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DO YOU THINK
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Why it worked
The video taps into a popular cultural fascination with dinosaurs and de-extinction, posing a thought-provoking question that sparks curiosity and discussion.
Summary
The video discusses the feasibility of cloning a dinosaur, explaining that while no dinosaur DNA has been found, science is constantly evolving. It mentions that the oldest DNA found is around 1.5 million years old, and most DNA used in projects is hundreds of thousands of years old, making dinosaur cloning extremely unlikely but not impossible.
Structure
- 1Questioning dinosaur cloning feasibility
- 2Explaining lack of dinosaur DNA
- 3Discussing age of DNA samples
- 4Concluding dinosaur cloning is unlikely but not impossible
Product placement
Colossal (company): acts - it is the company that is trying to de-extinct animals, and the video discusses their projects. Removing it would change the topic of the video. youtube.com/@Colossal (website): appears - it is the creator's bio link, which leads to the company's YouTube channel. Removing it would not change what happens in the video.
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DO YOU THINK
IT WILL EVER BE
FEASIBLY POSSIBLE
TO CLONE
A DINOSAUR?
SO THERE IS
NO DINO DNA.
SAY NEVER
BUT
DINOSAUR
REMAIN THAT
IS ROCK.
SOME KIND OF
THAT DID
STORE IT
65 MILLION
WE'RE USING
A DNA
MOST OF OUR DNA
HUNDREDS OF
YEARS OLD
PROJECTS.
THAT'S OVER
YEARS OLD
65 YEARS OLD.
THAT'S JUST
I THINK IT'S
VERY UNLIKELY.
WOULD EVER
A DINOSAUR.
Original caption
The oldest DNA we’ve found is around 1.5 million years old. Most of the DNA we work with is hundreds of thousands of years old. Dinosaurs disappeared around 65 million years ago. So yeah, cloning one is extremely unlikely at this point. But we’re not saying never. Science stays weird. 🤘
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