How to Bring an Extinct Animal Back to Life

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    [6] www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
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  • @user-ke7zs9qm8i
    @user-ke7zs9qm8i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1906

    "You won't let me live, now you won't let me die"

  • @coreytaylor447
    @coreytaylor447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3244

    humans: "I took you out of this world, and I can bring you back"

    • @geradosolusyon511
      @geradosolusyon511 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Cool.

    • @geradosolusyon511
      @geradosolusyon511 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      @CaliDorko If someone is really thinking they're a god with this tech, that's just their kink.

    • @Chimailai
      @Chimailai 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@geradosolusyon511 what's a kink
      Edit: I completely forgot why I made this comment rather than using google translate, but I have since learned what it means

    • @lawless-2692
      @lawless-2692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      @@Chimailai you’re to young child I’ll tell you when your older

    • @puppeli
      @puppeli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      or rather.
      Humans - I exterminated you. And if i choose i can always create small number of imitations of you, for the amusement of human children.

  • @Crakinator
    @Crakinator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1161

    Resurrecting mammoths would be such a dub. Imagine if people were able to bring back woolly mammoths from extinction and bring back an entire biome as a result.

    • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
      @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      We bring them back, then they see humans are still around so they self-delete by jumping off a cliff.

    • @rebeccaanderson5626
      @rebeccaanderson5626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@radcoon1610 Wrong go check out a Atlas pros video on the pleistocene park

    • @benjaminbronnimann3966
      @benjaminbronnimann3966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @@radcoon1610 mammoths could actually be extremely helpful, check out atlas' video about it

    • @radcoon1610
      @radcoon1610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@benjaminbronnimann3966 I did. it was very cool

    • @dragom2009
      @dragom2009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@radcoon1610 they went extinct just as late as 6000 years ago. They were alive at the same time as the egypts.

  • @SaUrAvNeil
    @SaUrAvNeil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    Moral of the story
    Save what you have 🙏

    • @rebeccaanderson5626
      @rebeccaanderson5626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes and for that we need de extinction

    • @Steve-zc9ht
      @Steve-zc9ht 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rebeccaanderson5626 maybe but how could you be sure history won't repeat itself

    • @rebeccaanderson5626
      @rebeccaanderson5626 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Steve-zc9ht Which history you are talking about?

    • @Steve-zc9ht
      @Steve-zc9ht 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rebeccaanderson5626 you know more extinction you know most of these animals went extinct because of humans and humans are killing elephants in mass number for there tusks if we revive the Mammoth what's going to stop humans from killing them all over again same with the dodo bird or the Tasmanian tiger humans hunted them to extinction
      OR what about existing animals
      Tigers
      Lions
      Elephants
      pandas
      white sharks
      rhinos
      Gorillas
      All endangered animals and Tigers rhinos and pandas might not even be here by 2050 we have to save these animals we can't bring extinct animals back from the dead if we can't even keep existing animals alive with over 10,000 species of plants animals or trees dying out every 24 hours because of us humans

    • @rebeccaanderson5626
      @rebeccaanderson5626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Steve-zc9ht agree to your concerns
      But the pleistocene park requires the mammoth to maintain its ecology
      Current the task of the mammoths is there an artificially by human beings.
      The park is located in the remotest region of Siberia
      I don't think that the poaching possibilities particularly in the case of this species . The dodo is perhaps the best de extinction candidate
      Because of the absence of poaching in Mauritius along with the ecosystem still be in intact that the dodo used to live in also most people Maturities are open to the idea as it is the national bird of their country.
      By the way tigers are recovering the numbers are growing I don't think we should save pandas thou
      The only reason people try to save panda is because they look cute
      There isn't much need for them in this world now

  • @pyroman2918
    @pyroman2918 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3663

    Bringing back old builds is a great idea, it's just a shame that the Devs lost the source code for the dinosaur class.

    • @waralo191
      @waralo191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      hehe great reference!

    • @GainingDespair
      @GainingDespair 3 ปีที่แล้ว +245

      It can't be helped, they where too OP, the only legitimate options was to reset the servers and remove the class option.

    • @eccentricOrange
      @eccentricOrange 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      No one used git?

    • @tylerbozinovski427
      @tylerbozinovski427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Only the bird subclass remains.

    • @davidschaftenaar6530
      @davidschaftenaar6530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Ah you know what the devs are like, they have no problems with just shuffling around the world map every expansion and calling it "new content", but god forbid you ask them to unban any of the legacy classes in Outside... Personally I'm still salty about the Gorgonopsid ban.

  • @saims.2402
    @saims.2402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2744

    I actually want to see a 12 foot tall sabertooth cat walking... from a distance in an armoured vehicle.

    • @_caracalla_
      @_caracalla_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      yeah but deers do not lol

    • @geradosolusyon511
      @geradosolusyon511 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@_caracalla_ that'd be a sight.

    • @M3chatronics
      @M3chatronics 3 ปีที่แล้ว +220

      You want to give them armored vehicles!?!

