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18 August 2005

Pleistocene re-wilding A plan to move big game (elephants, lions etc) to North America.
What species would YOU relocate and where?

post by: mcgraw at: 09:37 | 15 comments

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posted by mcgraw 18 August | 09:39

Penguins to the Arctic & Polar Bears to the Antarctic, please.

posted by misteraitch 18 August | 09:59

It's gotta work. It'll be science driven!

posted by dobbs 18 August | 10:10

I would relocate roaches out of my apartment building *shudders*

posted by gaspode 18 August | 10:32

I would relocate this species to your living room, because I think it would freak you out.
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posted by Hugh Janus 18 August | 10:45

Suppose they'd move a few dozen kangaroos to the US plains too?

Also, more porcupines, please.

posted by mcgraw 18 August | 11:07

This sounds so nuts. But then again, I just saw Grizzly Man. I loooove the cheetahs. I loooove the cheetas. I-- (shrieks, sounds of rending flesh).

posted by goatdog 18 August | 12:11

In similar news, panther hybrids are making a comeback in Florida.

posted by goatdog 18 August | 12:32

tse-tse flies to Crawford, and maybe some venom-filled snakes too.

duck-billed playpuses and dodos everywhere

more butterflies in every city

mosquitos to the sahara

posted by amberglow 18 August | 12:50

Crocodiles to the New Orleans area.

posted by sarah connor 18 August | 13:14

Fireflies to the west coast!

Oh how I miss them...

posted by Specklet 18 August | 13:14

Intelligent Design advocates to the nuthouse. (link via gaspode)

posted by mcgraw 18 August | 13:19

The initiative would help endangered African animals while creating jobs, the Cornell University scientists say.

The new jobs are created when existing employees get eaten, right?

posted by mudpuppie 18 August | 14:11

amber, dodos have been on back-order for some time now.

Also, if they do this, they need to expressly prohibit selling adspace on the elephants.

posted by trondant 18 August | 22:36

I'm totally on board for elephant herds thundering through the Great Plains. Yay Elephants!

posted by PsychoKitty 19 August | 10:30

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