I mean, I understand if they can't clone dead extinct animals like dinosaurs and such, but what about endangered species? If they could, wouldn't that solve the whole "ENDANGERED" crisis? Just curious
2006-12-31 19:01:30 · 8 answers · asked by kk_jediknight 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
They can.... but the main problem if you consider Dolly the cloned sheep, she was not a healthy specimen unlike the parent.
Dolly was plagued by ARTHRITIS and other ailments... she lived a short life!
In short the cloning process has many defects... it will take quite a few decades before its perfected!
Whats the purpose of producing unhealthy ENDANGERED animals?
It will not help in saving these species ,with the help of todays technology..... but will surely be possible after some years.
Besides species are becoming endangered due to Human Intervention mainly by habitat destruction and pollution which should be stopped first...... and then come to the idea of cloning!!
2006-12-31 19:02:51 · answer #1 · answered by Som™ 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
First of all, hell with those religious people who say we should not tamper with God's creation etc. Their claims have no moral or scientific basis anyway. I personally think that cloning human beings should be no problem for medical research purposes. Stem cell researches are by all means beneficial, so why not human cloning to conduct neuroscientific research and so on. But, ethical issues of vivisections and (cloned) human experimentation would certainly rise. So, it is an interesting but tough issue. Plus, if the techniques are perfected and spread to twisted people, we may end up with clones of actresses and so on. An idea which might be welcome by some people indeed. Or, perhaps such is already in practice...?
2016-03-29 02:47:51 · answer #2 · answered by Pamela 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Endangered is a political term that covers a host of different circumstances, but let's just lump them all together, and say that due to natural and human causes, Species X is like an egg on the freeway during rush hour. It's not squished yet, but the outlook is grim.
Cloning the egg, and putting two identical eggs on the freeway doesn't really solve the problem, does it?
2006-12-31 19:10:26 · answer #3 · answered by Regala 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Regala has provided an excellent answer. The problem is the environment. Certain species become endangered because their environments cannot naturally support large numbers. Introducing more of them would not stop them from just dying out again.
2006-12-31 19:15:09 · answer #4 · answered by bictor717 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is actually a good idea, and there are several groups that are exploring this
for some species, it wont help at all, kind of like what regala said
for many other species, if get over some of the technological hurdels, it may work really well
2007-01-04 18:48:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it was a very functional sheep. They had to attempt many, many clones to get one that lived just a short time.
2006-12-31 19:10:15 · answer #6 · answered by mj_indigo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Give some scientist a minute and the gov't will be shelling out a big fat grant for research on this idea!
2006-12-31 19:10:13 · answer #7 · answered by appalachian_panther 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thats really a smart idea dude.
2006-12-31 19:03:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