    • @jasonvoorhees5180
      @jasonvoorhees5180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@bacon222 It’s pretty weird but I think they meant that they might be that tall if they rose up on their hind legs? Otherwise we generally measure the “height” of cats at the shoulder

    • @deliziosetiefkuhlkost2463
      @deliziosetiefkuhlkost2463 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@bacon222 cause they are listed with a hight of 120 cm

  • @ComradeCorvus
    @ComradeCorvus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    If we bring any animal back, I think the Dodo should be first. We were the main cause of their extinction both directly and indirectly. Apparently the Dodos, who had no natural predators, were unafraid of settlers to the point of trying to play with them.
    I have an alternate history scenario in my head where Dodos were taken more as pets rather than food, so different breeds of dodo arose, much like how dogs diversified. If some guy didnt decide to skip lunch that day, we couldve had "bird doggos". We were on the verge of greatness, we were THIS close!

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Good idea

    • @elpito9326
      @elpito9326 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If dodos are brought back, Mauritius would have to clean the island up of invasive species before they're reintroduced, which is a monumental task, but it'd do a lot of good for the island's biodiversity

    • @Drona_e30_m50
      @Drona_e30_m50 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@elpito9326 It's almost impossible, the island has been urbanised. Cats, rats and mongooses are everywhere.
      We have off-mainland islets free of invasive species that we use as reserves for endemic endangered species and are off-limit to the public, which would be the best bet.

    • @thegermanempire8337
      @thegermanempire8337 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      While I agree with bringing the dodo back,I think we should set our sights to creatures that went extinct more recently such as the Kaua’i ‘ō ‘ō

    • @fathergascoigne2450
      @fathergascoigne2450 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No mammoth first

  • @dinosaurzs1554
    @dinosaurzs1554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    "Life, uh... finds a way."

    • @gz6963
      @gz6963 ปีที่แล้ว

      The extinct find a way.

  • @tubularap
    @tubularap 3 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    7:24 - What a perfectly timed moment.

    • @zasproductions9258
      @zasproductions9258 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      *proceeds to spawn sheep*

    • @mortemoccasus2412
      @mortemoccasus2412 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The sheeps be like: camera bro! Sync! Sync! Yaeahhh!

    • @johnn.2017
      @johnn.2017 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I missed that; thanks for bringing it to my attention!

    • @justyuyun1557
      @justyuyun1557 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      sheep 1 : hey look
      sheep 2 : what ?
      sheep 3 : hey look over there
      sheep 1&2 : what is it !
      sheep 3 : i don't know nothing i guess hehehe

  • @Volvith
    @Volvith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    This video is just a series of ideas that sound great on paper, and will probably work in practice... _But can equally go terribly wrong._
    I love it.

    • @ekosubandie2094
      @ekosubandie2094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Backbreeding worked, but the results does not produce the same animal as the extinct one, only something superficially similiar to it

  • @Dardziling
    @Dardziling 3 ปีที่แล้ว +408

    Sadly it is an illusion that backbreeding really could recreate an extinct animal. They just create knock-offs. But lets appreciate it even so because they preserve some rare and pristine genes while working their projects.

    • @mr.anderson2241
      @mr.anderson2241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Yeah I was thinking the same about back breading, if you really think about it it’s no different than what people do with dogs, you’re not creating a new species as much as you are just creating a different version of the same animal. This theoretical quagga would need to also behave like a quagga and have some unique DNA, and it seems to be not that unless they somehow make a tightly controlled pack that somehow develops their own unique species?

    • @Salted_Fysh
      @Salted_Fysh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Well, I'm not sure, but not necessarily?
      I think what you are essentially doing is breeding legacy genes of the previous species back into prominence. If the genetic profile of the two doggies species is close enough, the slight shift in prevalent genres might actually recreate the actual previous species.

    • @alterbr33d
      @alterbr33d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Those are only perceived looks. The behavior and function could be totally different. Caribou and domesticated Reindeer look very similar, except Reindeer are a little smaller. Reindeer were European Caribou that were domesticated 2000 years ago. If Caribou went extinct, that doesn't mean Reindeer from Sweden that are bred to be bigger that are dropped off in Canada would do well, they behave very differently and wouldn't do so well in the wild. Or just because you start breeding big burly people doesn't mean you've created Neandethal kids.

    • @Dardziling
      @Dardziling 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@alterbr33d It would be interesting if real Quagga would consider the color modified variant Zebra their own species-certainly not due to many things different from just similar looks but we will never know.

    • @Dardziling
      @Dardziling 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Salted_Fysh Maybe they will do in the future via CRISPR/Cas if scientists can identify and recreate the pristine genetic code?

  • @aolcom-nl9qb
    @aolcom-nl9qb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    If humans pulled the trigger to doom the animals, then I'm all in, even the saber tooth cat would have a spot to fill with a mammoth type elephant , however you have to train the locals to adjust to the animals and not harass them or let illegal hunters interfere with the conservation efforts.

