I say "no" to reviving ancient extinct species.

[eb2]

I am all for recreating the mammoth.  Most research has pointed to human hunting as having the greatest impact on their existance, as they outlasted most of the large mammals that went extinct.  Why did people hunt them in large numbers?  I am betting it was because they tasted great.  So, I say let these Japanese scientists cook up a herd, fatten them up, and save a steak for me! I want to chow some Mammoth.

The Thylacine has some practical purpose.  They could go out and eat the feral cats in Australia.  And they look cool.

[Darrol]

While it's a fascinating idea, I think it should remain that. Who knows what kind of bugs are lurking around in a thousands-year old corpse?

Funny you say that and then I see this article.

http://io9.com/5736128/a-34000-year-old-bacteria-has-come-back-from-the-dead-and-is-breeding

[uwe]

Can't you eat that mammoth meat they still sometimes find in perma frost in Siberia and suchabouts? I heard it's still edible, but has lost flavor.

[Barklessdog]

The Zombie infestation cometh

[eb2]

Can't you eat that mammoth meat they still sometimes find in perma frost in Siberia and suchabouts? I heard it's still edible, but has lost flavor.

Yes you can.  Solzhenitsyn wrote about it years ago when it happened following WWII.  Some less fortunate members of Soviet society while trapsing about the frozen wastes of Siberia found one, and proceded to devour it.  In a sense then they were more fortunate.  His comment was something along the lines of 'why didn't most people in the west stop to think what would make people eat 10,000 year old meat?'

[uwe]

You probably need some gravy with it, looks kinda dry.

[godofthunder]

If we can we will, doesn't mean we should, but it is going to happen.

[Pilgrim]

In a sense then they were more fortunate.  His comment was something along the lines of 'why didn't most people in the west stop to think what would make people eat 10,000 year old meat?'

That's almost as bad as eating Cheetos!

[TBird1958]

You probably need some gravy with it, looks kinda dry.

Looks like old wood Herr Moderator, that gravy better be greasy and plentiful 

[Aussie Mark]

Looks like something Warwick would make a bass out of.

[uwe]

Yes, quite. The Warwick Mammut, I can see it now ...

[Hornisse]

That's almost as bad as eating Cheetos!

Which reminds me of the old joke:

Man went to the doctor and the doctor asked him what the problem was.

"I have an orange penis" replied the man.

"What have you done the past few days" asked the doctor.

"Eat Cheetos while watching porn".

[Dave W]

Which reminds me of the old joke:

Man went to the doctor and the doctor asked him what the problem was.

"I have an orange penis" replied the man.

"What have you done the past few days" asked the doctor.

"Eat Cheetos while watching porn".

You forgot the 

[godofthunder]

great...........................now I have to throw out a almost new bag.

[Dave W]

great...........................now I have to throw out a almost new bag.

He'll be here all week folks, remember to tip your waiter and don't forget to try the veal.