I’m was just about to post the John Hawks website as well. I’m of the opinion, and again it is decidedly unscientific, that anything a lion successfully hunts, wolves probably could too. I realize that the individual lion is more badass than the individual wolf, but the wolf makes up for it with superior group hunting strategies and unparalleled endurance.
“OK, so one or two people will be killed, like in India,” he replies, “but far more will die of alcohol in this place than from tiger”
How can I argue with that?
John Varley’s recent novel “Mammoth” dealt with this, also though he sorta used a time travel sub plot too…
And if we are breeding mini-mamms, I want a mammo-poo
grin
FML
“Mammo-poo”?
<SLAPS Full Metal Lotus with a Wet Trout>
It would be great for the yarn industry. Imagine how many skeins of yarn you could get from a mammoth!
“So, what’s your sweater made of”
“Mammoth.”
Sure, everyone says they’re in favor of saving Hitler’s brain…but when you want to put it in the body of a cloned woolly mammoth, suddenly you’re mad!
Can you ride them?
If you can ride them then yes bring them back.
And I want one.
Does anyone know how much they will cost?
In response to Sapo’s disbelief-I’ve seen something similar done to dairy cattle. It was called ‘singeing’ and was used to remove unwanted hair from around the cow’s udders. The device used for this was a metallic tube with several holes in the end (think of a flute) connected via a length of hose to a propane tank. Once lit, the gas was controlled by the valve on the tank, generating a controlled flame-picture a propane BBQ flame at the end of a 2 1/2 or 3 foot wand. The possibility for burning the flesh is real but minimal-a practiced hand can easily pass the flame over an area and remove the hair while the animal feels only a transient warmth. (Just want to reiterate that the wand is in constant motion, so it isn’t like BBQ-ing a cow on the hoof.)
I can see something similar being used on elephants, since their hair is sparse, but-with their thicker coats (more apt to catch fire)-you’d probably have to shave a wooly mammoth…heh…um, did someone say something about my ex-girlfriend?
For non-farmers, ‘on the hoof’ means standing/alive, as opposed to ‘on the rail’…
Mammoth are certainly not similar. Elephants have little hair (in adults), and it is bristly. Mammoths had a two layer fur system, with the outer layer being long and coarse (for protection from the elements, it appears), and the innner layer being soft and fluffy for insulation, it looks like.
You can buy some, if you like. It’s not very rare.
http://www.stonesbones.com/ver2.htm
Description: Great Specimen of Coarse & Soft Mammoth Hair
It is the PETA dudes who claim elephant hair is removed by blowtorch. :dubious:
Of course, we’re all skirting around the real, essential issue here.
MAMMOTH PORN!
What’s the market for it?
It musth be good stuff.
There were once dwarf mammoths, on both Wrangel Island and the Channel Islands off California. I find that too completely cool for words.
Let’s go clone some mammoth.
I’ve seen video footage of elephants having sex. It’s not something you soon forget.
Exactly! Everyone’s always talking about saving Hitler’s Brain, but as soon as you want to put it in the body of a Great White Shark, oooh, you’ve gone too far!
Perhaps we could breed some kind of Albino Shouting Gorilla to scare off the Mammoths?
Failing that, I think breeding wolves with bees in their mouths- so when they bark they shoot bees out of them- oughta solve the Woolly Mammoth problem with absolutely no negative side effects or unforeen consequences. 
Dwarf Mammoth = Jumbo Shrimp!