Return of the Moa? Text Week 4

To study ancient DNA

To restore balance to New Zealand's forests

To create a tourist attraction

To test cloning technology

It was talking

It had feathers and no wings

It was flying

It was holding a walking stick

It doesn’t involve any science

We have more than enough moa already

There are already many endangered species that need help

Moa are dangerous

People will want to save more animals

It might reduce people’s care for protecting animals now

De-extinct animals will eat others

We won’t need zoos anymore

Get some moa DNA

Create a habitat for the moa

Figure out the genetic code of the moa

Wait for the egg to hatch

Kiwi and kea

Ostrich and emu

Kakapo and penguin

Horse and deer

To protect the moa DNA

To teach the moa how to behave

To lay the moa egg

To fly with the moa

We never caused extinctions

Humans should stop interfering

If we caused extinction, we should try to fix it

Moa are not important

Huia

Pyrenean Ibex

Dodo

Tasmanian Tiger

It still lives in forests

It’s easier to train

It has close living relatives and good DNA samples

It can fly long distances

Their DNA is too decayed

They live under the sea

They are too scary

They were never real