What If the Dinosaurs Were Brought Back to
Life?
Dinosaurs last walked the Earth 65 million
years ago, before an asteroid strike is believed
to have led to their extinction.
Despite what the media sometimes says, the
awesome creatures have never coexisted with
humanity, but they’ve fascinated us ever
since we rediscovered their remains.
So, what if they were to one day come back?
This is Unveiled, and today we’re answering
the extraordinary question; What if the dinosaurs
were brought back to life?
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The idea of resurrecting dinos is popular
in movies, TV and in some legitimate academic
circles.
But, while scientists have expressed mixed
opinions on whether they actually could clone
dinosaur DNA, in this video we’re suggesting
a much less controlled scenario - one in which,
by whichever method, the prehistoric beasts
simply reappear en masse.
We’re not imagining that only the last ever
dinosaurs to walk this world return, either,
but that any and all of them could.
And, while the dinosaurs of ancient history
would almost certainly struggle to breathe
in the much-changed atmosphere of modern-day
Earth, we’re assuming that no such troubles
would befall our freshly enlivened band of
lizards.
So, what would happen?
First, there’s the impact on humanity itself.
A bunch of new animals springing up overnight,
many of them quite massive and/or dangerous,
would naturally necessitate some changes going
forward.
Although the noise of large cities could be
enough to keep the biggest ones away, in order
to safeguard smaller towns, settlements and
even individual farms we’d quickly see large
walls being built.
The organization of armed militias or some
kind of specialized animal control force specifically
for dinosaurs - “dino hunters”, if you
will - would be another inevitable (and probably
prudent) move.
In fact, a whole industry would be built on
providing any kind of dinosaur deterrent to
keep them from interrupting - or plain destroying
­- human civilization.
It would become an urgent matter of logistics,
economics and security.
Barring a sprawling network of safely covered
tunnels, over-land transportation would now
carry massive risk with dinosaurs roaming
the open spaces between towns.
Although long lines of traffic could feasibly
spook them (as with other animals), lone vehicles
would now be picked off by certain predators.
All of which means there’d be fewer people
taking trips unless they were absolutely necessary,
leading to a widespread decline in tourism
and a general trend toward people locking
themselves away from the outside world.
That’s not to say that jobs that rely on
travel would disappear, only that they’d
be more dangerous and therefore more expensive.
Simple goods shipping would now be a life-or-death
line of work; Drivers of any kind could expect
massive pay hikes; sailors would now have
genuine sea monsters to contend with; and
the emergency services - though now needed
more than ever - could encounter all types
of colossal creature on their way to a call
out.
On the other hand, the dinosaurs themselves
would offer other new possibilities for profit.
Given the variety of dinosaur there is, we’d
surely see some get domesticated.
Yes, in terms of household pets, only the
smaller breeds could feasibly be brought into
the home… but lots could be better suited
as grazing livestock in super-sized farmyards.
Whether or not we’d eventually farm them
for meat would be a prominent ethical issue,
but even before that we could see certain
dino types repurposed as “beasts of burden”
- stronger and more productive than even today’s
purpose-built farming machines.
Dinosaurs would also be at the center of illegal
and less regulated industries, though.
The exotic animal trade would see a boom like
never before, with traders looking for increasingly
dangerous dinosaur pets, rare and unusual
meats, or simply trophy kills to display in
their homes.
Let’s say that we were able to quickly manage
the situation, though.
It wouldn’t be surprising for real life
Jurassic Parks to open up either.
In spite of, or likely because of, the danger
that some dinosaurs bring, people would flock
to dino zoos to a) marvel at the animals themselves,
and b) to understand exactly how and why they
were brought back.
Here’s hoping that whoever sets these parks
up invests in better security measures than
they do in the films, though!
Whether or not we kept dinosaurs in captivity
for our own entertainment, an age in which
the dinosaurs return would be a dream come
true for paleontologists and researchers.
The opportunity to observe living dinosaurs
would answer countless questions that examining
their fossilized bones simply can’t - providing
previously impossible insights into things
like dino-behavior and their specific vocalizations.
Very quickly, and as long as TV stations still
had a workforce willing to risk the commute
to work, we’d see dino documentaries as
the next great trend in television.
Of course, much of those documentaries would
explore the effect that revived dinosaurs
would have on the food chain - with new creatures
contending with the old.
Smaller carnivorous dinosaurs would now face
competition from existing predators that they’d
never have encountered millions of years ago,
most of which are naturally better suited
to this world.
Meanwhile the bigger ones, like the famed
T-Rex, would still reign supreme, with very
few animals - from now or before - to threaten
them.
The plant eaters might have a tougher time
adapting though.
With a typically more specialized diet than
the all-consuming carnivorous dinosaurs, they’d
encounter a modern world in which the vegetation
has both significantly changed and significantly
depleted.
They could still thrive but could also starve
without human intervention.
And, if the herbivores promptly die out, then
those carnivores could soon follow… or,
in a bid to stay alive in their new surroundings,
they’d more feverishly set their sights
on catching, killing and eating the birds,
reptiles, fish and mammals (including people)
that now walked their world.
Whichever way it plays out, there’d be a
monumental wave of extinctions as the natural
world tries to reset itself into some sort
of balance.
Could humans survive it?
Could even the dinosaurs survive it?
We’d more than likely have a fight on our
hands, and if (and when) panic takes hold,
humans would set about stemming dino populations
to preserve their own.
Dinosaurs may have ruled the Earth long ago,
but today, for better or worse, humans try
to call the shots.
Jurassic Park mega-zoos aside, it’d be an
interesting but inconceivably dangerous time
to be alive.
And that’s what would happen if the dinosaurs
were brought back to life.
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