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RexTalionis

2011-10-19 03:23:49 PM

Who wrote this list, a 6th grader?

Also, we didn't hunt the Neanderthals to extinction.

Bathia_Mapes

2011-10-19 03:42:57 PM

No velociraptors?

And RexTalionis is correct about the Neanderthals.

ecmoRandomNumbers

2011-10-19 03:44:17 PM

RexTalionis: Also, we didn't hunt the Neanderthals to extinction.

Came for this.

simplicimus

2011-10-19 04:49:46 PM

Most of the giant insects and dinosaurs would not survive in the relatively low oxygen content of the current atmosphere.

This Looks Fun

2011-10-19 05:23:27 PM

1. Brontosaurus... Oh, FFS. It has been known for over a hundred years that this dinosaur didn't even exist.

/I'm out.

chaddsfarkprefect

2011-10-19 05:23:50 PM

I Heart Chaos = new sponsor?

MrEricSir

2011-10-19 05:26:51 PM

RexTalionis: Who wrote this list, a 6th grader?

I'd give it an F. If you're going to write a listicle filled with stupidity that leads up to a joke at the end, the joke should a least be funny.

ThatBillmanGuy

2011-10-19 05:27:11 PM

Wait.. don't they need a living oocyte to clone something anyway?

/DNRTFA, but going to now, I guess..

abb3w

2011-10-19 05:27:30 PM

No Mammoths?

FunkOut

2011-10-19 05:29:08 PM

There's still people with Neanderthal genetics around. Red hair, epic brow ridges, able to consume large quantities of booze...

relcec

2011-10-19 05:29:27 PM

it is cracked, but quicker to the stupid f*cking point.

/don't think you can bring back giant arthropods that breath through their skin do to the lower oxygen levels today. they'd suffocate.

Le Bomb Suprize

2011-10-19 05:30:44 PM

ecmoRandomNumbers: RexTalionis: Also, we didn't hunt the Neanderthals to extinction.

Came for this.

Citation needed.

andrewskdr

2011-10-19 05:30:45 PM

This Looks Fun: 1. Brontosaurus... Oh, FFS. It has been known for over a hundred years that this dinosaur didn't even exist.

/I'm out.

It (sort of) did

Link (new window)

CowboyNinjaD

2011-10-19 05:33:39 PM

I don't know, I wouldn't mind seeing a saber-toothed tiger at a zoo.

Also:

media.tumblr.com

LordOfThePings

2011-10-19 05:34:52 PM

Le Bomb Suprize: ecmoRandomNumbers: Came for this.

Citation needed.

What do you want, used tissues?

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2011-10-19 05:35:23 PM

RexTalionis: Who wrote this list, a 6th grader?

Also, we didn't hunt the Neanderthals to extinction.

But we would have, for the sport. So we could feast on the tasty goo.

And if we bring back the original Bad Company, I'm ok with this.

This Looks Fun

2011-10-19 05:35:55 PM

andrewskdr: This Looks Fun: 1. Brontosaurus... Oh, FFS. It has been known for over a hundred years that this dinosaur didn't even exist.

/I'm out.

It (sort of) did

Link (new window)

From your link: "Despite the much-publicized debut of the mounted skeleton, which cemented the name Brontosaurus in the public consciousness, Elmer Riggs had published a paper in the 1903 edition of Geological Series of the Field Columbian Museum which argued that Brontosaurus was not different enough from Apatosaurus to warrant its own genus"

Obtuse_Otter

2011-10-19 05:36:06 PM

RexTalionis: Who wrote this list, a 6th grader?

Also, we didn't hunt the Neanderthals to extinction.

There is a chance we did.

Slaxl

2011-10-19 05:36:38 PM

Ignoring the flaws in the article I just want it noted that we should bring back as many dinosaurs as we can, and human ancestors. They should be our #1 priorities as a race. Just so we can have dinosaur fights, and have 3 million year old hominid ancestors score higher in IQ tests than creationists.

stevetherobot

2011-10-19 05:37:03 PM

FunkOut: There's still people with Neanderthal genetics around. Red hair, epic brow ridges, able to consume large quantities of booze...

Irish?

A challenger appears

2011-10-19 05:37:29 PM

CowboyNinjaD: I don't know, I wouldn't mind seeing a saber-toothed tiger at a zoo.

Also:

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We should at least bring back Heath so he can play the Joker again.

/You know whoever they get to do it is going to fark it up.

shower_in_my_socks

2011-10-19 05:37:35 PM

I want this guy as a pet.

images.wikia.com

Would like to see a few of the early human ancestors just to see fundee heads explode.

krafty420

2011-10-19 05:37:47 PM

According to Wikipedia, it's actually called a "saber-toothed cat", or in technical terms, a "Smilodon".

This Looks Fun

2011-10-19 05:37:55 PM

CowboyNinjaD: Also:

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Holy shiat, I thought the same thing.

Bag of Hammers

2011-10-19 05:38:13 PM

Wow, suddenly Cracked lists look like Pulitzer winners.

Soracloud

2011-10-19 05:39:37 PM

Ohhh Terror Birds, snazzy.

subaudio

2011-10-19 05:41:54 PM

Not that this article even merits a response, but:
We already have gravely endangered species in captivity today that we can barely convince, cajole, or force to reproduce. Focusing on them should be a first step.

JSieverts

2011-10-19 05:42:15 PM

Apparently, the author is from the "using the F word makes me look COOL" school of writing...