    • @chrisparker2118
      @chrisparker2118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Except humans didn't kill off the mammoth. Younger Dryas. Look it up. Learn something.

    • @chrisparker2118
      @chrisparker2118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Semih Sahin Cosmic impact proxies are found in the Younger Dryas layers as well as evidence of widespread biomass burning. Either a cosmic impactor or a solar outburst. I lean towards a solar outburst, as aluminum 26 spherules require temperatures that impacts cannot provide.

    • @chrisparker2118
      @chrisparker2118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Semih Sahin www.journals. uchicago. edu/doi/abs/10.1086/706264?journalCode=jg
      www. pnas.org/ content/105/18/6520
      You'll have to remove those spaces in the links. YT won't let me post those links. My reply keeps getting removed for some reason.

    • @chrisparker2118
      @chrisparker2118 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Semih Sahin https: // www. pnas. org/content/105/18/6520
      cosmictusk. com /wp-content/uploads/ Wolbach-2018-Fire-Part-2-MS. pdf
      Again, you'll have to delete the spaces because YT keeps deleting my post with these links.

    • @Steve-zc9ht
      @Steve-zc9ht 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@chrisparker2118 but humans played a a big part in it

  • @lagelanden-5791
    @lagelanden-5791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    the sheep clip when you started talking about cloning is awesome. great fit!

    • @phantomwalker8251
      @phantomwalker8251 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      we,are actually clones, we were genetically engineered,,by our creators,,not god.. ''in there image''. enki,enlil,. ur..

  • @florkiler6242
    @florkiler6242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +453

    "me" you telling me this is a single-person organized channel and you do all of that amazing work by your self, that is impressive

    • @gavinmcphie6936
      @gavinmcphie6936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Nah. They credit multiple people in the description.

    • @thepeff
      @thepeff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@poetryflynn3712 some of us learn a lot from A-level undergrad papers

    • @reuben8648
      @reuben8648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@thepeff What was the context of this comment ??

    • @thepeff
      @thepeff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@reuben8648 since the comment says "edited" then the answer may lie in the edit log

  • @MontgomeryWenis
    @MontgomeryWenis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    Question: Hypothetically, could we compile genome sequencing data from various specimens of a particular species too old for its DNA to be intact to complete it enough for de-extinction? Or is it too improbable for the gaps in the data from different specimens to align?

    • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
      @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      What I think is interesting is we use machine learning and algorithms to model new DNA and then grow it out in a model to see what kind of combinations we come up with.

    • @Laecy
      @Laecy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Even if we could assemble a complete DNA sequence, the epigenetic markers would be incoherent at best. There is evidence that imperfect methylation patterns are why we still struggle to produce healthy clones.

    • @smugreptile6695
      @smugreptile6695 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Laecy Essentially we might be able to bring something back, only for the metabolism of an animal gene donor to kick in and starve the subject to death before we realize whats going on. Patching the DNA with other animals might give a stable genome, but the ramifications of all the biological factors of a multi-animal hybrid are almost endless. You might bring back a fast metabolism mammal, but if you had to add genes of say a reptile, or a mammal with a slow metabolism, then the odds of that animal surviving are low. And thats just Metabolism. There are a whole host of other issues with splicing genomes together.

    • @Sabotage_Labs
      @Sabotage_Labs ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea... just play God? What could possibly go wrong? Humans never devastated eco systems when they think they know better. Great idea! While we're at it...let's let govt "experts" run these programs. They've done such a wonderful job so far!

    • @aff77141
      @aff77141 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel like technically it's doabel, but since we probably wouldn't know exactly what we're missing any embryos managed to be created wouldn't be viable

  • @ferodrigues1211
    @ferodrigues1211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The cloning of the Przewalski horse was a success as well.

    • @dragom2009
      @dragom2009 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think it was backbreeding. Were they actually cloned?

    • @ferodrigues1211
      @ferodrigues1211 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dragom2009 it this case was an embrio from a dead horse something like that. I dont know.

  • @RonakDhakan
    @RonakDhakan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    This video has some of the best footage ever on youtube.

  • @ejoshcoron
    @ejoshcoron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    4:00 If you were able to find enough DNA samples of a given species, I wonder if you could use parts from one to fill in the gaps of the other

    • @Tinky1rs
      @Tinky1rs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      simply put: yes, if you can sequence both. Preferably you'd have samples of both sexes.

    • @donellmuniz590
      @donellmuniz590 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Like in Michael Strahan's teeth? 😂

    • @warb_of_fire
      @warb_of_fire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Yes that's why for example the Passenger Pigeon project tried to find every specimen in museums around the world and collected tissue from a lot of different birds.

    • @Sub4CarClips
      @Sub4CarClips 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s be like ripping a book into a bunch of little pieces and being asked to tape it back together

    • @rebeccaanderson5626
      @rebeccaanderson5626 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@warb_of_fire really?

  • @mapendongilingadecarvalho417
    @mapendongilingadecarvalho417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Love the music in this one! If anyone is curious, most of the songs are from Adrian Berenguers album Still Life.

