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Experts aim to resurrect mammoth Tokyo - Japanese researchers will launch a project this year to resurrect the long-extinct mammoth by using cloning technology to bring the ancient pachyderm back to life in around five years time. The researchers will try to revive the species by obtaining tissue this year from the carcass of a mammoth preserved in a Russian research laboratory, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported. "Preparations to realise this goal have been made," Akira Iritani, leader of the team and a professor emeritus of Kyoto University, told the mass-circulation daily. Under the plan, the nuclei of mammoth cells will be inserted into an elephant's egg cell from which the nuclei have been removed, to create an embryo containing mammoth genes, the report said. The embryo will then be inserted into an elephant's uterus in the hope that the animal will eventually give birth to a baby mammoth. Modern relative The elephant is the closest modern relative of the mammoth, a huge woolly mammal believed to have died out with the last Ice Age. Some mammoth remains still retain useable tissue samples, making it possible to recover cells for cloning, unlike dinosaurs, which disappeared around 65 million years ago and whose remains exist only as fossils Researchers hope to achieve their aim within five to six years, the Yomiuri said. The team, which has invited a Russian mammoth researcher and two US elephant experts to join the project, has established a technique to extract DNA from frozen cells, previously an obstacle to cloning attempts because of the damage cells sustained in the freezing process. Another Japanese researcher, Teruhiko Wakayama of the Riken Centre for Developmental Biology, succeeded in 2008 in cloning a mouse from the cells of another that had been kept in temperatures similar to frozen ground for 16 years. The scientists extracted a cell nucleus from an organ of a dead mouse and planted it into the egg of another mouse which was alive, leading to the birth of the cloned mouse. Based on Wakayama's techniques, Iritani's team devised a method to extract the nuclei of mammoth eggs without damaging them. But a successful cloning will also pose challenges for the team, Iritani warned. Extinct "If a cloned embryo can be created, we need to discuss, before transplanting it into the womb, how to breed (the mammoth) and whether to display it to the public," Iritani said. "After the mammoth is born, we will examine its ecology and genes to study why the species became extinct and other factors." More than 80% of all mammoth finds have been dug up in the permafrost of the vast Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia. Exactly why a majority of the huge creatures that once strode in large herds across Eurasia and North America died out toward the end of the last Ice Age has generated fiery debate. Some experts hold that mammoths were hunted to extinction by the species that was to become the planet's dominant predator - humans. Others argue that climate change was more to blame, leaving a species adapted for frozen climes ill-equipped to cope with a warming world. - AFP Cheers, ~ Alan Life Member NRA Life Member SCI email: editorusa(@)africanxmag(dot)com African Expedition Magazine: http://www.africanxmag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.p.bunn Twitter: http://twitter.com/EditorUSA Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. ~Keller To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. ~ Murrow | ||
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I'll take two, and while they're at it, I'll take a T-Rex please Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Can you imagine the calibre arguments that will now ensue.... | |||
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It is likely to happen. Large animals (cattle & horses) have been being cloned for a while now. We personally foaled out 5 viable cloned stallions and 1 mare here at Performance Equine Associates. I know of one bull that was cloned from frozen tissue already. Get ready for a mammath...likely to happen! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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I have a very nice mammoth cow tusk. I has a very nice curve to it and is over 6 feet long. i doubt i'll live long enough to hunt them, so this will have to do. | |||
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Imagine all the new .gov forms to be created, agencies to be funded, and folks to be hired so the US can delist the mammoth from 'extinct' to 'endangered'. Hunting: Exercising dominion over creation at 2800 fps. | |||
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Anyone know what happened in the attempt to recreate South Africa's extinct quagga? There was a lot of publicity at first, then nothing for the past couple of years. Bill Quimby | |||
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Jurassic Park here we come. I no longer feel overgunned with my 500 Jeffery ... Chuck Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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Saber toothed Tiger? Short faced bear; Dire wolf? Irish Elk? | |||
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Oooeee!!! Think of the ivory quality those guys will carry, if they succeed in cloning them! Way back then they also had Rhino that were alot bigger than the puney ones we got now, I read some where that one kind stood 20' tall. They had elk with up to 12' antler spread. Who said the .577NE and .600 were too much gun? But as for "millions of years ago"... sounds nice, and it is government funded, but that is nothing but H-O-G-W-A-S-H = hogwash. The earth ain't more than 10,000 years (at most) old itself. I hope they succeed in this thing though, "Ice Age Park"... if they could clone enough of these critters make such a place, there would finaly be some truely PRACTICAL use for the .577NE, .600, and bigger... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. -- John 3:36 http://www.accurateinnovations.com - http://aigunstocks.com/home-2/ NRA Life Member DSC SCI DRSS - STILL waiting on MY "Taksdale" .450NE or a refund... "Young knight, learn to love God and revere women, so that your honour grows. Practice knighthood and learn the Art that dignifies you, and brings you honour in wars." (Johannes Liechtenauer, 14th century) | |||
