Regenerating a Mammoth for $10 Million


	Regenerating a Mammoth for $10 Million

tabsey

11-20-2008 6:30 AM

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coming, soon, to, a, town, near, you.

tabsey says:

The $10 mill won't be a problem after this recession.

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11-20-2008 7:56 AM

destiny911

Jurassic Park!

11-20-2008 11:23 AM

Khestra

That's awesome and scary at the same time.

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An intact skeleton of a woolly mammoth that is on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh.
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