Also, people underestimate the strengh of steel wire.

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DavidFMayerPhD — 1/28/2011 3:22:30 AM (archived)

A piece of high-strength steel cable an inch in diameter can hold more than 150 tons of load. Furthermore, it is elastic and flexible, so banging on it repeatedly does not work. A fence made of such cable, properly anchored on massive steel posts, would stop anything that ever lived.

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Cloning the woolly mammoth - TB - 1/14/2011 6:21:27 AM
- Also, people underestimate the strengh of steel wire. - DavidFMayerPhD - 1/28/2011 3:22:30 AM
- Extremely cool - BuckGalaxy - 1/15/2011 9:50:49 AM
- Why should we bring back old species? - Nick_H - 1/15/2011 3:08:24 AM
- Silly movie. - TB - 1/14/2011 8:55:49 PM
- OH HUSH VRB... - Jody - 1/14/2011 8:18:51 PM
- Environments - podrock - 1/14/2011 7:28:33 PM
  - That might be a pretty tough nut to crack - mcfly - 1/15/2011 4:33:29 PM
  - Yeah - VelociraptorBlade - 1/15/2011 5:37:12 AM
    - Reminds me of The "B" Ark - Nick_H - 1/27/2011 11:07:04 AM
    - Re: Sure, post 'em - TB - 1/15/2011 11:54:02 PM
    - Sure, post 'em - Eri - 1/15/2011 11:45:36 PM
    - >_ - Velociraptorblade - 1/15/2011 6:51:05 PM
    - Well, since you asked... - Eri - 1/15/2011 7:33:23 AM
  - Re: I wasn't saying there was anything wrong with bringing back extinct species. - podrock - 1/15/2011 5:18:05 AM
  - I wasn't saying there was anything wrong with bringing back extinct species. - VelociraptorBlade - 1/15/2011 4:59:40 AM
  - Heckuva point there, Pod n/t (n/t) - mcfly - 1/14/2011 7:49:03 PM
- Re: unsure what to say - TB - 1/14/2011 6:22:01 PM
- Awesome - mcfly - 1/14/2011 12:16:13 PM
- I'm unsure what to say here.... - Velociraptorblade - 1/14/2011 7:09:07 AM

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