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Gotta find cells with a viable nucleus...at least...with today's technology. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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damn, i guess global warming really started after the last Ice Age. Al Gore was right- just a "little" off with his dates. now if they can just clone a mastodon, we can see some REAL ivory Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP | |||
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_Earth Incidentally, the Irish "elk" is believed to have been an ancestor of today's fallow deer. Bill Quimby | |||
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Whatg's the SCI minimum? | |||
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According to that link, the earth is 4.54 Billion years old. I guess I'm not older than dirt after all. NRA Endowment Life Member | |||
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Seems to me there was some kind of "wooly rhino" as well. My memory isnt what it once was so maybe someone can help me out here. Trouble is that the rate things are going there will not be a live one left to use as a surrogate if things dont change. Happiness is a warm gun | |||
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Do you think you could take one with a 45-70.... with solids of course!!! Go Duke!! | |||
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Can you imagine the trophy fee!! Go Duke!! | |||
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We are sick individuals ... Chuck Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature Jim "Bwana Umfundi" NRA | |||
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Canned Mammoths...........now were talking, wonder how long they have to be released for before they can be ' hunted' martinpieterssafaris@gmail.com www.martinpieterssafaris.com " hunt as if it's your last one you'll ever be on" | |||
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Here I am still believing in Adam and Eve. Does this mean that the Easter Bunny may also be a fake. | |||
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The North Slope is still prime habitat for them (far as I know). Turn em loose and give us the month of August to hunt. Several villages up here with unemployment problems, we could prolly hire plenty of packers. Best part about it would be to show the wife that I really did NEED that 470 Mbogo I just built. But we should probably let sleeping dogs lay. From Prudhoe, Nick | |||
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The Yukon and NWT will welcome them I think. Wonder how long before Tim Mervyn will have tags. I think the 8-bore just became the minimum calibre for North America. | |||
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Mmmmmm, that wouldn't help me with the Mrs. No way she's going to let me build an 8-bore when I haven't blooded the 470 yet. I vote .458 for min. cal. -Nick | |||
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The 600 Overkill will be renamed the 600 Just Right. | |||
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Good one. -Nick | |||
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I've wondered about this for years. I'm betting the Japanese team will succeed, but they'll need intact DNA from several different carcasses to create a stable breeding pool. There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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They went extinct for a reason folks. They aren't coming back as wild animals. They ran out of habitat a long, long time ago. If Alaska and the Yukon had good mamoth habitat, there would have been mamoths there in historical times. That means canned shooting only and I'll be the first to sign up! Dean ...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men. -Edward, Duke of York | |||
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Wait, Wait, Wait! Its been said everything on this world has been killed with a .22LR. Here's a new one! I'll be the first. Anyone wanna take out life insurance on me? .395 Family Member DRSS, po' boy member Political correctness is nothing but liberal enforced censorship | |||
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Klizzie Yziellek - .375 H & H has done it for me, no need to change now. Hope they succeed. Larry Sellers SCI Life Member | |||
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What about some carniverous kangeroos?? Pity we dont have permafrost here in AU... http://news.nationalgeographic...060725-kangaroo.html A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | |||
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I'll bet the first ones available for harvest will be on a South African fenced game farm. 465H&H | |||
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So someone is playing a real dirty trick on us with those dinosaur fossils, eh?? A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | |||
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Look around you. Look at the computer you use, the roads you drive on, and where your house is built. We "fool" with "Mother" nature all the time. Heard of game management? Animal husbandry? The re-introduction to the wild of endangered species? Domesticated pets? Selective breeding? Zoos??? We have such and impact on our enviornment, that most everything humans do with animals is "fooling" with nature. These japanese just need to find a big enough preserve, and thier research can be self sustaining if they can get the populations up to managable huntable numbers. The trophy fees would be unreal - but there would be a waiting list of hunteres!!! After they knock out the Mammoth, they need to start work on wooly rhinos and sabertooths! | |||
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[QUOTE] But as for "millions of years ago"... sounds nice, and it is government funded, but that is nothing but H-O-G-W-A-S-H = hogwash. The earth ain't more than 10,000 years (at most) old itself. QUOTE] Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha, damn, just snorted coffee all over my keyboard... | |||
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You need to pay more attention in highschool my friend but what more can be expected from a 17 year old | |||
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Matt, maybe they can clone a really nice sheep for you one you would shear with your friends | |||
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