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Thank you, LongDogs.

That is the exact painting I was trying to download. Thrilling !

How could any person with any soul object to seeing a real-life herd of such magnificent creatures ?
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Horny !
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Originally Posted by bakerman ->

How could any person with any soul object to seeing a real-life herd of such magnificent creatures ?
Easily if meant an animal is not brought back purely for commercial reasons to be kept in captivity etc.

No point in saying we would do this and that because we can't protect species now.
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20-06-2018, 01:02 PM
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If Man deems himself above Nature and thereby becomes the controller of who and what lives then by the same token he becomes teh controller of who and what dies. You can not have one without the other.

Therefore if Man decides to give life to that which Nature has already removed from the playing filed, then Man too will remove life from the playing field which Nature has not.

That is a dangerous game indeed.
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20-06-2018, 01:20 PM
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Lovely picture. All that ivory, Dongles, the poachers would think all their birthdays had come at once!
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20-06-2018, 01:25 PM
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..... if Man decides to give life to that which Nature has already removed from the playing field,
then Man too will remove life from the playing field which Nature has not........
Would that necessarily follow ?
I suspect that the vast majority of human-kind these days are hell-bent on conserving species.

Given the thousands of creatures which have disappeared over the last century or two (yes, thousands),
I reckon there would be a reluctance to even attempt to wipe-out flies and mosquitoes and such -
an understanding now that all things have a role.
Or a possible/potential role.
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20-06-2018, 01:55 PM
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Re: De-extincting mammoths

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If Man deems himself above Nature and thereby becomes the controller of who and what lives then by the same token he becomes teh controller of who and what dies. You can not have one without the other.

Therefore if Man decides to give life to that which Nature has already removed from the playing filed, then Man too will remove life from the playing field which Nature has not.

That is a dangerous game indeed.

Oh. please. Give me a freakin' break. We have been deciding what lives, and what dies for tens of thousands of years. We stand at the apex of the animal kingdom.

All true dogs are the creation of mankind. The Chihuahua wouldn't last 2 weeks in nature. Man created every breed of dog on the planet. The same applies to all of our domestic animals and most of our agricultural products.

To bring back some creature that has gone extinct is a wonderful gift to all mankind. We should be proud.
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Re: De-extincting mammoths

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Thank you, LongDogs.

That is the exact painting I was trying to download. Thrilling !

How could any person with any soul object to seeing a real-life herd of such magnificent creatures ?
Spooky!
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20-06-2018, 02:16 PM
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Re: De-extincting mammoths

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Oh. please. Give me a freakin' break. We have been deciding what lives, and what dies for tens of thousands of years. We stand at the apex of the animal kingdom.

All true dogs are the creation of mankind. The Chihuahua wouldn't last 2 weeks in nature. Man created every breed of dog on the planet. The same applies to all of our domestic animals and most of our agricultural products.

To bring back some creature that has gone extinct is a wonderful gift to all mankind. We should be proud.
That gets my vote
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20-06-2018, 02:30 PM
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Re: De-extincting mammoths

Originally Posted by bakerman ->
Oh. please. Give me a freakin' break. We have been deciding what lives, and what dies for tens of thousands of years. We stand at the apex of the animal kingdom.

All true dogs are the creation of mankind. The Chihuahua wouldn't last 2 weeks in nature. Man created every breed of dog on the planet. The same applies to all of our domestic animals and most of our agricultural products.

To bring back some creature that has gone extinct is a wonderful gift to all mankind. We should be proud.
I agree Bakerman !
 
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