From stories and histories, dinosaurs are,frightening creatures with their towering figures and man-eating appetites. Although,some are small compared to gigantic ones, they're still scaring since they eat flesh, and what are,humans made of?
And if you're gonna butt in and say, 'Some don't eat flesh,and are vegetarian,' it's still concerning what'll happen to us when,we meet them. So if someone asked you if you want to recreate dinosaurs, I think most of us will say,that it's a worrisome idea.
But what if I told you that scientists,are pursuing such a project and are even confident that they can recreate them,in the next 5-10 years?
Ironically, one of the paleontologists,involved in the genetic research, Dr. Jack Horner was the consultant of Jurassic flicks,and inspiration for "Dr. Alan Grant." Dr. Horner originally believed that recreating dinosaurs require,operating with DNA strands but studies about DNA degradation from the past years have made it,impossible to change directions.
However, the hope was not lost when a,group of scientists from Harvard and Yale discovered a more workable alternative - chickens.
Dr. Horner explained in an,interview, "Of course, birds are dinosaurs. So we just need to fix them so they look a little more,like a dinosaur." And according to him, the team has progressed greatly in mutating chickens back,to their ancestors (the dinosaurs).
They even placed woolly mammoth,genes into elephants to also recreate its ancient conterpart. Their group is currently working out the,differences of a dinosaur and a chicken, which are the tail, arms, hands and mouth.
Dr. Horner and his team believe that the,recreation will happen in no time, having also the ability to reverse-engineer a chicken's beak,not a dinosaur snout. "Actually, the wings and hands are not as difficult. The tail is the biggest project. But on the other hand, we have been able to,do some things recently that have given us,hope that it won't take too long."
So be prepared,everyone, the "chickenosaurus" might just happen,tomorrow without us knowing.
source: youtube
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