This is just sad.....

[Aegrus]

You know guys, the animal isn't just genetic code.

The environment and even behavioral cues are unknown to us, and we'll probably find a "resurrected" extinct cloned specimen to undergo extreme stress and expire prematurely as we try to discover, probe and improve what we're missing.

The first viable, born clones of an old species are slated for a rather poor quality of life before we understand enough of their requirements other than "Get DNA, try to birth organism."

Then again, knowing humans and their predilection for showing off, I expect the very first "extinct" cloned animals will be shown off in hopes of getting more funding.

True, but once we got the DNA to grow one, we could simply re-clone it as many times as it took to get right, correct? Please? I wanna see a woolly mammoth.