De-Extinction Doesn T Bring Us Back To Life

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De-extinction has been discussed for a long time now and is the process of bringing an extinct species back to life. It has been portrayed in some sort of way in movies and media. For example, as seen in Jurassic Park, dinosaurs are the main animals in the movies, but as we know today they have been extinct for a long time. Although it has been discussed for a while, people don't realize the negative effects of bringing an extinct species back to life. They are extinct for a reason, right? So why try and bring them back to life and cause chaos in nature? Scientists would also have to focus all their attention on doing this and not focus on preserving existing biodiversity and species. De-extinction will have setbacks and has too many downsides …show more content…

That species is extinct, so how would they obtain the DNA needed? Technology is an issue because we don't have it yet. In the text Bringing Them Back to life, the author writes “For most of that time the science of de-extinction has lagged far behind the fantasy”. This quote is a prime example of why de-extinction should not happen, because it’s saying that we are far behind the technology needed in order for de-extinction to occur. Another reason is that the author says “the only species we can hope to revive now are those that died within the past few tens of thousands of years and left behind remains that harbor intact cells”. This quote is another example of why it shouldn’t happen because there is a slim chance that archaeologists will find extinct species with enough intact cells to use. If they focus on finding enough DNA to use and then realize it won’t work, they have now spent a lot of time searching for DNA that doesn’t work. In all of this time, they could have been focusing on preserving existing species to make sure they don’t go extinct. De-extinction is not worth it because species that are brought back will need lots of attention in order to live a good

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