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Cloning the Woolly Mammoth

Cloning the Woolly Mammoth. By: Amy and Grayson . What was the Woolly Mammoth?. Prehistoric elephant-like animal Lived in North America, Asia, and Europe Went extinct about 10 000 years ago. Siberian Surprise. Frozen Woolly Mammoths have been found buried in permafrost and frozen in ice.

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Cloning the Woolly Mammoth

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  1. Cloning the Woolly Mammoth By: Amy and Grayson

  2. What was the Woolly Mammoth? • Prehistoric elephant-like animal • Lived in North America, Asia, and Europe • Went extinct about 10 000 years ago

  3. Siberian Surprise • Frozen Woolly Mammoths have been found buried in permafrost and frozen in ice.

  4. Mammoth Cloning • Scientists are trying to put Mammoth DNA into an elephant cell.

  5. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ7f-C83X2Y

  6. Possible Actions • Clone a woolly mammoth • Create an Ice Age ecosystem • Tourist attraction • Study the mammoth’s physical and behavioral traits

  7. Societal Implications • Society may be against the cloning of an extinct animal for religious, ethical, and moral reasons.

  8. Global/ Ecological Implications • Bringing back an animal that has been extinct for thousands of years may have substantial effects on the food chain. • If the cloning of the woolly mammoth is successful it will open the door the cloning other extinct animals, and even humans.

  9. Personal Implications • We believe that cloning the woolly mammoth may lead to both good and bad implications.

  10. Perspective A Perspective B • Good • Scientific breakthrough • Some people will think it is a cool/ interesting and a learning experience • Some people will want to see a living mammoth • Bad • Some people may think that it is unethical to clone an extinct animal • Some people may disagree due to religious beliefs

  11. Fun Facts About Woolly Mammoths • The woolly mammoths were thought to have gone extinct 4500 years ago. • What we call the Woolly Mammoth was actually a particular species of genus Mammuthus, Mammuthus primigenius. • Some woolly mammoths had 15 foot long tusks! • Woolly Rhinos also existed! 

  12. Works Cited • (n.d.). Retrieved November 20, 2012, from http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01803/mam_1803099b.jpg • About. (n.d.). Retrieved November 20, 2012, from http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/otherprehistoriclife/a/Woolly-Mammoth-Facts.htm • Discovery News. (n.d.). Retrieved November 21, 2012, from http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=woolly+mammoth&um=1&hl=en&safe=strict&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=com.frontmotion:en-US:unofficial&biw=1440&bih=745&tbm=isch&tbnid=5tfmnFoDfDYnfM:&imgrefurl=http://news.discovery.com/animals/woolly-mammoth-blood-bacteria-cold.h • Fossil Treasures of Florida. (2012, November 20). Retrieved 2012, from http://www.fossil-treasures-of-florida.com/woolly-mammoth.html • Geo Currents. (n.d.). Retrieved November 21, 2012, from geocurrents.info • Newsfeed Time. (n.d.). Retrieved November 20, 2012, from http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/17/japanese-scientist-says-well-have-mammoths-by-2015/#ixzz1p1enCma8 • The World. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2012, from http://www.theworld.org/2012/04/baby-woolly-mammoth-siberia/ • Zoom Share. (n.d.). Retrieved November 21, 2012, from prehistoric.zoomshare.com

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