Pleistocene Park?
The BBC noticed that the Mammoth genome sequence has been completed.
Yes, there really are people who want to modify an elephant egg to produce a mammoth. They are less clear why they want to do this, but they are apparently moving ahead with the project.
I hate to be a naysayer, but is the era of global warming really the ideal environment for reintroducing a species that flourished during the Ice Age? The last known mammoths went extinct on Wrangle Island in the Russian Arctic 4000 years ago when things were still much colder than today.
The money being spent on the recreation of mammoths would be better spent on reducing global climate change so we don’t have more existing species going the way of the mammoth – extinction.
April 23, 2015 Comments Off on Pleistocene Park?
Saint George’s Day
Saint George is the patron saint of England, Georgia [the country], Bulgaria, Portugal, Catalonia, and the city of Moscow. Orthodox countries tend to celebrate George on November 23rd.
PETA condemns George for his senseless slaughter of dragons. The YWCA condemns the condemnation and wants to know when PETA is going to volunteer to be DragonChow™
It is UNESCO’s International Day of the Book.
It is also the birth and death day of Billy the Bard, who was a great writer in desperate need of a spelling checker.
Master Shakespeare gave all of the best lines to villains supplying low humor to those who have read the Folio, e.g. Arlen Specter quoting Iago, reputedly in support of Clarence Thomas.
April 23, 2015 Comments Off on Saint George’s Day
