Wow so I have never thought about how bad it is when a species goes extinct (don't worry I will not go PETA on you guys, that is a different rant), but today in biology we began to get into out animal behavior unit and my teacher showed a video of some animals that are either extinct or on the verge, and I thought about something that blew my mind. Every strand of DNA, the code of life that has been changing for billions of years, and has became more and more complex, as species change to their environments is gone. Something that is so amazing that drives the life of a whole group vanishes. Yes we do have "samples" of certain genes of extinct animals, but to clone something wouldn't be the same as if it developed over time, as perfection can not be rushed and there are no shortcuts. Just think about the struggle it was for the former species to pass on the genes that allowed the current ones to exist and then just gone. I find this quite sad, and I'm NOT going to put the total blame for species that go extinct on humans, even though we do contribute to it, but mother nature also dictates as well, but I digress. Just ponder on that for a while.