The author provides the reason why scientists think that the woolly mammoth should be cloned because some scientists think that cloning a mammoth is either a good/bad idea. They found a full-body example of a mammoth "embedded in ice on a remote island" in 2013 (Grant). Some scientists think that because the ice kept the body and blood so well preserved, the might be able to clone the animal. The author provides these reasons to tell his/her audience that some scientists think that having a cloned mammoth could either be a good/terrible idea. These scientists think this is a good idea so that we can learn furthermore about the extinct animals of the ice age. Adding onto that, Dr. Herridge and some others think that it is a better idea to use
