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Wow, that would be so cool - imaging going to the zoo to see one, something people 20 years ago had absolutely no hope of doing.


I recall 20 years ago we had hope of this. Bringing back mammoths and other extinct species has been part of the discussion of animal cloning from the beginning.


well, there was this guy who made a movie on the subject...


Thankfully, unlike with dinosaurs we know that humans are quite capable of hunting mammoths to extinction if we want to.


I have absolutely no doubt that humans could effectively eliminate a wild dinosaur population in short order. Think of the trophy mounts!


Hear, Hear. If there's one thing we humans are good at, it's genocide and slaughter.


Well, you don't rise to the top of the food chain unless you're able to kill every other animal out there.

Hail to the king, baby.


They made movies about "wars" amongst the "stars" too, but both were considered science fiction.


I seem to recall the outcome was poor




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