By Bob Walsh
Dire Wolves have been extinct for 10,000 years. Until
last month. Colossal Biosciences has successful revived Aenocyon Dirus
Dirus by gene splicing and using modern dogs and gray wolves as
surrogates. These people are very definite in asserting that these are
not warm and fuzzy puppies but effectively un-evolved apex predators.
The company calls this process de-extinction.
The three currently extant dire wolves are named Romulus, Remus and Khalessi.
I wonder how long it will be before some idiot will want to buy one for a pet?
Colossal
Biosciences is also working on DoDo birds, Woolly Mammoths and the
Tasmanian Tiger. Looks to me like they are going to actually do it.
DoDo birds have only been extinct for a few hundred years and Tasmanian
Tigers even less than that. Woolly Mammoths only died out about 10,000
years ago, the same time frame as the Dire Wolf.
2 comments:
They are also allegedly working on sabre-tooth cats and short faced bears. Very nasty predators both. Also only extinct about 10,000 years so it is very doable.
Why?
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