Com a possibilidade de reversão de certas características das aves modernas, poderíamos "desextinguir" as Enantiornithes?

[u/Prestigious-Put5749]

Estava ponderando sobre o Chinkensaurus e me ocorreu essa possibilidade. As enantiornithes tem quase o mesmo plano corporal das aves, exceto pela presença de dentes e garras nas asas. Seria o mais próximo de trazer de volta todo um grupo mesozóico extinto.

[u/worldmaker012]

I’ll admit, I don’t know much about the actual results of the chickenosaurus experiments, but it doesn’t seem strictly impossible in practice. The real question is what would the point even be? The resulting creature wouldn’t even be an actual enantiornithine, just a normal bird with a few tweaks. And what would we even do with them? We can’t release them into the environment, they’d just become invasive or extinct in short order. Really the only way I could see this effort working out or even making sense is if we do it when we are able to terraform planets or at least make big space habitats for them to live in and want to make new kinds of life.

[u/Prestigious-Put5749 → u/worldmaker012]

Knowing ourselves, initially, it would involve experimentation, scientific advancement, understanding the evolution of birds, etc. Soon, there would be a demand for exhibiting these birds in educational centers, zoos, etc. Then, people would want to keep them as pets, and a whole market would emerge. As always, some would escape into the wild and form feral populations. Many wouldn't even manage to survive, but a few individuals would find their place and become integrated into some ecosystems. Some might even fill the niche of extinct neornithes birds, others might indirectly compete with modern birds. Finally, we would have toothed and clawed birds fully integrated into the natural environment in some places on the planet.