  • @niklasmolen4753
    @niklasmolen4753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    It is tragic that the mass extinction of amphibians is not receiving more attention. It seems to be getting worse than the Permian mass extinction. Yet almost no one knows about it.

    • @lindamaemullins5151
      @lindamaemullins5151 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love salamanders most myself but you are right 🙏❤️

    • @constancemiller3753
      @constancemiller3753 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They tried to bring back a frog that went extinct. It didn't work. Frogs, turtles, horny toads. I'm not hopeful anymore.

    • @hailghidorah2536
      @hailghidorah2536 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@constancemiller3753 I thought there was one that did work

    • @robertwood9984
      @robertwood9984 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have heard some say that the loss of amphibs is a little more serious than we think.

  • @nicosmind3
    @nicosmind3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    Imagine we de-estinct an animal, only to find out that animal is horrible, and then we re-estinct that animal on purpose!

    • @alanivar2752
      @alanivar2752 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Denisovans

    • @Dell-ol6hb
      @Dell-ol6hb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      how horrible can an animal we bring back be that we would want to wipe them out again after having just spent absurd amounts of time and research and money to resurrect them?

    • @werwar27
      @werwar27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      ​@@Dell-ol6hb perhaps an ancient rat or mosquito

    • @Aabergm
      @Aabergm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@Dell-ol6hb Surely you have seen Jurassic park that was literally the moral of that entire story.

    • @saswotlamichhane5862
      @saswotlamichhane5862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Animal is horrible?

  • @relevantinformation6655
    @relevantinformation6655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    We can’t even keep today’s animals from going extinct 😖

    • @abelramirez7320
      @abelramirez7320 ปีที่แล้ว

      Humans have saved some animals from going extinct. Human activity will kill off more than we can save though. A good thing for us to do would be to support conservation efforts. There are people who devote their lives to this. Let's give them some recognition and support.

  • @kiuk_kiks
    @kiuk_kiks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    0:15 “12 foot tall sabre tooth cats roam,” they went that big. They were the same size as a modern day lion or tiger. Some were smaller than that at the size of a leopard or jaguar.

  • @lonewolf9380
    @lonewolf9380 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I’m looking forward to see the Tasmanian Tiger brought back from extinction because they could help control the fox and rabbit populations but the Cain toad would be a problem. One possible suitable maternal host would be the Tasmanian Devil or it’s also another closer relative the Tiger quoll.

    • @sterl2093
      @sterl2093 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually theres proof they still exist but very few and they are always on the verge of extinction

    • @zeening
      @zeening ปีที่แล้ว

      i mean tas devil is literally like half the size or less and not even a REMOTELY close body shape to the tas tiger.... did you not see the video? lol could not be further from each other in size and body shape and many other things

    • @kelseyanson9578
      @kelseyanson9578 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, the closest genetic relative is the fat tailed dunnart.

    • @kelseyanson9578
      @kelseyanson9578 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zeening body shape, size, etc does not matter. What matters is the genetic relationship.

  • @T0mtoma
    @T0mtoma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    9:10 bruh I was actually happy that they managed to bring them back and that sentence removed my smile off my face :(

  • @dane1382
    @dane1382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    been waiting for this ever since atlas pro posted pleistocene park

  • @remveel2443
    @remveel2443 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Mammoths when they got revived: "I'm in this world again?! But the other one was way cooler!"

    • @t-60studios
      @t-60studios 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is this supposed to have a pun in it?

    • @AlexTheDonut
      @AlexTheDonut 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@t-60studios ye….

    • @kirtil5177
      @kirtil5177 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mammoths coming back: ITS HOT! GET THIS FUR OFF ME!!
      *becomes an elephant*

  • @juangal7569
    @juangal7569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The first time I heard about Nebula and showed other youtubers about history, science, nature and more with content creators I was already watching, it felt like a movie crossover

  • @Czarewich
    @Czarewich 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Ok but CAN we get a mouse mammoth hybrid? I want a pet mammoth the size of a big dog, that would be rad.

    • @moritamikamikara3879
      @moritamikamikara3879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That'd be such a meme. I'd get one.

    • @Koale-Moesite
      @Koale-Moesite 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      dwarf mammoth?

    • @princeakilesh4881
      @princeakilesh4881 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you have enough finance to feed it ?

    • @tunerrestorations
      @tunerrestorations 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There is a mouse sized elephant. Elephants actually evolved from a mouse sized animal that still exists in Africa google it there awesome.

    • @ekosubandie2094
      @ekosubandie2094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just get an elephant shrew, mate
      This lil' fella is still closely related to actual elephants and look like mouse too

  • @laurenzparsons5315
    @laurenzparsons5315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    The "g" in quagga is pronounced like the "j" in jelapeno but a bit more gutteral.
    I remember reading a while back that another problem with cloning from adult material is that the clone inherits the length of tellomeres from the original source, greatly reducing it's lifespan.
    Not sure if they fixed that.
    Cool video.

