Comments on: Are We Closer To A Real Life ‘Jurassic Park’ Than We Think? http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/30/are-we-closer-to-a-real-life-jurassic-park-than-we-think/ Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DrNecropolis http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/30/are-we-closer-to-a-real-life-jurassic-park-than-we-think/comment-page-1/#comment-911269 DrNecropolis Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:51:25 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=28338#comment-911269 I personally green light this project. Build me Compsognathus now! I'll feed it spoiled meant and mice, it'll be awesome! Make it so! I personally green light this project. Build me Compsognathus now! I’ll feed it spoiled meant and mice, it’ll be awesome! Make it so!

]]> By: Gordon Emanuel http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/30/are-we-closer-to-a-real-life-jurassic-park-than-we-think/comment-page-1/#comment-910846 Gordon Emanuel Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:58:54 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=28338#comment-910846 I gotta agree with louki, as much as Id like to be able to see a real dinosaur in the flesh, what would be the real point besides making money, I dont see it. Besides there's no room left on this planet for creatures like that to roam free and/or follow a free path of their own, it would be slightly unfair. I guess one interesting thing might be to see what kind of un-expected instinctual behavioural patterns a dinosaur might display, possibly throwing up new questions and answers about physical/genetic memory... I gotta agree with louki, as much as Id like to be able to see a real dinosaur in the flesh, what would be the real point besides making money, I dont see it. Besides there’s no room left on this planet for creatures like that to roam free and/or follow a free path of their own, it would be slightly unfair.

I guess one interesting thing might be to see what kind of un-expected instinctual behavioural patterns a dinosaur might display, possibly throwing up new questions and answers about physical/genetic memory…

]]> By: louki http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/30/are-we-closer-to-a-real-life-jurassic-park-than-we-think/comment-page-1/#comment-909857 louki Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:37:52 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=28338#comment-909857 I think it's better to leave the past where it is, especially if it's just to make money... I think it’s better to leave the past where it is, especially if it’s just to make money…

]]> By: Joseph http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/30/are-we-closer-to-a-real-life-jurassic-park-than-we-think/comment-page-1/#comment-909578 Joseph Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:00:13 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=28338#comment-909578 It is going to be a LONG time before anything comes of this. It is going to be a LONG time before anything comes of this.

]]> By: c http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/30/are-we-closer-to-a-real-life-jurassic-park-than-we-think/comment-page-1/#comment-909322 c Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:21:24 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=28338#comment-909322 "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." "Oh yeah "Ooh, aah", that's how it always starts. But then there's running and screaming." D.r Ian Malcolm “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”

“Oh yeah “Ooh, aah”, that’s how it always starts. But then there’s running and screaming.”

D.r Ian Malcolm

]]> By: Sarah http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/30/are-we-closer-to-a-real-life-jurassic-park-than-we-think/comment-page-1/#comment-909207 Sarah Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:39:04 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=28338#comment-909207 I read an article this morning that said the prehistoric animal MOST likely to get resurrected in the near future was the woolly rhino, since they've got well preserved frozen specimens, and modern rhinos would serve as a suitable surrogate. Most surviving dinosaur DNA is far more degraded. Also, no-one has ever managed to clone even a modern bird or reptile, so they'd need to figure that out first. Also, when we think of dinosaurs, we generally think of big ones like t-rex, but the average dinosaur was about the size of a chicken. You certainly couldn't hatch a healthy t-rex baby from something the size of a chicken egg, so any cloned dinosaurs probably wouldn't be big enough to take over the world. I read an article this morning that said the prehistoric animal MOST likely to get resurrected in the near future was the woolly rhino, since they’ve got well preserved frozen specimens, and modern rhinos would serve as a suitable surrogate. Most surviving dinosaur DNA is far more degraded. Also, no-one has ever managed to clone even a modern bird or reptile, so they’d need to figure that out first.

Also, when we think of dinosaurs, we generally think of big ones like t-rex, but the average dinosaur was about the size of a chicken. You certainly couldn’t hatch a healthy t-rex baby from something the size of a chicken egg, so any cloned dinosaurs probably wouldn’t be big enough to take over the world.

]]> By: scrotumbagmonkeyflicker http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/30/are-we-closer-to-a-real-life-jurassic-park-than-we-think/comment-page-1/#comment-909206 scrotumbagmonkeyflicker Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:38:04 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=28338#comment-909206 'Canada Research Chair in Macro Evolution at Montreal’s McGill University, Hans Larsson, believes the FACT that dinosaurs are ancestors of birds may just hold the key.' LOL FACT. That was a good one guys. ‘Canada Research Chair in Macro Evolution at Montreal’s McGill University, Hans Larsson, believes the FACT that dinosaurs are ancestors of birds may just hold the key.’

LOL FACT. That was a good one guys.

]]> By: korollocke http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2009/08/30/are-we-closer-to-a-real-life-jurassic-park-than-we-think/comment-page-1/#comment-908752 korollocke Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:49:42 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/?p=28338#comment-908752 It would certainly ruin creationist theory. It would certainly ruin creationist theory.

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