All right. The economy sucks. The environment is quickly degrading. Many, many people are stupid. However. However, there still is some good news. Your little dudes might one day take their little dudes to the zoo to see the newest woolly mammoth walking around.
Good gravy, sometimes I really love science.
Researchers last week announced they had finished decoding all of the DNA of the woolly mammoth. Which means that within 10 to 20 years, we could see the return of this extinct animal. The last time the woolly mammoth roamed the earth it was 10,000 years ago and ice and snow covered most of the world. Sort of the opposite of what we’ve got going on now. Let’s hope if we do bring back the mammoth we’ve got a good enough air conditioning unit to keep them comfortable.
And, yes, I do know this sounds an awful lot like Jurassic Park. But, really, come on. You don’t actually think something could go wrong and these big dudes would go rampaging across the remote island on which they will be resurrected. Do you? Jurassic Trunk, anyone?
Sure the odds of this happening are actually pretty slight, but I find myself really looking forward to it. I keep seeing Fred Flinstone slapping a massive slab of mammoth ribs onto the stone barbecue. Anyone up for a couple of mammoth steaks? I’ve got the coals ready.
– Richard
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