    • @safron2442
      @safron2442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So.. Quahha?

    • @laurenzparsons5315
      @laurenzparsons5315 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@safron2442 yeah. But the back of your throught almost touches during the "hh"

    • @bright_and_free
      @bright_and_free 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@safron2442 like the 'ch' in the name of the composer 'Bach' :)

    • @safron2442
      @safron2442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bright_and_free so pronounced similar to Quokka but Quagga instead?

    • @robertlakay88
      @robertlakay88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's hard as English doesn't have that flem gggg sound. The khoi called the animal's by the sound they actually make. It brings history alive knowing what an extinct animals might have sounded like.

  • @howtodiy1303
    @howtodiy1303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've actually been to one of the Quagga back-breeding centers in South Africa and it felt like a trip to Jurassic Park

  • @rgs7256
    @rgs7256 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” Jeff goldblum

  • @akernis3193
    @akernis3193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    This was an excellent video, thank you for making it ^^

  • @GameplayTubeYT
    @GameplayTubeYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    So technically it's not quagga it's more like breeding a color mutated zebra ?

  • @DeyaViews
    @DeyaViews 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    7:03 "NO" "HELP" love it when small bits of humour pop up in interesting scientific presentations.

  • @grazzhopper6799
    @grazzhopper6799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    you should have mentioned the mammoth step, reviving mammoths and placing them there has a lot of benefits.

  • @redhidinghood9337
    @redhidinghood9337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was waiting for this video. Liked right away😁

  • @malaysahitya8154
    @malaysahitya8154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Excellent work

  • @martensamulowitz347
    @martensamulowitz347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    great video, lots of different aspects

  • @deputypenguin7674
    @deputypenguin7674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am glad I found this channel. Each Vedio just blows my mind.

  • @rfarchi
    @rfarchi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Amazing content, keep it up!

  • @michaelshortland8863
    @michaelshortland8863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I would love it if they brought back the Moa bird in newzealand.

    • @Kenny-bj2zq
      @Kenny-bj2zq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know Australia really needs something with teeth or claw that would help deal with the wild cat and rabbit over population

  • @AlexanderOlivaAEOC
    @AlexanderOlivaAEOC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    humans: 7% species loss
    mother nature: You Gotta Pump Those Numbers Up, Those Are Rookie Numbers

    • @ratatouilledrinksclorax9897
      @ratatouilledrinksclorax9897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Remember, 80% of the world's species are bugs

    • @germansojopagan7381
      @germansojopagan7381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well said the mass extinctions of the past were far greater with a 65% during the kp extinction event the permian with a 90% and the paleogene with a 50% plus 100 a day loss yet no scientist says who it was its all guess work with just as many holes as a broken genome.

  • @MesiterSode
    @MesiterSode 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Ah, it's finally uploaded. Nice collab with AtlasPro

  • @heh2393
    @heh2393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love your work ma'am!

  • @xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx8234
    @xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx8234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I think we need to save the animals that exist today before trying to use dna to bring back a mammoth no matter how amazing that would be.

    • @AceofHearth
      @AceofHearth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They aren't mutually exclusives as either is dependant on different people.

    • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
      @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe we need to learn how to de-extinct a mammoth before we can save endangered species.
      It's like people who say that space exploration is a waste when there are so many problems here on Earth: but they don't realize all of technology and science that has been learned because of space exploration. MRI machines, telecommunications were developed as a result.

    • @xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx8234
      @xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx8234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 I disagree but that’s okay. My degree is in history ancient civilizations so I am aware of the past, I don’t believe MRIs or space exploration have anything to do with bringing a animal back to life after its extinction that had nothing to do with us. I agree with Darwin and natural selection. We need to save the animals that we have or that we caused there extinction like to dodo or Tasmanian tiger. I did enjoy hearing a different opinion than my own, that is how we learn and I can see your beliefs on this topic are well rounded but I suppose I continue to support my opinion that even though it would be amazing I think these funds would be better off saving the animals that face extinction today or that we caused that extinction.

    • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
      @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx8234 That was the nicest disagreement I've ever read on the internet. Thanks!

    • @xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx8234
      @xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx8234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is okay to disagree I think the problem in the world today is that instead of a discussion we all jump to anger and hate.

  • @zombielizard218
    @zombielizard218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    12:54
    Mammoths went extinct closer to like, 4,000 years ago, not 10,000.
    Google's first result says 10,000, but, digging a little deeper one quickly finds this number to be inaccurate, while the vast majority of the population was gone by around 8,000 BC, pockets continued to exist in more isolated regions for another 6,000 years.
    For context, that means Mammoths were still alive when the Pyramids were built.

  • @diegovega4707
    @diegovega4707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So an AMAZING video. Never stop doing such high-quality content. I love real science and real engineering channels, and am subscribed to Curiosity platform.
    Let me know any other way to support your impressive effort.

  • @zenithxarenix7333
    @zenithxarenix7333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "You spend your time thinking you can, you'll never cease for a minute to think if you ever should."
    Those wild bees though, where do I volunteer to bee a caretaker.

