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Since mammoths are unlikely to differ much in terms of body temperature and nutrient requirements, the problems you mention won't be much of an issue. Everythi
by ktRolster 9y ago
Since mammoths are unlikely to differ much in terms of body temperature and nutrient requirements, the problems you mention won't be much of an issue.
Everything I've read suggests it will be a huge issue.
- yorwba 9y agoCould you point me to where specifically you have read that? Every article I can find on the internet seems to assume that using an Asian elephant as the surrogate mother will be as easy (i.e. very hard) as if we had living mammoths to carry the clone.
- bamboozled 9y agoWhat will the Elephant think about that?
- ktRolster 9y agoI sent an email to the team at MIT back in 1997 when the mammoth clone news first started hitting the rounds (maybe it's older, I don't know). Even getting a hybrid asian/african elephant baby to survive is very difficult. How big would a mammoth baby be at birth? Could it even fit in the womb? All that said, if someone does manage to clone mammoths, that will be very cool.
- RugnirViking 9y agoJust to clarify: Are you suggesting that mammoths were bigger than elephants are now? That would be interesting