Is Extinction Permanent | Ronan Taylor | TEDxYouth@NSNVA

Is extinction permanent? If a species dies can it come back, can we bring it back? In 2000 a beautiful and majestic species went extinct, the Pyrenean ibex. The last individual dubbed Celia was found dead. A biotech company called Advanced Cell Technology attempted to clone one. They succeeded, but the animal died shortly after it was born.

Nowadays technology has improved and I believe we can create a completely healthy ibex. In fact I believe we can do better. I’m talking mammoths, mega fauna and possibly even dinosaurs. The ecological and tourist applications are almost endless, but there is one very important question we should be asking. Should we do this?

Ronan Taylor is a rising Senior at the GW Community School in Fairfax County, Virginia. He enjoys sharing his passionate interest in genetics, prehistoric life and zoology. Ronan hopes to one day be involved in bringing extinct animals back to our world.

[Booey_]

That was pure Intelligence.
Great Job Ronan!

[mafaldaferreira]

Why dinosaurs? Humans didn't do anything for their extinction. In fact, we owe our existence to their extinction.