  • @nathanjay4788
    @nathanjay4788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Imagine disliking these videos

  • @ladnavar
    @ladnavar ปีที่แล้ว

    i-can-see-you by angel-salazar is such a banger!! although I wouldn't call the mood carefree, lol. Glad to see TH-camrs sharing the music that they are using openly, and props to whoever chose that particular track!! + evgeny bardyuzha seems to make some nice trance bangers x3 keep the interesting choices up!!

  • @mpking7565
    @mpking7565 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mammoths would surly be great in siberia or canada and could help with the tundra plains and tasmanian tigers could also be a great part in their old homes but some others can truely make more harm than good

  • @jeffkiprop2151
    @jeffkiprop2151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Your videos keep on mesmerizing me 🤩 keep up!

  • @muhannedidriss6889
    @muhannedidriss6889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Man I was waiting this video

  • @dodoxasaurus6904
    @dodoxasaurus6904 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think the problem is where would we put them, some of the ecosystems either are different or no longer exist/ don't have the capacity.
    Like the Dodo, which lived of the Island of Mauritius which only have 4% of the original forest left.

  • @davidschaftenaar6530
    @davidschaftenaar6530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Ahh there it is~ Some freakishly tall ice-age enthousiast let slip you were working on this ;)
    Interesting topic. I can't say I'm a fan of the backbreeding approach personally, selecting for appearance doesn't necessarily mean the look-a-like will match the extinct species in terms of behavior too. Selecting for behavior rather than appearance (the other way around) might be the better option if you ask me; There's an ongoing project in Russia with the aim of domesticating foxes - they've reported that their foxes are starting to not just act more like dogs, they are starting to look more and more like them too, even though that's not what the researchers are selecting them for.
    I think cloning is probably the more promising of the two approaches, especially combined with tools like CRISPR+CAS9. They seem to be focusing exclusively on the nuclear DNA though, which I think might be the reason for the health problems you see in many young cloned animals. Mitochondrial DNA codes for some important stuff... The encoded genes play an important role in metabolism, just to name one.

  • @TopNotch770
    @TopNotch770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This channel is still underrated...smh

  • @quentinricketts6023
    @quentinricketts6023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I have to say that I really enjoy the thoroughness that they go through with these videos. Extinction is a very serious issue, but the issues of reversing extinction can have a huge impact on the ecosystems that have been developed. Personally, I think that back breeding might be a more stable solution... While it might be slow, I think that it is a lesser shock to the ecosystem as a whole.

    • @renarddubois940
      @renarddubois940 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ow please, migration is a force of evolution, this "invasive" species thing everyone is so afraid of is such a fraud!
      Cats, foxes, cane toads, scrubbers and rabbits ARE NOT DESTROYING australian ecosystems.. and Neither are Dingos!
      WE ARE tho
      when a new species come in an ecosystem, there are frictions at first but we know from looking at the fossil records that in the long run, it tends to produce more biodiversity than it has destroyed..
      Give them 50 000 years..
      And no, preserving what's left because of the actual biodiversity crisis isn't a good strategy at all on the long run, at least not from them; because unlike us, they can't destroy an ecosystem to the point of killing 99.9% of all life on it (like we do pretty much every time we settle somewhere or want to grow crops somewhere), they'll only kill off 2% at most and YES that's negligible considering how much the ecosystems can gain from their introduction on the long run..

  • @michaelredford5389
    @michaelredford5389 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1 minute 42 seconds to summarise what David Jason managed to do easily in the intro to Prehistoric Park. 😅. Great show.

  • @felixbeaudoin4282
    @felixbeaudoin4282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant video!!

  • @saarangsahasrabudhe8634
    @saarangsahasrabudhe8634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    You should try to de-extinct plants first.
    Like the North American chestnut tree.

    • @lindamaemullins5151
      @lindamaemullins5151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep 👍❤️

    • @Cillana
      @Cillana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They aren't extinct. None of these methods are necessary. There are multiple strategies for breeding blight resistant trees going on right now.

  • @mosi7486
    @mosi7486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great content!

  • @andrewbrown6522
    @andrewbrown6522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One factor that everyone seems to overlook on extinction / de-extinction is:
    Bionomes.
    I think micro extinctions are a thing that affect the macro world.
    Back breeding is like putting a body kit on a fierro and calling it a Porsche

  • @hitenshah821
    @hitenshah821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your videos have an extreme amount of detailing which can only be achieved by painstaking research. Your hard work literally shows at each minute of the video.

  • @bigfloppa6328
    @bigfloppa6328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bro I just want them to bring back dodos, they are just cooler chickens

  • @immanuel5848
    @immanuel5848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Imagine backbreeding chickens into T-rexes

    • @princeakilesh4881
      @princeakilesh4881 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When you get into a fight, you tell your son " release the T-rex army, son "

    • @js66613
      @js66613 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can't see that ever going wrong, nope.