And, apparently, he failed the course.

fusillade762

2011-10-19 05:42:17 PM

stevetherobot: FunkOut: There's still people with Neanderthal genetics around. Red hair, epic brow ridges, able to consume large quantities of booze...

Irish?

cydiahelp.com

Ginger barbarians!

TravisBickle62

2011-10-19 05:42:51 PM

Your blog sucks

Trance750

2011-10-19 05:43:31 PM

First we should try to resurrrect common sense, as that as been dead for a while

Half Right

2011-10-19 05:43:50 PM

There are lots of other great possibilities (new window), but my choice to bring back would definitely be the glyptodont (new window). 'Cause then I could make my own glyptodont-shell-fort! Which would be AWESOME!

zato_ichi

2011-10-19 05:44:03 PM

Woah, someone forgot they had a deadline to make.

Not Available

2011-10-19 05:44:58 PM

Carolina Parakeet?

akialoa.files.wordpress.com

Labrador Duck?

www.birds-of-north-america.net

AcneVulgaris

2011-10-19 05:45:09 PM

Obtuse_Otter: RexTalionis: Who wrote this list, a 6th grader?

Also, we didn't hunt the Neanderthals to extinction.

There is a chance we did.

Maybe they were tasty.

Happy Hours

2011-10-19 05:46:24 PM

RexTalionis: Who wrote this list, a 6th grader?

The reasons were mostly because OMFG it was sooooo kewl and we hunted the poor things to extinction.

Let's just bring back things that would taste really good and/or have really good fur that we could turn into coats.

One big problem though is we already have endangered species which may die out despite efforts to save them.

Where will they live? Is there habitat for them and could we produce enough to have the genetic diversity for them to survive?

One more reason we might want to bring back a species I just thought of would be if it has potential medical benefits.

Not Available

2011-10-19 05:46:52 PM

subaudio: Not that this article even merits a response, but:
We already have gravely endangered species in captivity today that we can barely convince, cajole, or force to reproduce. Focusing on them should be a first step.

Enough about the hookers in my basement; we're talking about extinct animals here.

But seriously: this

meathome

2011-10-19 05:47:52 PM

Le Bomb Suprize: ecmoRandomNumbers: RexTalionis: Also, we didn't hunt the Neanderthals to extinction.

Came for this.

Citation needed.

Uhm... okay

upload.wikimedia.org

don't know what it had to do with the question, but if it makes you happy...

/couldn't resist

Free Range Deranged

2011-10-19 05:50:40 PM

ecmoRandomNumbers: RexTalionis: Also, we didn't hunt the Neanderthals to extinction.

Came for this.

But we would do that now in a heartbeat.

/and first I want my elephant the size of a small pig. Then those science guys can do what they want.

caperbear

2011-10-19 05:51:04 PM

PaLarkin

2011-10-19 05:51:07 PM

I was in agreement until I saw this idiot suggested bringing back the passenger pigeon. We already have too many farking pigeons. We don't need more. A flock of passenger pigeons flying overhead wold block out the sun for hours. Just think what they'd do to the paint job on your car.

Just in case, the next time I go to the store I'll start buying peanuts and cyanide. This will keep me busy between now and the first day of spring when I go to the park.

trappedspirit

2011-10-19 05:51:35 PM

Yeah, they want to bring back giant cave bears? They just lost all credibility with me

Amos Quito

2011-10-19 05:52:10 PM

FunkOut: There's still people with Neanderthal genetics around. Red hair, epic brow ridges, able to consume large quantities of booze...

All Non-Africans Part Neanderthal, Genetics Confirm (new window)

"Fast forward to 2010, when the Neanderthal genome was sequenced. The researchers could then compare the haplotype to the Neanderthal genome as well as to the DNA of existing humans. The scientists found that the sequence was present in people across all continents, except for sub-Saharan Africa, and including Australia."

Were all part Neanderthal.

Well, most of us, anyway

Sticky Hands

2011-10-19 05:52:11 PM

Free Range Deranged: ecmoRandomNumbers: RexTalionis: Also, we didn't hunt the Neanderthals to extinction.

Came for this.

But we would do that now in a heartbeat.

/and first I want my elephant the size of a small pig. Then those science guys can do what they want.

Why not a pig the size of a large elephant?
3 foot strips of bacon man... HELL YEAH!

potterydove

2011-10-19 05:53:10 PM

Meganuera wouldn't work. They use spiracles to breathe, and spiracles are incredibly inefficient. When they were around oxygen had a higher concentration in the air. They would suffocate today, as they are too large to respire via spiracles in the modern atmosphere.

Also dragonflies will eat anything, even things larger than them. Hide your children.

LaughingRadish

2011-10-19 05:53:29 PM

Obtuse_Otter: RexTalionis: Who wrote this list, a 6th grader?

Also, we didn't hunt the Neanderthals to extinction.

There is a chance we did.

I think it would be more accurate to say that that the pureblooded Neanderthals were killed off in repeated wars. Their genes are verifiably still floating around in modern humans.

JackieRabbit

2011-10-19 05:53:55 PM

RexTalionis: Who wrote this list, a 6th grader?

Also, we didn't hunt the Neanderthals to extinction.

I was thinking the same thing. Some internet moran who stayed home from school today?

And, yes we did.

/I want my 45 seconds back, subby.

oldtaku

2011-10-19 05:55:37 PM

Guy in his early 20s (I hope) trying to write a cracked.com article.

LargeCanine

2011-10-19 05:55:42 PM

Only one on the list I agree with is Irish Elk. They'd be cool. Also, good venisen.

LargeCanine

2011-10-19 05:56:40 PM

Venison. Pardon.

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