First of all, yes, some zoos do. Secondly, woolly mammoths eat a LOT
LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 15/03/2012 12:06:47 PM
I'd imagine they'd eat at least twice what an elephant does. Now where are you going to get all that hay? In this economy and weather systems? The only zoos that could support a woolly mammoth would have to be incredibly well funded and I'm pretty sure they don't grow enough roughage in South Korea to afford to buy up enough to keep a woolly mammoth healthy.
Not all zoos are well-funded government-funded institutions. Some are poorly funded by their city/state and some are privately funded and thus far more subjected to the whims of the agricultural industry.
Additionally, who the hell is going to formulate diets for these woolly mammoths? We can only guess what they eat and any zoo vet/nutritionist/keeper can tell you, our guesses are frequently not enough! For example, Bears are fed an omnivore diet that one would THINK supports them fine...but there's an abnormally high rate of biliary cancer in bears. We don't know it for a fact, but the diet is high on the suspect list (although we don't know why).
Not all zoos are well-funded government-funded institutions. Some are poorly funded by their city/state and some are privately funded and thus far more subjected to the whims of the agricultural industry.
Additionally, who the hell is going to formulate diets for these woolly mammoths? We can only guess what they eat and any zoo vet/nutritionist/keeper can tell you, our guesses are frequently not enough! For example, Bears are fed an omnivore diet that one would THINK supports them fine...but there's an abnormally high rate of biliary cancer in bears. We don't know it for a fact, but the diet is high on the suspect list (although we don't know why).
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Scientists to bring extinct woolly mammoth back to life with the help of elephants
14/03/2012 04:18:52 AM
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Mammoths had their shot, and nature selected them for extinction!
14/03/2012 03:32:42 PM
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No, we did. It's one of the first species we likely hunted to extinction. *NM*
15/03/2012 01:25:02 PM
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I had it it mind that it was more a result of climate change. *shrug* *NM*
17/03/2012 10:03:22 PM
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ugh.
14/03/2012 04:10:14 PM
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Our zoos hardly suffer from a shortage of food. *NM*
15/03/2012 07:19:36 AM
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First of all, yes, some zoos do. Secondly, woolly mammoths eat a LOT
15/03/2012 12:06:47 PM
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They are still herbivores, they can't be that expensive to feed
18/03/2012 10:16:22 PM
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Okay, let me take a look at the numbers.
19/03/2012 01:13:09 AM
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Remember this moment in history....
14/03/2012 10:21:02 PM
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I don't think you even need chaos theory to get a grasp of the unintended consequences... *NM*
14/03/2012 10:24:01 PM
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There's a big hole in their plan
14/03/2012 10:31:21 PM
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Seriously. "We have plans to clone an alien. All we need to do is find some alien DNA." *NM*
14/03/2012 10:53:52 PM
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I don't think finding aliens would be as hard as getting to them. *NM*
14/03/2012 11:35:21 PM
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