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Re:De-Extinction? Surely You’re Joking by GalenErso on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @10:37AM (#34897236)
I see another point which ties with your second: 3. Money

"And we can charge anything we want, 2,000 a day, 10,000 a day, and people will pay it. And then there's the merchandise..."

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Re:De-Extinction? Surely You’re Joking by kurthr on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @10:42AM (#34897310)
That's how it really works. They'll be show animals.

"Think how many ideas were lost, and eventually forgotten, when those animals went extinct... like what did they taste like?"

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