Re: Dinosaur Protein

[dinoboygraphics@aol.com]

> > > And what's teh concept of Jurassic Park from? <<<

Michale Crichton's diseased imagination?  Seriously, it's just scifi.  
All the marketing of how it was "sience eventuality" was just that: 
marketing.  If we ever have zoos filled with non-avian dinosaur-ish 
animals, it won't be from cloning extint DNA, it will be from 
understanding developmental-genetic mechanisms so well we can 
custom-design our own organisms.  I know several genetic engineers who 
think this won't sound terribly far fetched in 20 or 30 years.

Of course, if we do this they won't be "real" dinosaurs, just genetic 
monsters created for our entertainment.  Feel free to debate the ethics 
of said enterprise (maybe on the newly created FDML...Fake Dinosaur 
Mailing List).  Also, the zoos will most likely use empty moats to 
contain their designer dinoauroids, which have the advantage of not 
failing in the even of power outage...

Scott Hartman
Science Director
Wyoming Dinosaur Center
110 Carter Ranch Rd.
Thermopolis, WY 82443
(800) 455-3466 ext. 230
Cell: (307) 921-8333

www.skeletaldrawing.com


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