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This doesn't seem any different from the reintroduction of horses to the Americas. Humans get along with similarly massive pachyderms now. This isn't like bring
by Kye 2y ago
This doesn't seem any different from the reintroduction of horses to the Americas. Humans get along with similarly massive pachyderms now. This isn't like bringing a brachiosaurus back where there's no realistic way for them to live in the current biosphere.
The risk to elephants in using them for this is a real concern though.
- lolinder 2y ago> Humans get along with similarly massive pachyderms now. Some humans do on a single continent which has a human population density half that of Eurasia, and even that not particularly smoothly: https://wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/endangered_species/elephants/human_elephant_conflict/ https://wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/endangered_spec...
- anon84873628 2y agoIt seems the de-extinction efforts help reinforce the rewilding and land conservation efforts. If an area has been populated by these reintroduced species it may be more resistant (politically if not physically) to human development.