Perfectly preserved cave lion may be coming back after 50,000-year extinction nap

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@boingboing

Russia should probably leave this little guy or girl alone and let its subspecies rest.

Really? I think if they can clone it they most certainly should. We need to practice bringing back extinct species, with the way things are currently going. No way it would go free, it would be very valuable to study though.

I’m skeptical though, this isn’t the first time a similar news story has aired and disappeared…

@knoxblox

If this is so close to being reality, why aren’t we trying to resurrect recent extinctions, or bolster species on the edge of extinction when husbandry isn’t helping?

right? elephant bird for thanksgiving anyone?
giant tortoise soup?
(i’m hungry, we don’t have to eat everything we bring back…lol)

@Brainspore

However we do have DNA samples taken from species that went extinct much more recently

We have intact elephant bird eggs.

@NashRambler

It’ll be giant sewer lions I tells ya!

we can hope, right?

[teknocholer]

@fuzzyfungus

…cloning obviously isn’t going to increase genetic diversity…

Maybe they could clone a perfectly-preserved extinct tiger and crossbreed them. That would be pretty much my favorite animal.

[Brainspore]

@teknocholer

Maybe they could clone a perfectly-preserved extinct tiger and crossbreed them. That would be pretty much my favorite animal.

Artist’s conception:

[Urbanacus]

@beep54orama

I miss Bat Boy. Hell, I never even got to see Bat Boy: The Musical.

I saw it Off Broadway, I’ll never be the same…

[manybellsdown]

I honestly really wish I could see a living dodo bird.