Woolly Mammoth DNA Found

It is all over the news. Scientists have deciphered much of the genetic code of the woolly mammoth. They say this could allow them to recreate the shaggy, prehistoric beast in as little as a decade or two. Shades of "Jurassic Park"! Do we really want to do this? Did anyone ever think that maybe there is a reason it is extinct. What would they do with such a large beast once they had it alive and well? I think it downright scary.

The project marks the first time researchers have spelled out the DNA of an extinct species and it raised the possibility that other ancient animals such as mastodons and sabertooth tigers might someday walk the Earth. Yikes! The questions they ask themselves, and I ask too, is that if it can be done, should they do it.

This study cost a million dollars. I can think of a million ways they could have better spent that money, can't you? And the study is only 80 percent complete. We could see an instruction sheet one day on how to build a mammoth. Sounds like one of those science fiction movies come true in another 20 years.