Should We Bring Back Extinct Animals?

[Gaf Zombie]

Let's assume technology is completely ironed out and humans could bring back animals big and small if we so chose.

Should we do it? I'm sure this has been debated ad nauseam but I'm curious to know what Era thinks. Why or why not?

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Depends. Were we the ones that made them extinct?

 

[R2RD]

If we are responsible sure but if they got extinct on their own no.

 

[NinjaScooter]

Yes im 100% in support of this. This technology could also help us eventually clone people from the past.

 

[TaySan]

Yes especially if we are responsible for their extinction. If it doesn't harm the ecosystem.

 

[Einchy]

Bring him back.

 

[Bessy67]

Wouldn't they just basically be high-tech invasive species? It'd probably end up doing more harm than good

 

[Z-Beat]

Best not to fuck with it. We've already fucked with it too much

 

[Deleted member 83599]

I think it depends on the proximity of the extinction.

If an ecosystem has fully adapted to the absence of a certain species, it could be extremely destructive to bring it back.

 

[Sectorseven]

It depends if the ecosystem has adapted without them and what disruption their reintroduction could cause.

 

[Z-Beat]

Yes im 100% in support of this. This technology could also help us eventually clone people from the past.

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Why would you want that? You can't clone memories and if you just want the person around they aren't gonna be the same person as before

 

[Lost Lemurian]

Wouldn't they just basically be high-tech invasive species? It'd probably end up doing more harm than good

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I think it depends on the proximity of the extinction.

If an ecosystem has fully adapted to the absence of a certain species, it could be extremely destructive to bring it back.

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This would be my only concern. You can't just dump long-extinct species into the ecosystem, it would be a disaster for extant wildlife.

 

[Sanjuro]

Let's kill off like 4 other species before we bring back da GOAT

 

[davepoobond]

Why would you want that? You can't clone memories and if you just want the person around they aren't gonna be the same person as before

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never heard of genetic memory?

 

[Septy]

It's a complex answer that requires more than a simple yes or no. If you bring back an extinct species you have to find a habitat for them. The habitat for that species could already be occupied. Not to mention how much it would cost to create tens of thousands to millions of animals. You would then have to answer for the new stress put on the local equilibrium.

 

[DrFunk]

I'm ok without hand-sized mosquitoes, op

 

[mentok15]

I'd prefer if we didn't do unnecessary experiments on animals.

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

No since they would become an invasive species if they ever escape.

 

[Z-Beat]

never heard of genetic memory?

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The animus isn't real. You can't 1 to 1 a person like that, at least not with how cloning currently works

 

[Ballpoint Ren]

 

[Inugami]

Anything either directly (hunting) or indirectly (climate change) killed by humans should absolutely be brought back if we could. The problem is that the majority of extinctions are through habitat loss, and it's unlikely that habitat has suddenly been undeveloped... So that's dooming a species to just be zoo bound.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Yes im 100% in support of this. This technology could also help us eventually clone people from the past.

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What in the Black Mirror is going on around here. That sounds like a terrible idea.

 

[nsilvias]

You don't introduce species to an envirement they didn't evolve with

 

[FerrisBueller]

I've always wanted to see woolly mammoths roaming about so let's do it.

 

[Dodongo]

Bring him back.

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This should be a top priority.

Some animals are too cute to let them stay extinct.

 

[davepoobond]

The animus isn't real. You can't 1 to 1 a person like that, at least not with how cloning currently works

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there's more to "cloning people from the past" than their memories..............

if we could clone Leonardo Da Vinci, we could see what he probably actually looked like on top of other interesting observations.

or if we cloned Jesus and he brought about the rapture, it could help us prevent global warming

 

[Einchy]

What in the Black Mirror is going on around here. That sounds like a terrible idea.

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Why don't you want Neanderthal around!?

 

[Lari]

Yes, Dino party let's goooo!

