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The Pros And Cons Of De-Extinction

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Imagine a world where dinosaurs exist again… a Jurassic World. Should scientists bring back extinct species, like that of the dinosaurs? De-extinction is no longer a thing of science fiction; scientists have been trying to clone a Wooly Mammoth since the summer of 2011. Sadly scientists have said that the actual dinosaurs, like that of a T-Rex, have been dead for too long and therefore cannot be brought back. De- Extinction is could be great thing and it would greatly increase the planets biodiversity, it would be good for the environment, and it would be good for the economy, because who would not pay to see a dinosaur in real life?
De-extinction is the process of bringing an organism that is either part of the same family of or looks like …show more content…

The process of recreating these organisms is actually very simple. An article about de-extinction says, “It involves taking old DNA samples, reassembling them into a full genome which is then injected into embryonic cells which have had their own DNA taken out, and then finding a suitable living surrogate to give birth”(thejournal.ie). Scientists have actually been successful in bringing back an extinct species of goat called the Pyrenean ibex. In 2003 a collection of scientists from various countries gathered together to try to …show more content…

If they bring back an extinct species like the Pyrenean ibex it would require a large amount of money. National Geographic put out an article about de-extinction, it says, “A resurrected Pyrenean ibex will need a safe home, not just its food plants” (Pimm). If the plants that the ibex ate are now extinct then we will have to spend even more money to bring those back. Since they cannot just release the ibex back into the wild they would have to build them places to live. It has been found out that the ibex did not go extinct naturally, it was killed and eaten by hunters. So if they bring them back how do we know that this will not happen

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The dinosaur extinction theory – a large asteroid impact and a giant volcanic eruption at the end of cretaceous – also supports that dinosaurs were cold blooded, when the dust due to the meteorite covered the earth, then the sun light could not penetrate the smoke and dust, thus sunlight did not enter the earth for many years, this lead to the drop in temperature on the land, as dinosaurs were cold blooded they could not raise their body temperature without sunlight and hence were

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Invasive species are said to be one of the most expensive problems being faced by the government. This is why people want the government to stop spending billions of dollars on this management, when it could go towards making more jobs for citizens. Monica Dawson, author of Pythons: 8 Facts about the Exotic Pet That 's Ruining the Florida Everglades, wrote, “What most people do not know is that these Burmese pythons can still cost the government money even when they are not removed by employees of the invasive species management program.” Faine Greenwood, The Global Post noted, “ that it costs over $93,992 every year for the feeding for one Burmese python and continued efforts to decrease the overpopulation of the species would greatly lower the

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Title Researchers and scientists have constructed extensive research on dinosaur’s extinction. Speculation instead of real evidence seems common in most theories about the dinosaurs’ extinction. However, Jay Gould’s essay “Sex, Drugs, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs” is the complete opposite of speculation over evidence. Rather, Gould uses the mix of persuasive techniques, such as rhetorical questions, logos, along with profound evidence to not only disapprove of other theories but convince readers of his place on the dinosaur’s extinction.

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*Most paleontologists now have little doubt that birds are a subgroup of dinosaurs, so basically only “non-avian dinosaurs” became extinct 65 million years ago. The Alvarez theory (hypothesis) of extinction is that a world wide impact event such as a massive asteroid or comet, is the most widely held cause of the extinction of many species, including many dinosaur species, about 65 million years ago. This impact event would most likely have done the opposite of freezing them. The Deccan Traps theory, blames massive volcanism and a very likely global warming, making land and water ecosystems not compatible to large animals, over thousands of years,

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This statement is true. In the book John Hammond is so preoccupied with whether or not he can clone dinosaurs he never asks himself whether or not it is a good idea. Even as the story continues he still thinks that the creation of dinosaurs is good idea. Before all hell breaks loose Hammond’s geneticist, Dr. Wu, grows a conscience and tries to convince Hammond to allow

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Primary candidates include keystone species such as wooly mammoths. It is similar to Frankenstein in the way that they are bringing back the dead, but with different technology. In Frankenstein, the creature is made with body parts, mystical chemicals, and a shock of lightning. In De-Extinction, they are bringing the animals back using cells from remains, creating an egg that is placed within a capable host with hopes that the operation is a

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Of course, we all know that many people died after this John Hammond was interested in money and he believed showing a wider variety of dinosaurs would be a better idea. This in lies the problem, which can be related to genetic engineering

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For example, science says that they can’t get enough DNA from dinosaurs to be able to bring them back because they only have fossils. Wooly mammoths may be easier because their bodies have been frozen in ice making it easier to take the DNA and put it in elephants. This process can bring animals back that can affect our ecosystems in a very big way. They can also alter the ways of life in those ecosystems. But it could also repopulate areas that low in numbers, a very good thing.

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One reason that de-extinction is a horrible idea is that the species, lets say a wooly mammoth, could potentially take important resources away from other species causing them to disappear. In the article The

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I think that Utilitarianism would best fit this scenario. Why you say? Because would it be for the good of society? I say it wouldn’t be good for society. For one, you would have to make sure the land had fencing to keep the endangered species from roaming into normal neighbor hoods and endangering the welfare of the people around that land.

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Zoos may be very necessary for endangered species. But, there are different ways how to save and continue endangered species, and every zoo have had choice how they do it. Some zoos are breeding endangered species trying to continue the species, but that is not right, because it leads to very complicated health issues. For example white tiger who are very rare animal, breeding requirements are that all white tigers parents must be white tigers too, to get only white tiger, and so are zoos breeding white tigers fathers with their daughters and mothers with their sons. But some zoos again are preserving and studying endangered species in captivity to save endangered species in the wild.

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Wildlife Conservation is often seen as a bad thing, but if you look at it from my perspective, then it is actually a good thing. People think of it as holding wild animals captive, but we are actually protecting them from poachers. The purpose of Wildlife Conservation is to protect the animals in danger, which I am in agreement 110%. Other people argue that we shouldn’t have conservations, but they don’t know the harm that can happen to unprotected animals.

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Animals such as the Tiger, Pandas and African Chimpanzees are kept inside zoos in order to preserve their species and prevent them from going extinct. They are well protected from their predators which allows them to breed and, hopefully, repopulate their species in order to keep their species alive. One of the examples is that zoos implemented International Breeding Programs in order to help these endangered species breed. As the numbers of that

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A lot of people think that zoos are good because they help repopulate, but no one thought that the only reason why we need to repopulate some species, was because of poaching and hunting. If people never had poaching and hunting, most animals are capable out there in the wild. On the other hand, Zoos have research programs that help expand our knowledge about animals, especially the endangered species. The information gained by these programs can help protect and treat the species in the wild, as well as determine what effects if any climate change may have on the regions needed for the species to flourish. Many zoos also have breeding programs for all kinds of species, endangered or not, and learn even more about the species during the breeding, and rearing process.

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