Cloning Dinosaurs?

Question

I read in an obituary of Arther c Clark, he was quoted as saying" Dinosaurs might be cloned sometime in the twenty first century.

As far as I am aw ere, genetic and DNA experts say it may be just about possable to clone something which lived relativly recently like a Momath, but nothing which predates that.

Would it be possable to clone a Dinosaur, and why would that be disirable?

Answer 1

Yes, people could bring dinosaurs back to life but nobody wants that really unless you want to die or you study dinosaurs or both....

Answer 2

Dinosour experts are trying to make dinosours with Emu eggs...they injects certain protein structures, etc., into the egg to transform the Emu fetus into a look-a-like dinosour.

Answer 3

could do, they have teh DNA of dinosaurs from moskitos trapped in aber, in which the ysucked up thre blood. so i'm sure its possible. the desired affect woudl be to actually study a dionsaur and its behavioru for REAL ratehr than make educated statements based on animals that evolved/act liek them

tho i sure as h**l dont' want to see a T-Rex trampling through my back yard

Answer 4

I think it is possible, or will be in the very near future.  I can understand scientists wanting to study the creatures, and I admit that sheer curiosity would grab me, but I wonder if it's really ethical.  I mean, why recreate a species that you don't intend to allow to really "live?"

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I'm sure if we found an in-tact enough DNA sample... sort of like the concept behind Jurassic Park... But I think we don't want to do that... we have no idea what these creatures were like... Nature did not intend us to coexist with dinosaurs.

Like the Mathematician on Jurassic Park said: "interesting concept: God Creates Dinosaurs, God Kills Dinosaurs, God Creates Man, Man Kills God, Man Brings back Dinosaures."

Answer 7

Well, I'm no scientist, but who knows what they might find in the polar ice caps as they melt, or inside melting glaciers. If an animal's DNA is found frozen in ice, in theory it might be 'usable'. However, dinosaurs roamed the Earth before the ice caps formed - I think, so I don't see much chance in finding one intact.

Answer 8

Cloning things like dinosaurs would serve no real purpose. Cloning animals for food, makes sense. As for the possibility, remember in 1902 man hadn't flown in a heavier than air craft, but he walked on the moon in 1969. There are 91 more years in this century and already it is showing signs of great progress, in all fields. Dinosaurs are among the things that may get cloned this century, so is man.

Answer 9

If they're admitting they're close to being able to do it (which they are) there's a good chance somebody already has.  There's current debate about putting DNA from dinosaur remains in with modern bird and reptile eggs, for example.

You reckon nobody's cloned a person yet?  Course they ********* have.  You think a little thing like international ethics boards is going to stop them?  

If I had the chance, I'd probably do it just to see what happened.  

Would it be desireable?  I doubt it.  But then, when the yanks figure out how to farm a brontasaurus and make really Big Macs....

Answer 10

If they could get their hands on DNA of a dinosaur I bet they would do it. It is totally possible like I said, if they could get dinosaur DNA. Why would they? Honestly just so they can they say they were the first. I have to admit I would be pretty stoked if they cloned dinosaurs, it would make my child hood dreams come true.

Answer 11

I dont think so and even if they could i dont think it would be a good think, unless they were somehow kept in a zoo, but if they got out it would be very bad.