Let's face it, you want a pet T-rex just as
much as I do.
But is that even possible?
I mean, it's impossible to bring back an animal
that's been extinct for 66 million years.
Or is it?
In Jurassic Park dinosaurs were brought back
to life by cloning them with DNA found in fossilized
amber.
While the cloning bit isn't that far off,
DNA just doesn't last that long.
You see, DNA has a half-life of 521 years.
What this means is, that in 521 years, only
50% of the DNA is left.
521 more years, only a quarter of it.
And so on and so forth.
So by the time you reach 66 million years,
the DNA is basically completely gone.
Okay, so we won't get a baby T-Rex anytime
soon, but what about a wooly mammoth?
The majority of wooly mammoths died out only
10,000 years ago.
While this is a lot closer than 66 million
years, it still means that by the time scientists
today would find some DNA, there would be
less than 0.001 percent of the DNA left.
But what about something a little more recent?
What about a dodo bird?
The last confirmed sighting of a dodo bird
was in 1662.
That's a lot closer to now than 10,000 years
ago.
That was 355 years ago at the time of this
video.
Which means that there is over 50% of the
DNA of a dodo bird out there somewhere.
If we found enough of it from multiple sources,
we could theoretically get a complete genome
of a dodo bird.
But then what?
Well, then you clone it.
But How?
Basically, you take the DNA of the dodo bird
and put it inside the egg of the closest living
relative.
Which is the Nicobar Pidgeon.
Then you wait.
And hope.
And when it hatches, hopefully, you will have
a baby dodo bird.
While we may not get to see a baby stegosaurus
anytime soon, I wouldn't mind having a pet
dodo.
I personally would name mine Boriiey.
What would you name yours?
Leave it in the comments down below.
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