While I find the lost world of the Pleistocene absolutely fascinating, and have posted on that a few times, I think it's quite a big thing to say 'leaving philosophical questions aside'. I can't help thinking we are better off protecting the large mammals that remain, rather than investing huge sums in reengineering those that we have already wiped out.
It's not either/or: investment in the "genetic resurrection" technologies that would be needed to bring back the mammoth is already helping many still-alive endangered species like the black-footed ferret.
While I find the lost world of the Pleistocene absolutely fascinating, and have posted on that a few times, I think it's quite a big thing to say 'leaving philosophical questions aside'. I can't help thinking we are better off protecting the large mammals that remain, rather than investing huge sums in reengineering those that we have already wiped out.
It's not either/or: investment in the "genetic resurrection" technologies that would be needed to bring back the mammoth is already helping many still-alive endangered species like the black-footed ferret.
https://climateactapp.substack.com/p/your-daily-dose-of-climate-hope-november-463
What could go wrong?😵💫
This is a terrible idea! Please walk this back. It's scientifically unsound and cruel to the animals.