Return of the dire wolf

[dahliaclone]

This is fascinating.

The Return of the Dire Wolf

Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.

time.com

 

[Drew0311]

This is fascinating.

The Return of the Dire Wolf

Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.

time.com

I’m not sure about this bringing animals back thing. I mean I have watched Jurassic park and it didn’t work

 

[HFCS]

My huskies weigh 55-60 lbs for reference.

 

[dahliaclone]

I’m not sure about this bringing animals back thing. I mean I have watched Jurassic park and it didn’t work

To be clear it sounds like these aren’t actually dire wolves according to quite a few on Bluesky

 

[ISUTex]

Pretty cool. Yet a little concerning. Are they able to reproduce?

 

[dahliaclone]

My huskies weigh 55-60 lbs for reference.

Our Pyrenees mix is a 120

 

[HFCS]

I’m not sure about this bringing animals back thing. I mean I have watched Jurassic park and it didn’t work

In all seriousness if they were wiped out in past 500 years by unsustainable actions of men it’s probably more natural to bring them back.

This one is 10k years though.

Thylacine and dodo if the animals are healthy it’s better they exist.

 

[HFCS]

Our Pyrenees mix is a 120

These “puppies” already have 20lbs on it.

 

[ISUTex]

To be clear it sounds like these aren’t actually dire wolves according to quite a few on Bluesky

Just like the dinosaurs on Jurassic Park were not actually dinosaurs, but frogs?

 

[Gunnerclone]

In all seriousness if they were wiped out in past 500 years by unsustainable actions of men it’s probably more natural to bring them back.

This one is 10k years though.

Thylacine and dodo if the animals are healthy it’s better they exist.

Unsustainable actions of men are natural. This is evolution at work.

 

[madguy30]

If it's anything that was destroyed by human actions I'm all for it.

And really, anything else if they ever got that far, just to see how it goes.

 

[GTO]

Our Pyrenees mix is a 120

My cats weigh 12, 9, 9, and 7 pounds.

 

[Clonehomer]

I’m not sure about this bringing animals back thing. I mean I have watched Jurassic park and it didn’t work

It would’ve been fine without Newman shutting down the security to steal the embryos.

 

[somecyguy]

My biggest issue with this is that they are introducing physical specimens into environment without context. A direwolf dropped into a forest is introducing a foreign animal. There is no lineage or knowledge base from parents to children.

 

[Bigman38]

Just like the dinosaurs on Jurassic Park were not actually dinosaurs, but frogs?

I mean, after reading that article it’s not that far off from JP.

 

[herbicide]

My biggest issue with this is that they are introducing physical specimens into environment without context. A direwolf dropped into a forest is introducing a foreign animal. There is no lineage or knowledge base from parents to children.

Except "they" are not dropping anything into a forest. They are in a controlled and contained environment.

 

[ISUTex]

I mean, after reading that article it’s not that far off from JP.

I hope they show them to the public when they are fully grown before they escape the preserve, and somehow reproduce with dogs or wolves.

 

[CycloneVet]

Big ******* deal, let me know when a woman walks out of a fire with 3 dragons

 

[NWICY]

This is fascinating.

The Return of the Dire Wolf

Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.

time.com

LOL I thought it was a movie title, interesting article though.
I would disagree with the bioethesis that said these wolves and if the create a Mammoth aren't being lead a full life. They sure as hell weren't around when these animals were. If you were extinct then alive who can determine what is right the company is taking good physical care of the animals they create.

 

[NWICY]

I hope they show them to the public when they are fully grown before they escape the preserve, and somehow reproduce with dogs or wolves.

A pack of coyotes is bad enough, never ran across a wolf in the wild, sure as hell wouldn't want to run into one of these.