I think I should be able to get a pet..

[RunRabbit]

Mammoth.

Hear me out!

A well-preserved mammoth carcass has been in the permafrost of northern Siberia. Apart from bone they found flesh and organs. If they got DNA from the flesh and organs and created a genome, they could clone it and place the cloned embryo in an elephant to carry it to term.

It could happen, right? Right!?

BBC

[GrimAndHumourless]

ahhh yes, then I want them to engineer them to be smaller and smaller til you get one teacup-sized

perfick

[MothershipG]

YY Grim Me too! Me too! I want a teacup Mammoth! (Wonder what the dogs will make of it?)

[ChaoticismyLife]

A teacup-sized mammoth sounds perfect. I want one

[RunRabbit]

You could breed them like dogs and get..

Teacup Mammoths like Yorkies
Sausage shaped Mammoth like the Dachshund
Or Hairless like the Chinese Crested

[ThatBloodyKnid]

No, I think it would have to be a full-sized mammoth. Imaging taking it for a walk. Although ... I suppose you would need bin bags to pick up its poo. And can you imagine the threads on Mumsnet about people who don't clear up their mammoth's poo!

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

I would prefer a House hippo.

[picnicbasketcase]

I want a tiny woolly elephant as much as the next person, but should they really mess around with DNA? Next thing you know there's an island somewhere full of paraceratherium and a really pissed off Richard Attenborough.

[RunRabbit]

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius Hippos are very aggressive towards humans. Would you keep it muzzled?

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

It would be a teeny tiny one, RunRabbit - I can't do the links on the iPad, but I'd you search house hippo on YouTube, you will find a video of the cute little creature.

[maristella]

I'd still like a tiny giraffe

[SaggyOldClothCatPuss]

Id rather have a teacup Diplo docus!

[GrimAndHumourless]

awwwwwwwwww teacup diplodocus

[McHappyPants2012]

On spykids film there was a miniature zoo :)

Love a mini lion

[TheGOLDCunnyFunt]

Dino :o

[McHappyPants2012]

spykids.wikia.com/wiki/Romero's_Zoo

[RunRabbit]

The house Hippo is the size of a rat

[RunRabbit]

That's unrealistic. You're not going to find any remains with Dinosaur DNA

[LadyBeagleEyes]

Mammoths always look a bit smelly to me.

[redwhiteandblueeyedsusan]

but not if you live in rented accomodation that specifies no petss.

[SaggyOldClothCatPuss]

You could have a teacup Pterodactyl. Keep it in the budgie cage?

[InvisibleHotPinkWeasel]

we're still working on it

[InvisibleHotPinkWeasel]

My ds will be thrilled with the info in your op , as will I ....I want a purple one.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

I will settle for any savanna animal (mini-giraffe anyone?) or a mammoth. I'm not fussy.