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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: "Texas company raises $200 million to make Jurassic Park happen" Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:04:58 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: <vmgmvp$106gv$1@dont-email.me> References: <vmej1n$818i$2@dont-email.me> <vmfa13$icf9$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:04:58 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1cbf21f742a41f642137b739b9d58785"; logging-data="1055263"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19/OKgVXCaM+0oi9A48um9B" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:3PVjQWfmt6qo7d9iq5mPu81CKLk= In-Reply-To: <vmfa13$icf9$1@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2071 On 1/17/2025 8:17 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > On 1/17/25 13:45, Lynn McGuire wrote: >> "Texas company raises $200 million to make Jurassic Park happen" >> >> https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/colossal-biosciences- >> mammoth-20038093.php >> >> “Colossal Biosciences wants to resurrect the woolly mammoth, the dodo >> bird, and the Tasmanian tiger.” >> >> You know, the woolly mammoth was killed off by humans for a good >> reason. Walking through people's forts and homes is a bad thing. >> > Certainly from the POV of the locals who share time with the > Wooly Mammoth it was a reason to get rid of the annoying pests. > I suspect that the "walking feast!" POV had more to do with it. (One of our ancestors' hunting methods was 'stampede an entire herd off a cliff' when one mammoth would provide more meat than they could eat before it spoiled.) -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.