    • @wesleydjodo8823
      @wesleydjodo8823 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      check out the chickenosaurus project. It's ethics are a little questionable but it's really interesting non the less

  • @akhilreddy7745
    @akhilreddy7745 ปีที่แล้ว

    besides the cool science stuff this channel have the best ad transitions 😎😎

  • @rishadq
    @rishadq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great stuff -- thanks!

  • @Bajolzas
    @Bajolzas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    when you breed zebras to look like quaggas, you get exactly that, a zebra that looks like a quagga, it will not be an actual quagga. with genetic engeneering it may end up closer to the real thing but stil...

    • @FaustLimbusCompany
      @FaustLimbusCompany 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Quaggas are just a type of Zebra though

    • @semansco
      @semansco 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@FaustLimbusCompany The reverse-engineering of the zebra was done solely based on coloration. There were other genetic characteristics and adaptations that we were not taken into account. As it stands now, it is simply a zebra with quagga coloration. To make it clearer, there were other things besides coloration that made them quaggas, not just color.

    • @FaustLimbusCompany
      @FaustLimbusCompany 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@semansco You raise a good point. But let's look at it from a different perspective; if were to someone reverse-engineer a dinosaur from a chicken embryo and it is still essentially a chicken but looks like a dinosaur, wouldn't people would still go out of their way to see it and call it a dinosaur?
      For most people, they'll pay to see something that fulfills their experience. There are people who care a lot for authenticity but there are more people who would simply settle for a substitute as long as it gives the same experience.

    • @semansco
      @semansco 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FaustLimbusCompany
      Whether people would pay to see such a thing or believe that they are seeing a dinosaur resurrected from the past is their business. The chicken would be a modified chicken, not a dinosaur. That is the subject of this discussion.
      It was worthwhile science but does not achieve the aim we are after. We are hoping to bring back a species with all of its unique attributes from extinction.
      We understand that the animal they produced may look like a quagga but is not. Exactly what @bajolzas said above.

    • @FaustLimbusCompany
      @FaustLimbusCompany 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@semansco All I'm saying is that if it might be impossible to bring back a 100% authentic species, people who aren't scientists will still be content with a replica as long as it's convincing.

  • @skybluskyblueify
    @skybluskyblueify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Twelve foot tall" sabre-tooth cats eh? You mean 12 foot *long*?

    • @jgr7487
      @jgr7487 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      they are Pokédex editors.

    • @whydontyouhandledeez
      @whydontyouhandledeez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *laughs in genetic engineering*

  • @roha5220
    @roha5220 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tbh I clicked on this because the miniature is freaking amazing but the video turned out to be amazing too

  • @scp-2348
    @scp-2348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tropical Asian here. Cane toads are an invasive species here too. At least i havent seen ones as big as bullfrogs.

  • @bushtaco
    @bushtaco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    My aunt is an animal trainer, she has a skunk that’s destinked.. I’ll see myself out..

    • @donellmuniz590
      @donellmuniz590 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A bush taco? You mean unshaven? 🤣

    • @OfficialCANVAS
      @OfficialCANVAS 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Taco delivery by rockets is not the future kid

  • @technoeevee6969
    @technoeevee6969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    See you at Jurassic Park

    • @Pyriphlegeton
      @Pyriphlegeton 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish

    • @nathanjay4788
      @nathanjay4788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's literally the same thing I guess

    • @bread9803
      @bread9803 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pfp looks like from love note

    • @kaelanirevyruun1676
      @kaelanirevyruun1676 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Jurrasic Park theme intensifies*

  • @izuix5629
    @izuix5629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would it be possible to get a more complete genome from an extinct species by comparing DNA of different cells? (filling in gaps of missing DNA)

  • @messiahsgate1172
    @messiahsgate1172 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Let’s not forget about the wholly rhino it is fairly closely related to the Sumatran rhinoceros.

  • @nukebarbarbarian3735
    @nukebarbarbarian3735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nice video👍

  • @grizzlybear2702
    @grizzlybear2702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When polar bears go extinct then paint a grizzly bear white

    • @magsaysayandres7078
      @magsaysayandres7078 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What if the grizzly bears go extinct

    • @grizzlybear2702
      @grizzlybear2702 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@magsaysayandres7078 then do it with a kodiak bear.

    • @magsaysayandres7078
      @magsaysayandres7078 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@grizzlybear2702 what if kodiak bears go extinct

    • @V-oe9cu
      @V-oe9cu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@magsaysayandres7078 paint yo mom as Kodiak bear...lol

    • @magsaysayandres7078
      @magsaysayandres7078 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@V-oe9cu bruh

  • @DIPANKARROY-jw7pc
    @DIPANKARROY-jw7pc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cloning + memory transfer technology = immortality.

  • @NewDoughs
    @NewDoughs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think its a very interesting topic when dealing with what humans have done to the world. We feel obligated simply because of our enhanced consciousness, but why try to convert the change that we have had on our planet? Like species of grass changed the world when they became the dominant plant, they didn't feel obligated to let ferns and other plants grow, and it created the world we have today. So should we feel obligated or try to revert some of the damage we have done to our world? Or do we accept the fact that we are changing the world around us and see what it leads to in the future?

