How Do You Like Your Undead?

I just don’t know if bringing back extinct species is a good idea.

I like woolly mammoths as well as the next person, but honestly, what are you going to do with it? Eat it and feed a small village?

And the Neanderthal? This is an unfortunate case of having too much science to know what to do with.

What are you going to do with a human-ape hybrid, other than lock it in a zoo for observation or dissect it to try to learn more about human evolution, which, friends, will not be appreciated by the human-ape.

The article continues to say that “some might fancy” seeing a car-sized armadillo with a “spikey, club-like tail” wandering around in South America.

If I saw a car-sized animal equipped with spikes and clubs coming my way, I would not fancy anything but an AK-47.

I can see this is a way to help preserve existing species. And don’t get me wrong, bringing back extinct species and making up for some of the earth-desecration we’ve accomplished is a good idea. But, are these the right species? Surely there’s something smaller and less anachronistic to begin with?

Image credit: woolly mammoth and Glyptodon.