The Pros And Cons Of A Woolly Mammoth

Scientists are now very closer than ever to having the bringing back the Woolly Mammoth. The plan is for scientists to first try to create a hybrid between an Asian elephant and a woolly mammoth. The plan is to do this by genome sequencing. Many scientists are involved in this and animals, the food chain and ecosystem will be affected by this. However, scientists are expecting this to happen in a couple of years and maybe even more time. The scientists want to do this because Mammoths could help modern day animals live in cooler locations in which they are at much lower risk of conflict with humans. This is occurring in North Siberia. Scientists are expecting positive results and are hoping for positive results. Therefore, scientists are close to bringing back Woolly Mammoths.

Imagine a world with a flourish environment, with animals you would never dream to see. Imagine a world where we could bring back extinct animals. Some people believe that bringing back animals is unethical. But these animals can do so much for us. We should bring back extinct animals because it can help the ecosystem and some of the animals extinction was our fault.

back extinct animals is very controversial but we need to bring them back to restore ecosystems

Many of the different benefits and reasons also come from a more ethical and moral code rather than just for pure science. Resurrecting a mammoth could also undo their extinction, due to prehistoric humans nearly eleven thousand years ago. Some would argue that humans have a moral obligation to re-introduce species whose extinction they caused, either directly, as is probably in the case of the mammoth, or indirectly, as a result of another factor such as global climatic disruption. The value of bringing back mammoths may come from the need to satisfy intrinsic human curiosity. However, creating or re-creating different life forms may also be of great instrumental value to humanity, such as in the blocking the emergence of pathogens, or in helping to ensure the continued existence of life on the planet.

The idea of using genetics to bring forth extinct animals is thrilling. Scientists and civilians alike consider all the insight and information we will discover once we construct animals that lived thousands of years before modern times. Unfortunately, there is a problem. With the CRISPR technology we can only edit genes, not change them completely. A prime example of this is the wooly mammoth. According to Lila Shapiro, the author of We May Resurrect the Mammoth Sooner Than You Think, she stated that CRIPR would recreate a hybrid, not a genetically correct mammoth. In Shapiro’s article, Dr. George Church is the leading scientist in de-extinction. His works is primary evolve around woolly mammoth. To bring them back from extinction, George

In 1993, Steven Spielburg’s Jurassic Park introduced the concept of bringing extinct species back. In 2003, a team of Spanish and French scientists took Spielburg’s movie to the next level—they successfully brought back the Pyrenean ibex, a species of wild goat (93). With increasing rates of extinction, the scientific community is debating whether or not this process of de-extinction should continue to be pursued. Although it would be remarkable to visit an exhibit featuring a saber-tooth tiger or woolly mammoth, these animals went extinct for a reason; humans should not bring back extinct animals, but instead use the funding for more practical purposes.

Imagine a world where one extinct animal causes chaos. It eats all the plants and invades other animals territory. Animals are dropping like flies due to one extinct, no longer existing, animal being brought into the world once again this time by humans. Humans also can be the cause of extinction hunting, destroying an animal's home, pollution, and introduction of alien species are just a few ways that we can cause extinction of an animal. Extinction can also occur naturally when disease is spread, or an invasive species takes over. I believe that we should not bring back extinct creatures for three distinct reasons. De- extinction could hinder conservation efforts,de-extinction attempts have failed, and finally bringing back extinct

Think about this, you are wandering through a zoo and you hear they have a surprise exhibit opening. Now you as yourself being curious you wander over to this exhibit and see something you never thought you would see. In your mind all you’re thinking is “OH MY GOSH THERE’S A WOOLLY MAMMOTH THESE THINGS WENT EXTINCT CENTURIES AGO!” Now for starters that would be incredible and I’m going to tell you just how.

10,000 years ago, when our ancestors were trying to survive the ice age, so too, were woolly Mammoths. Mammoths are ancient relatives to our modern day lovable elephants. Their habitat coexisted with our ancient ancestors, and many people believe that they are now extinct because of us.

Today, our society is changing so fast that we barely even notice it’s happening. Soon enough, our society will be able to do what the scientists in Jurassic Park did, and create copies of our “once exist” giants. But while science and technology evolves, we should be the ones to bring up the question not “if we can,’ but rather, “should we?” Dinosaurs are ravenous and dangerous creatures that could tear us apart into pieces, but if properly contained, could be a magnificent sight for many to view. Nature removed the dinosaurs from our planet by selection, but we can use our superior intelligence to play god through biological manipulation. In an article by Thomas Sumner and Bjorn Carey, they discuss the ethics of reviving dead species such as the ones in Jurassic Park, and denote that the technology is in our near future. “Twenty years after the release of Jurassic Park, the dream of bringing back the dinosaurs remains science fiction. But scientists predict that within 15 years they will be able to revive some more recently extinct species, such as the dodo or the passenger pigeon, raising the question of whether or not they should – just because they can” (Sumner and Carey).

If successful, the return of the woolly mammoth could help the world learn more about their ecosystem and how they lived (Smith). Reintroducing an animal into the world could enlarge the ecosystem (Smith). Woolly mammoths could be cross bred with other animals in order to create a species with good attributes from both organisms. Recreating a mammoth could uncover more information contributing to how Ice Age organisms became extinct

Conservations budgets are limited, assuming that the resurrection would be covered, maintaining the animals would be even more costly. A program to prevent the extinction of the Northern Rhino, will cost millions of dollars. A Wooly Mammoth would be even more because scientists know a lot of things about the Northern Rhino. Scientists are almost blind when it comes to the Wooly Mammoths. A study led by Joseph Bennett found that bringing back the Wooly Mammoth could lead to biodiversity loss rather than gain. In New Zealand, there is government funding for 11 extinct animals, and it might sacrifice triple the number of alive species. (Elena Motivans, 2017). Why would anyone want to risk the lives of our living Asian elephants when scientists don’t even know if this experiment will actually work. Spending all that money, and possibly killing another species is to big of a

In the article “Fresh Mammoth Carcass from Siberia Holds Many Secrets,” (article here) a scientific find is discussed that may change the history of cloning. In May 2013, a few scientists discovered an almost perfectly preserved carcass of a woolly mammoth, who they nicknamed Buttercup. What was even more amazing, is that during excavation the carcass oozed dark red liquid which proved to be actual woolly mammoth blood. Blood is excellent for a cloning experiment as it may contain some DNA. Sadly, this cannot be said because there wasn’t enough DNA to create a mammoth genome. Still, there are other ways of dealing with this as scientists can put together a genome from the various remnants of the mammoth or even transpose DNA from several

Actually, it is not possible to create a 100% dinosaur, because the DNA samples that are available are very limited. However, the combination of the T-Rex’s DNA with the skin cells of the chicken made it possible to create the embryo. The scientists hope that the embryo will survive till birth and will have no defects. If this happens, the scientists don’t know what to expect. Their research till now has showed that the hybrid embryo grows in rates that are abnormal when compared with a normal chicken embryo. After only 3 days, the embryo was more than 60 times bigger than an average embryo of a chicken. The scientists remain

Finally, the last step is to transfer the fertilized egg to a suitable surrogate. The main concern here is whether the surrogate is suitable to harbor the mammoth fetus but evidence gained form preserved mammoths have found that size is not a problem since they are similar in terms of size and height (Henry, 2008).