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Hunting & Fishing What'll the trophy fee be for a Woolly Mammoth?

Fred_C_Dobbs

Fred_C_Dobbs

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Scientists trying to clone, resurrect extinct mammoth

"Instead of Jurassic Park, try Pleistocene Park.

A team of scientists from Japan, Russia and the United States hopes to clone a mammoth, a symbol of Earth’s ice age that ended 12,000 years ago, according to a report in Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun. The researchers say they hope to produce a baby mammoth within six years.

The scientists say they will extract DNA from a mammoth carcass that has been preserved in a Russian laboratory and insert it into the egg cells of an African elephant in hopes of producing a mammoth embryo...."

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If they can get $15,000 for a trophy African tusker, how much will they be able to charge for a resurrected Woolly Mammoth? And will Holland & Holland deem the .700 Nitro Express too anemic for such a beast and go for a new 1 caliber?
 
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I don't have enough wall for that mount. The fur coats for all the relatives would cut down on Christmas expenditures, so maybe the trophy fee could be a wash...
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mnshortdraw</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This is old news, and I'm not sure it will even happen. They have been talking about this since 2002. </div></div>
Geez, don't tell them that. I'm sure that's disheartening enough all those scientists will just give up and go home.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hattori Hanz&#333;</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wonder what it would taste like? </div></div>
That reminds me of the Northern Exposure episode, 'Lovers and Madmen.' Dr. Fleischman discovers a half-thawed mammoth in a receding glacier. Before he can return with a scientist to confirm his find, Walt drags off the carcass and sets to butchering it, much to Dr. Fleischman's horror.

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Walt: Have you ever tried mammoth, Joel?
Joel: Tried? What do you mean try? Try as in eat?
Walt: Better than the finest air-dried beef.
 
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Dobbs beat me to it.
That kind of aged meat in the hands of the deranged master chef Adam could be amazing.
 
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My 94 year old neighbor claims to have eaten glacially preserved mammoth when he was a youngster. It DOES happen from time to time that a frozen mammoth is found in a receeding glacier. There are several accounts of this in the early 1900's. I believe the smithsonian owns a tanned hide from one. There are several people to claim they own ivory (not fossilized) tusks from these. I would hesitate to consume such a thing personally...
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TOP PREDATOR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
woolly chicken, of course. </div></div>

I had that on prom night 1977. Don't want it again.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tucker301</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
I had that on prom night 1977. Don't want it again. </div></div>
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