African megafauna in the US (5)

1 Name: !WAHa.06x36 2005-08-18 13:06 ID:b0kgXdcN

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4160560.stm

If a group of US researchers have their way, lions, cheetahs, elephants and camels could soon roam parts of North America, Nature magazine reports.

This is the most wonderfully bugfuck crazy idea I've seen in quite some time.

2 Name: Unverified Source 2005-08-18 14:53 ID:Heaven

2GET!

ONLY IN AMERICA!

3 Name: Unverified Source 2005-08-18 16:13 ID:TKj1G9Ss

A cheap spinoff version of Jurassic Park that could actually work? GREATS!

4 Name: Unverified Source 2005-08-23 20:07 ID:kOpYCMbV

4GET it, I don't think it'll work. Even proponents say that the goal is to bring back species that haven't roamed the North American continent since before Man crossed the Alaskan land bridge. I believe that they may have been gone... oh, I don't know... for a reason? Lovely JP job this'll be.

5 Name: Unverified Source 2005-08-23 23:58 ID:tkiPVwXg

Most of the original Pleistocene era animals were hunted to extinction by humans. There are many more healthy humans with copius amounts of free time here, even the space is smaller. Medium sized/Big cities are relatively rare in Africa (outside of South Africa)

I have no doubt that we'll be able to bring them over here, but that's not going to stop Billy Joe from trying to hit it with his truck.

This thread has been closed. You cannot post in this thread any longer.