  • @thepeff
    @thepeff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This was the video I subscribed for!

  • @InvadersDie
    @InvadersDie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    the 2 minute ads for curiosity stream on every single contributors videos are starting to get old, it's been years with this

    • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
      @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This entertainment is free, so stop acting entitled. Or take some personal responsibility and fast forward if it bothers you so much.

    • @InvadersDie
      @InvadersDie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Free, do you not know what watching ads means? If you watch ads it's not free, and if you consider skipping a fix then you agree that it's repetitive.

  • @cosmicfantasies
    @cosmicfantasies 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aren't Quagga a subspecies of the Plains Zebra?
    6:33
    That's a Zorse. Zombie x Horse hybrid

  • @frankeneh-lf6fb
    @frankeneh-lf6fb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Speaking of de extinction I would try to cross a red handfish with not so much spines and a red handfish with not enough red on it's body to get a smooth handfish. But I might need some other angler fish species maybe a frogfish or a coffinfish to get a smooth handfish

  • @geoffrey8722
    @geoffrey8722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Brilliant bravo

  • @Samuel-p17
    @Samuel-p17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think it's our responsibility to bring back animals that we hunted down to extinction in the last 50-100 year.
    Or at least we should try to prevent species from dying out in the future.

    • @renarddubois940
      @renarddubois940 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      no, not prevent species from dying out.. this is extremely dangerous and very very much not the right way to go about it..
      bringing back species is fine but natural extinction need to happen so that new species can form out of competing for the ecological niches left behind..
      it's important to think in ecological time, not politic and economic time.;
      For an invasive species to start producing more biodiversity than it has destroyed takes time, but we know it happens most of the time thanks to the fossil record..
      what we need to do isn't prevent extinction but stop destroying the world, stop taking all the land for ourselves and stop controlling ecosystems and managing them to keep them orderly because they aren't supposed to be orderly and it's certainly not by being orderly and managed that they will be able to produce the diversity and strengths they need to produce to fix our mess..

  • @rahulk2633
    @rahulk2633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why didn't the scientists use a elephant DNA to repair damaged mammoth DNA instead of rat since they are more closely related? I'm sure the scientists had their reasons but I cant pin point it.

  • @ericliu5491
    @ericliu5491 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The first scientist or scientists who manages to do this should get a noble prize.

  • @astrollama6567
    @astrollama6567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Welcome to Jurassic Park!

    • @nicosmind3
      @nicosmind3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Welcome to modern age park :)

  • @gandalfandferg280
    @gandalfandferg280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    no shoutout to that atlas channel that shouted you out for this vid?

  • @MasudRana-on9so
    @MasudRana-on9so 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    fantastic documentary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @lamp9478
    @lamp9478 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i havent watched the video but i wanna guess how they do it. U get a cell from an extinct creature u let it grow and then you get a surgically removed egg from its closest living relative place the cell into that egg and then implant the egg back into said closest living relative that u got the egg from and then you let it grow like how it does normally and then the end result is a hybrid of the 2 and will become a new species of said species. Ik theres a lot more stuff that happens but thats like the general basis of how to do it i assume.

  • @falconcorban4128
    @falconcorban4128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Now I want to see a mouse/ Mammoth abomination lol.

    • @kippenegg
      @kippenegg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      it would be afraid of itself lmao

  • @bruhmania7359
    @bruhmania7359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "is a jurassic park styled zoo filled with extinct animals actually possible?" no, because they wouldn't be extinct anymore

    • @solio.
      @solio. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If smooth could be a person that would be be you ngl

    • @bruhmania7359
      @bruhmania7359 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@solio. lol

  • @heymazing6078
    @heymazing6078 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    all i have to say is keep on working and bring them back.....i pray you succeed and win

  • @jeffreylazor5325
    @jeffreylazor5325 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video❤

  • @user-jt6ej7vh2p
    @user-jt6ej7vh2p 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great! 👍

  • @SlainteFromFlorida
    @SlainteFromFlorida ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Any species we killed off, yeah. Any species mother nature killed off? Nah. She had her reasons.

  • @GainingDespair
    @GainingDespair 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Idk if I follow this back breeding, the example given sounds more like breeding similar animals to look like the desired breed not necessarily the same breed so it most likely would result in a different temperament, personality, feeding habits, etc.
    You only get an animal the outwardly appears to be the desired breed.

    • @FirstnameLastname-bv8ke
      @FirstnameLastname-bv8ke 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The authenticity of animals depends on the material we have of them. At the moment, all species we are legitimately planning on bringing back have an almost complete or complete genome available to us.

  • @rogerszmodis6913
    @rogerszmodis6913 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Reminds me of a story about a futuristic amusement park where dinosaurs are brought to life through advanced cloning techniques. I call it "Billy and the Cloneasaurus."