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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I mean…yeah, if we had a realistic way to find preserved dinosaur DNA and bring those bad boys back? I’d say do it in a heartbeat. Stupid? Absolutely. But worth it.

Sadly finding DNA that has survived intact for dozens of millions of years is impossible. 😭

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a42708517/scientists-reincarnating-woolly-mammoth/

    Edit: I should say, not as old, but still. Also, we don't take care of our elephants, wtf are we going to do with a woolly mammoth.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Even if we could get a perfect DNA genome of a dinosaur, how would we go about getting the biological machinery that would've converted those blueprints into a living organism?

    We can modify the genes of living animals by creating viable zygotes, growing them into viable embryos, and implanting them into living wombs, because we already have a factory that is configured to process blueprints of a very similar type.

    We don't have the ability to rebuild a dinosaur factory, even if we get the dinosaur blueprints again.

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