While I don't believe is would be some huge mistake that
would blow up in our faced a la "Jurrastic Park", I do
think it is dangerous from a biological/genetic/ecological
point of view.
Such Dinosaurs would completey unbalance an animal
ecological system already heavily damaged by humans.
They could develope diseases that could cause devastation
among other reptile species.
Plus, they would further solidify the average geneticist's
God-complex.
Actually, Antarctica didn't exist in the same way we know it now. At the end of the Mesozoic, the super continent Pangaea began to break apart. At first into two super continents and then into more and more continents. The theory of continental drift. So, the frozen aspect of Antarctica didn't exist, at least not on the dinosaur side of the KT boundry. However, if by some chance they(dinosaurs) did survie for a longer period of time after the KT boundry, I believe it totally possible for them to survive in a colder climate(not in the type of environment that Antarctica eventually became) but a colder environment. I believe Dinosaurs to have evolved far past the cold blooded stereotype that existed formerly. These were self sufficient, warm blooded creatures...many of which had either fur or feathers. In fact, I believe that some smaller species of therapod dinos eventually became birds. And it was in this form(birds) that they eventually spread and adapted to every continent.
Originally posted by mr.smiley
did anyone hear about that t -rex bone they cracked open?
appearently they found blood vessels or something like that.
still said they couldn't clone it though.
I do think it would be cool however,to have a huge ass dino head hanging on my wall.
I'm not trying to contradict you, but fossils are not bones. They're replaced over millions of years by the sediment that surrounds them and then they harden into rock. But, by all means, I'd love to hear about it. Can you reference it?
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Oh goodie.Let's bring back another wonder of nature that we can hunt and kill for fear of it wiping us out.
-AC
What if it's like Alien 4 and we clone the dinos but their super viruses, against which we have no defesne, come back with them. I guess that would be the second age of dinos. Or would it be the fourth, since there were already three? Humm.
Originally posted by King Burger
While I don't believe is would be some huge mistake that
would blow up in our faced a la "Jurrastic Park", I do
think it is dangerous from a biological/genetic/ecological
point of view.Such Dinosaurs would completey unbalance an animal
ecological system already heavily damaged by humans.They could develope diseases that could cause devastation
among other reptile species.Plus, they would further solidify the average geneticist's
God-complex.
i thought Dinos were more connected with Birds then with reptiles (from what we know anyway)
and yea, doing so may cause a a virul outbreak, who knows maybe even the "pestilence" to start off the three horseman.
Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
What if it's like Alien 4 and we clone the dinos but their super viruses, against which we have no defesne, come back with them. I guess that would be the second age of dinos. Or would it be the fourth, since there were already three? Humm.
Only a matter of time before something happens that bites our asses.
Seen/Read Akira?
-AC