 

[mAcOdIn]

Anything either directly (hunting) or indirectly (climate change) killed by humans should absolutely be brought back if we could. The problem is that the majority of extinctions are through habitat loss, and it's unlikely that habitat has suddenly been undeveloped... So that's dooming a species to just be zoo bound.

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Pretty much. And setting aside some land for an already extinct animal is basically just going to doom another. It's a pointless question I think. Our time should be spent protecting the species still left.

I'm not against it ethically but it's just like you said, we'd be bringing them back to go extinct again or to just live in zoos.

 

[poklane]

Yes im 100% in support of this. This technology could also help us eventually clone people from the past.

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Cloning people from the past serves no purpose because you can't revive their memories, knowledge and everything which makes them the person they were. Clone one of the biggest geniuses like Einstein or one of the biggest evils like Hitler, they'd just be a baby like any other.

 

[Mekanos]

Depends how tasty they are.

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Yes.

 

[thediamondage]

bring em back and give em guns!

 

[DemyxC]

Yea I think so, just make sure due diligence is done first.

 

[Imperfected]

Bring back only the coolest animals.

Hack evolution to make everything rad.

 

[TheMadTitan]

We should. Anything we have a DNA sample of that went extinct within the past 100 years should be priority, and then work back to the beginning of the industrial revolution for things we killed off.

 

[antonz]

Its a very hard topic. Species Man has killed off unless its one very recently have already change their environments by not being alive anymore. Reintroducing dead predators like the Tasmanian Tiger or less predacious creatures could still easily upset the new balance of nature in those habitats.

Prey that used to fear its hunters have learned to no longer fear due to extinction of the predators etc.

Cloned Animals would almost need to be Genetic Park exhibits for the sake of preserving the already fucked up balance of nature. Unless we found a way to very slowly reintroduce species but then very slow is not a recipe for long term survival

 

[SuperBanana]

If you just randomly bring back species it could serious fuck up eco systems. I think recently extinct animals should be revived in small numbers and let them naturally grow in numbers.

 

[BLEEN]

I scientifically proclaim a pompous "FUCK YES".

 

[Danby]

Stuff that's recent like Dodos and Tasmanian tigers are good ideas. Wooly mammoth is a good idea. Maybe not the larger Dinos, but I doubt we'll ever have their DNA regardless.

 

[KtSlime]

We should at least stop extincting the animals we already have...

 

[mAcOdIn]

We should at least stop extincting the animals we already have...

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Why? We could just bring them back too! Humanity rules, we don't need to learn any lessons!

 

[loco]

This technology will most likely be available long after we colonize other planets within and outside of our solar system. So yes,, but let's dump them on a terraformed planet owned by a Bezos / Zuckerberg type

 

[purplemonkey111]

As Dr. Malcom says....nature finds a way

 

[jiggle]

Just the triceratops

 

[Euphoria]

No.

You'll bring something back and I guarantee it would have a negative effect on another species somehow.

Reminds me of how they tried to save those Tasmanian devils only to basically annihilate those penguins.

Humans need to stop trying to play god.

 

[quik killa]

I wouldn't want this to be done just to keep the animals in zoos and reintroduction into natural ecosystems could be extremely harmful. Our focus should be on protecting our ecosystems and currently threatened/endangered species. If this technology was realized it could also result in less effort to protect extant species.

 

[Lump]

Only if humans killed it due to hunting or overfishing or similar nonsense. Otherwise, let's not fuck with the natural ecosystem. Food chains get fucked enough just by accidentally transporting certain animals from one location to another.

 

[Boy]

I dunno. It's probably like time-traveling where you'd like to go back into the past to change something and it ends up affecting tons of things. It might be the same with reviving extinct animals where it can mess up something in the echo system.

 

[El_Chino]

I've seen this movie before.

 

[W-00]

Is there a place for them in the world outside of captivity?

I would worry that de-extincting animals only to put them in zoos would remove what little concern there is among the broader public about habitat destruction and the loss of wildlife.