Scientists to back-breed extinct giant cattle

God....how I love science

God....how I love science God, I love science as well. We can do great things with this.

I bet they would get some mighty big steaks out of them. LOL. That was my first reaction too. I think reviving any extinct species is absolutely wonderful. It means that if we screw things up ecologically and knock off some species, we now have a chance to resurrect them. Take the polar bears. If we don't act decisively about global warming they're going to die. But we CAN'T act decisively now because a large segment of the public doesn't believe in global warming. I personally think many of them WILL when they get more data that they trust (foot note*). But by then there could be no more pola... [More]

I wonder what else we could bring back into existence... *thinks Jurassic Park* No matter how you look at it, the news is fascinating. The mere fact that we can bring back something long gone. Somewhat feels like playing God here.

I dont understand why we dont practise eugenics with people too. A race of einsteins would advance society at an alarming rate.

I dont understand why we dont practise eugenics with people too. A race of einsteins would advance society at an alarming rate. i think that eugenics with people would cause more problems than good. only just my opinion.

I was reading the article and it says they plan to breed back to the natural animal (the auroch). If they just became extinct 400 years ago why don't scientists take auroch DNA and put it into a fertilized cow egg and then reimplant the egg in the uterus of a large cow? They've got the technology and it seems like they'd save a heck of a lot of time.

Michael Crichton, anyone?

Hmmmmm... in Manfred von Richtofens autobiography he describes a hunting party with I think a mamber of the royal family in Germany where he says he shot an aurochs in a private hunting preserve. Anyone know about that?