tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26425248.post6054641042659150955..comments2023-10-08T06:03:27.640-07:00Comments on Dare Society: The sad fate of the Carolina parakeetM. Lailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15806143735399887555noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26425248.post-20361855808864568172010-04-05T11:04:19.979-07:002010-04-05T11:04:19.979-07:00Another concern *could* be that bringing back past...Another concern *could* be that bringing back past species could threaten current ones that are thriving. Just a thought.<br /><br />It's interesting to read about how the larger animals have been wiped out. Apparently there used to be a tree slot that could (theoretically) look in a second or third-floor window. And birds that were 12 feet high(that could fly).M. Lailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806143735399887555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26425248.post-12098984732103857442010-04-05T11:03:00.182-07:002010-04-05T11:03:00.182-07:00BTW, what I wrote came across wrong. I wrote: Unfo...BTW, what I wrote came across wrong. I wrote: Unfortunately, that lowly last majestic bird, named Inca, was stuffed.<br /><br />"And where would you go to see poor Inca now? Nobody knows," writes Bryson. "The zoo lost it."<br /><br />What I meant was:<br /><br />That lowly last majestic bird, named Inca, was stuffed.<br /><br />Unfortunately, "where would you go to see poor Inca now? Nobody knows," writes Bryson. "The zoo lost it."<br /><br />My bad.M. Lailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806143735399887555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26425248.post-48438653880292321582010-04-05T10:58:05.008-07:002010-04-05T10:58:05.008-07:00It's so sad that mankind has the collective ab...It's so sad that mankind has the collective ability to knowingly wipe a species from the face of the Earth. The NC Museum of Natural Science has a resident artist who has works on display by the first floor gallery waterfountains (and possibly elsewhere.) Recently one of the paintings was of the Carolina parakeet and I overheard 2 gentlemen having a conversation about a topic I pondered. Knowing that this species was wiped out in the last century (in large part because womens fashion of the time included flamboyantly festooned hats,) there should be lots of samples still in existence. If a diverse enough sampling of DNA could be collected, would it be possible to resurrect a population? The gentlemen talked about this but brought up the fact that even if this were possible, the habitat destruction would still probably be an insurmountable obsticle. Also many environmentalists worry that the ability to bring back an extinct species could make saving currently threatened creatures and habitats less of the very serious concern that it should be.TSnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10256973504038554419noreply@blogger.com