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		_tom_ on Feb 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How we plan to de-extinct the Dodo bird Dodo is a recent extinction, so probably easier to do (like mammoth and tiger) and reasonably well know. It makes sense. Criticizing is easy: what would you pick that is better?

markdown on Feb 2, 2023 [–]

Mammoths were frozen whole in ice. Dodos died in the tropics. Big difference.

culi on Feb 2, 2023 | [–]

A nicobar pigeon egg takes 30 days to hatch. An elephant stays pregnant for 22 months

2 years to see if your experiment was successful vs 30 days.

kevinmchugh on Feb 2, 2023 | | [–]

Also it must be much easier to incubate eggs vs implanting an embryo in a living elephant

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