The passenger pigeon was once the most abundant birds in North America. They travel in large flocks. The flocks are so large they darkened the sky. Hunting and habitat destruction is what led to the extinction of the passenger pigeons. Martha was the name of the last known living passenger pigeon that died in 1914. There are plans to bring back the passenger pigeon by using a process called de extinction. The process will consist of reconstructing a genome; insert it into a band tailed pigeon stem cell. It would then transform into a germ cell, the precursor of egg and sperm. The scientist would then inject the germ cells into an already developing ban tailed pigeons. When those birds mate, their offspring would show the passenger pigeons
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On one hand I think it’s amazing that we have advanced so much in our scientific fields that we are trying to clone. Bringing back the passenger pigeon would be great and possible even a great advance in history. They could potentially help the environment and boost scientific studies. On the other hand I think it would be a bad idea just because of the things we don’t know about the passenger pigeon. We don’t know what kind of things they could bring back with them. The range of diseases and other pathogens that these birds might bring back could not be very good. Also they may not survive and thrive in the environment like we hope they would. There food supply and homes have been long gone and it may be hard for them to find new ones. Another reason would be what if they are extinct for a reason, and bringing them back is something that is not supposed to happen. I fear that if they are brought back with no food sources or environment like they used to have may just hurt them even worse. I really don’t know what would happen if we brought them back. They may thrive and help the environment tremendously, or it could be a total disaster. Nothing guarantees that the passenger pigeon will not come out messed up or deformed. Bringing back the passenger pigeon would be a great thing but, weather or not we successfully bring back the passenger pigeon there will be good and bad things that could
On one hand I think it’s amazing that we have advanced so much in our scientific fields that we are trying to clone. Bringing back the passenger pigeon would be great and possible even a great advance in history. They could potentially help the environment and boost scientific studies. On the other hand I think it would be a bad idea just because of the things we don’t know about the passenger pigeon. We don’t know what kind of things they could bring back with them. The range of diseases and other pathogens that these birds might bring back could not be very good. Also they may not survive and thrive in the environment like we hope they would. There food supply and homes have been long gone and it may be hard for them to find new ones. Another reason would be what if they are extinct for a reason, and bringing them back is something that is not supposed to happen. I fear that if they are brought back with no food sources or environment like they used to have may just hurt them even worse. I really don’t know what would happen if we brought them back. They may thrive and help the environment tremendously, or it could be a total disaster. Nothing guarantees that the passenger pigeon will not come out messed up or deformed. Bringing back the passenger pigeon would be a great thing but, weather or not we successfully bring back the passenger pigeon there will be good and bad things that could