Should woolly mammoths be brought back to life?

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Cloning is not easy to do, and it's a difficult subject ethically, as well.  It's beginning to appear possible to clone extinct animals.  The idea:  clone a woolly mammoth!  Read more here: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/14/wooly-mammoth-extinct-cloning-dna

1.  Why is it difficult to clone a mammoth?

2.  How do scientists think they can clone a woolly mammoth?

3.  Describe the arguments for and against cloning the woolly mammoth.

4.  Would you like to go to the zoo or a nature preserve and see a woolly mammoth? 

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