*We should inscribe everything we know about this on diamonds and then bury them, and then maybe somebody else will do us the favor of de-extincting us, later.
http://longnow.org/revive/tedxdeextinction/speakers/
*I think you can make a moral argument that we should bend special effort to reviving species that mankind has wiped out. When it comes to planet management, achieving the status quo ante would be a worthy goal.