Cloned ivory?

[canineforge]

All of you mammoth ivory fans that got a little concerned about the recent thread on changes in the international mammoth ivory market need to just have patience. We may be just a few thousand years from a new source of the stuff for custom knife handles!
CNN reports that the remains of a 6-month old female mammoth were discovered on the Yamai peninsula of Russia. It is believed to be the best specimen of its kind to date.
The animal dates to the end of the last Ice Age, approximately 10,000 years ago. It is well-preserved with it's trunk and eyes still intact, and some fur still on the body. Scientists are hopeful it will yield the kind of DNA that could be used in cloning in order to resurrect this extinct member of the elepahant family. Experts are expected to carry out an extensive study of the specimen, including CT scans of its internal organs.
Found this interesting enough to share.

- Joe

 

[barrabas74]

If they could clone it that would be very cool, I would love to see a live one!:thumbup:

 

[Kevin Jones]

I expect Don has some of those beast running around on the back forty as I write.

 

[thombrogan]

We'll finally get production knives with mammoth ivory scales and be able to eat like the Flintstones. Me likey!

 

[Don Hanson III]

I expect Don has some of those beast running around on the back forty as I write.

Shhhhhhhhh........Kevin, if the Scientists find out, they'll be over this place

That's pretty cool Joe, we need to get the fossil ivory factory cranked back up:thumbup:

 

[Keith Montgomery]

New mammoth ivory would probably be very similar to that of an elephant.

 

[Jon Brand]

we'd have to speed up the aging/fossilization process and... dye it?? . i agree that it would be similar to elephant ivory. it would be impossible to get, as activists would be all over the place.

Don, be careful.

Oh, and on a side note..

 

[Don Hanson III]

we'd have to speed up the aging/fossilization process and... dye it?? . i agree that it would be similar to elephant ivory. it would be impossible to get, as activists would be all over the place.

Don, be careful.

Oh, and on a side note..

Hey Jon,
Cliff Parker is pretty good at the cloning, isn't he?

 

[Jon Brand]

Yea.. I think hes got something big in the works. Something tells me armadillos are coming.. Someones gonna have to clone flying creatures next. And since I cant think of a matching handle material.. how bout feather micarta?