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Shufflingdead > Things of the Week > Prehistoric Organism of the Week
Mammoth
Choosing the Mammoth, or "Wooly Mammoth" as they are called, for Jurassic Park Week may not at first seem very logical since the books and films featured only Dinosaurs. The reason is that Jurassic Park demonstrates just how awesome it would be to throw a bunch of genetically engineered creatures on an island and let them tear the place apart.
You see, Mammoth DNA is much more readily available than Dinosaur DNA (which is to say that it's available at all), and the cloning of such a creature, at least in my not so biologically educated mind, is possible. This makes the Mammoth an obvious candidate for an island born of my evil genetic machinations. Additional creatures would likely have to be abominations of currently existing creatures originating from the imaginations of the geneticists. Again, without knowing anything about biology, I have to guess that "finding" Dinosaur DNA through manipulating the DNA of other creatures and then guessing and checking the final product is impossible. Still, I will be sorely disappointed if I never see a living Dinosaur with my own eyes, and Mammoth cloning could be an exciting appetizer for that eventuality.
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