And barbecued dodo wings – way better than chicken! I know there’d only be four wings, but you don’t want these birds flying away, so you may as well use the wings for something.
I think they could command quite a high initial value - imagine being the first theme park/wildlife sanctuary in the world to be exhibiting a living Dodo - visitors would flock in from everywhere. If they were allowed to breed substantially so as to become common, then the attraction value would tail off a fair bit.
But if you were a scientist capable of resurrecting a breeding pair and you auctioned them on the open market, I think the price would skyrocket, especially if you weren’t going to resurrect any more - the winning bidder would be some entity that would breed neutered birds for sale under strict license that forbid further cloning or attempts at breeding.
Actually, a single breeding pair is not going to be an ideal situation. Not enough genetic diversity to ensure that the species will survive. Admittedly, it’s better than nothing, but far from ideal. Of course, I don’t know if we have enough DNA from dodos available to even manage to clone a single breeding pair, much less multiple pairs.
Dodos were flightless, so they wouldn’t fly away. But come to think of it, that’s even more reason to eat the wings. The dodo isn’t using them, after all.
Mmmm… Kentucky Fried Dodo Wings.
Maybe you could hold Dodo races, with little monkeys as jockeys.
Also would be useful for a live version of Alice in Wonderland.
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Then this guy won’t be hiring any of your engineers, that’s for sure.
Good God, don’t do it, man! Didn’t you read Jurassic Park?!?
Were dodos savage predatory killing machines?
Could you mix some Tyranosaurus Rex Dna with the Dodo? That could be cool.
Wouldn’t they get endangered species status and the federal government take over the birds. At that point they become a national asset and you loose the birds being reimbursed nothing.
They might pass some rules to protect its habitat - 17th century Mauritius
Hell, with the current administration, you could probably get a license to strip mine them for oil and minerals.
Jasper Fforde posing with dodo!
Unfortunately I think the OP has left this forum, but there may be good news:
“The next de-extinction target” would sound a lot more impressive, if they’d ever hit any of their other targets yet.