:12 PM
wow what a great idea!!!!! where can i reserve my raptor? you can ride those things like horses, right?
6. LSDiesel - November 6, 2008 1:13 PM
Now we can revive Walt Disney, only to have him die of a heart attack after seeing where his company decided to take things...
7. Moose Knuckle - November 6, 2008 1:17 PM
Forget extinct species, how 'bout living humans, I want my army of obediant Scarlet Johanson and Jessica Biel clones, chop chop.
pew teh hawt pew
8. dadoren - November 6, 2008 1:23 PM
i have an idea for a restaurant "pork -n- Dinosaurs"! =P
9. Ted - November 6, 2008 1:25 PM
Daisy is getting more and more elaborate with the 'fake' statements. It’s still lame though.
10. Ash - November 6, 2008 1:33 PM
And on the Disney note, heres a movie quote
John Hammond: All major theme parks have had delays. When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked!
Dr. Ian Malcolm: But, John. If the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.
11. I'm a Computer - November 6, 2008 1:48 PM
wat
12. LSDiesel - November 6, 2008 1:55 PM
@10, I understood you, and nice reference by the way.
13. Douche McAllister - November 6, 2008 2:06 PM
Just look at those shameful spare tires all over the dinos. Damn I hate science. Always putting useless spare tires where they aren't needed.
14. Bernie Kosar - November 6, 2008 2:07 PM
@8 - That's a great idea. You could serve ribs that are so big your car tips over.
15. Farva's Twin - November 6, 2008 2:10 PM
@13 - the hosebag has a few unnecessary spare tires too. It makes her all the more comfy to sleep next to, and sometimes she makes funny noises and floppy standing waves during sex. One time though one of her chins slapped me in the nut sack while she was blowing me, and it kinda hurt.
16. pojojuniper - November 6, 2008 2:26 PM
Why can't they bring back something cool, like a sabertooth? Who wants a lot of mammoths walking around with their gigantic poop and whatnot... A sabertooth tiger would be totally sweet. And I'm sure the military will find a way to make this work to their advantage.
17. Hunter - November 6, 2008 2:30 PM
ROAROARRRRRRR
18. funny guy - November 6, 2008 2:39 PM
Q: How do you clone a dinosaur?
A: Use a Photocopysaurus.
19. Pew³ - November 6, 2008 2:42 PM
Fail, lets make animals that kill us. Didn't these people watch Jurassic Park. We can't all be the plucky hero characters. Weza all gonna die! Only people like Tom Cruise would survive, and we can't have that.
BTW, Daisy sucks, LSDiesel isnt funny, Gizmoduk IS funny, and I want to be called Moose Knuckle, but apparently its already taken.
So Pew pew pew
20. funny guy - November 6, 2008 2:48 PM
Q. What do you get if you cross a dinosaur with a pig?
A. Jurassic Pork
21. Woo Doop - November 6, 2008 2:49 PM
Or they could clone a shitload of the ancient squirrels that was in ICE AGE. I'd have my entertainment watching them and our current living squirrels duking it out over an acorn.
22. lankyboy - November 6, 2008 2:57 PM
GW stays talking about banging some dinosaurs. lol
23. funny guy - November 6, 2008 3:12 PM
@13 Shameful spare tire-annosaurus.
24. LSDiesel - November 6, 2008 3:14 PM
@19, I never said I was funny.
Hey speaking of funny, what do you call a lesbain dinosaur?
Lickalotapuss.
25. Douche McAllister - November 6, 2008 3:44 PM
@24 That's funny because that's what I call my sister.
She's a whore.
26. Kelly - November 6, 2008 3:52 PM
I want a baby raptor! I want a baby raptor! *hops from foot to foot* (Death by raptor is my preferred way to go, by the way.)
27. Ash - November 6, 2008 3:54 PM
What do you call a dinosaur with no head.?
A Neckosaurus
28. dadoren - November 6, 2008 4:02 PM
@14 you a browns fan??? we got a new quarterback !!!! Go Browns!!!!
29. Joe - November 6, 2008 7:40 PM
I think you are all missing the point. These scientists have finally realized our only hope to fight of a robat takeover.
yes dino riders
thank them later....
30. JoeL - November 6, 2008 7:47 PM
It would be more fun to clone an alien from Area 51
31. Beth - November 6, 2008 11:37 PM
What about dire wolves? Those bitches are badass. I'd pay to see some raptors fighting dire wolves. But then we'd get Sarah McLachlan-themed ASPCA commercials about animal cruelty . . . then a raptor would eat her.
Where do I sign up?
Given the choice between dying of a heart attack from your fat ass eating bad food and being lazy and dying from being eaten by troodon, I think the choice is clear. Dinosaurs any day!
32. Insurance CE - November 7, 2008 12:06 AM
This worries me ...
33. Meh - November 7, 2008 12:23 AM
Let's commemorate Michael Crichton by ignoring the point of his body of work (f***ing with nature will kill us all), and bring dead, frozen animals back to life!
34. Livingjetlag - November 7, 2008 8:00 AM
I don't know whether the dinosaurs can successfully fend off the robot apocalypse, but the zombies don't have a prayer.
35. Thumperchica - November 7, 2008 8:48 AM
What happens when the Dino's eat the Zombies and become DinoZombies?
Then the robots will make armor for them and we will have the "ZombieDino riding Robot Apocolypse". Then my friends... We will be HOSED!!!
36. LSDiesel - November 7, 2008 10:46 AM
@35, that's where the secret ninja and pirate army come in. Don't worry so much.
37. CaptainMorgan - November 7, 2008 2:03 PM
@7 I think you are the ONLY one who actually sees the true potential of this. Kudos.
*I'd be happy to be a Quality Inspector to ensure your "army" is up to spec. Just a thought...
38. Lynz - November 7, 2008 8:58 PM
SWEET. So where is that AIDs cure?
39. Mypersonalmoon - November 8, 2008 10:24 PM
Hoping for a Dinosaur apocalypse?
We just talked about this in my genetics class on Friday.
So check this out.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dinosaur.html
40. Alejandro - November 9, 2008 12:38 PM
Don't you know that if we clone meat eating Dinosaurs we will all be eaten and the human race will be extinct and no way to bring us back. I prefer to bring back the genus that could help us Albert Einstin. He could make a time machine and even space ships and we will have a lot more chances of not dieing against that huge meteor that is coming in 2032.
41. Alejandro - November 9, 2008 12:39 PM
Don't you know that if we clone meat eating Dinosaurs we will all be eaten and the human race will be extinct and no way to bring us back. I prefer to bring back the genus that could help us Albert Einstin. He could make a time machine and even space ships and we will have a lot more chances of not dieing against that huge meteor that is coming in 2032. Watch this movie a bout robots and cyborgs a.k.a. Transformers. Now if they could build those robots I'd buy one.
42. Alejandro - November 9, 2008 12:40 PM
Don't you know that if we clone meat eating Dinosaurs we will all be eaten and the human race will be extinct and no way to bring us back. I prefer to bring back the genus that could help us Albert Einstin. He could make a time machine and even space ships and we will have a lot more chances of not dieing against that huge meteor that is coming in 2032. Watch this movie a bout robots and cyborgs a.k.a. Transformers. Now if they could build those robots I'd buy one.
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