How to build a dinosaur by Jack Hornrt

[safarial]

What do you think are the moral, ethical, social and technological implications of this book?

The authors name is Jack Horner

 

[sojourner]

Life finds a way?

No, seriously, never heard of the book.

 

[Ronald Held]

That quote seems familar...

 

[Bill Morris]

The Jurassic Park thing aside, I met a guy in San Francisco in the early 1980s who said he had built many large models of dinosaurs and that they were on display in Golden Gate Park. At the time, he wouldn't tell me what kind of materials he used, just. "Go see the exhibition." I took the wife a few days later, and his dinosaurs turned out to be skeletons constructed of junkyard car parts, welded together and painted--pretty cool. I later saw an article in the newspaper with a picture of him working on one of his creations.

Wikipedia has an article about him:
Jim Cary

 

[Sovay]

I think our time would be better put to use resurrecting those animals which we've killed off due to our own stupidity and carelessness, rather than those who were adapted to life tens of millions of years ago, simply for novelty value.

Just tell me where to send my donation for the revival of the Ivory-billed woodpecker, passenger pigeon and Carolina parakeet and my money will be on its way.

 

[sojourner]

Your in luck, the Ivory Bill woodpecker is no longer considered extinct.

 

[Maurice]

Wikipedia has an article about him:
Jim Cary

That's Jim Gary, with a G. Not Jim Cary with a C.

 

[Bill Morris]

Yes, a nasty typo. Sorry.

By the way, most dinosaur skeletons in museums are expensive plastic replicas. Just do a Web search for "fossil replica" to get an idea of the large number of vendors that cater to museums.

 

[Sovay]

Your in luck, the Ivory Bill woodpecker is no longer considered extinct.

I've been following the issue for about 6 years, and the reason it is listed as endangered by some is just because there have been so many viewings. However, there aren't any definitive photos, remains, or any other physical evidence.
I'm hopeful they have survived, but with all the birders out there chasing them, one would have thought physical evidence would have been found by now, and the fact that it has not does nothing to make me confident in their survival. I believe, honestly, that even if they're alive we would have a better chance of preserving the species if we released cloned members of the species into the wild there.