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They know. They literally state it in their own videos.
>"We're changing the genome of this living animal partially into the genome of the extinct animal -- For those genes that matter -- for the traits and characteristics that we want to see in that animal"

but you know, sometimes things need to be dumbed down to be digestible for the public. and we all know that the media loves to sensationalize until you have losers like you who want to argue about the semantics
>erm akshually its not really a direwolf!

Well, erm ackshually it's a bit disingenuous to say that they JUST edited the genes of a grey wolf to make it look like what they think a dire wolf looked like.
they edited the genes of a grey wolf WITH dire wolf genes to make it look like what they think a dire wolf looks like.

I’m not going to pretend calling them “dire wolves” isn’t part of a slick marketing strategy. The fact that they named one Khaleesi kind of tells you everything you need to know.
But is that really a bad thing?
I don’t doubt that the project’s broader goal to reintroduce extinct keystone species and help restore ecosystems damaged by human activity is genuine. i really do think they're trying to do good in the world with this.
...But also I think it's a little misguided.
This isn't like yellowstone where wolves were extinct in the area for 70 years before being reintroduced. Direwolves have been extinct for 10,000 years and we don't know enough yet to know if reintroducing them is a good idea. But the technology they're using and the precedent they are setting I think is really significant especially for species that are extant right now and need help.

Also if we ignore ethics I think a pleistocene park would be really cool and make lots of money. we already have dog pageants whats the big deal

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what the fuck does resurrecting extinct DNA mean?

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they just brought back the dire wolf. awoooohttps://x.com/colossal/status/1909247817672957959

they just brought back the dire wolf. awoooo
https://x.com/colossal/status/1909247817672957959