Posted on 04/07/2025 10:34:20 AM PDT by Pollard
For more than a decade, scientists have chased the idea of reviving extinct species, a process sometimes called de-extinction. Now, a company called Colossal Biosciences appears to have done it, or something close, with the dire wolf, a giant, extinct species made famous by the television series “Game of Thrones.”
In 2021, a separate team of scientists managed to retrieve DNA from the fossils of dire wolves, which went extinct about 13,000 years ago. With the discovery of additional DNA, the Colossal researchers have now edited 20 genes of gray wolves to imbue the animals with key features of dire wolves. They then created embryos from the edited gray-wolf cells, implanted them in surrogate dog mothers and waited for them to give birth.
The result is three healthy wolves — two males that are 6 months old and one female that is 2 months old, named Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi — that have some traits of dire wolves.
They are big, for one thing, and have dense, pale coats not found in gray wolves. Colossal, which was valued at $10 billion in January, is keeping the wolves on a private 2,000-acre facility at an undisclosed location in the northern United States.
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What could possibly go wrong?
NEWMAN!!
Dire Wolf Ping!..........................
GGG worthy?
First Dire Wolves, then Sabertooth Cats, then...
Helen Thomas........................
I agree with your sentiment, what could possibly go wrong, something seems fundamentally wrong about bringing back to life extinct species, the went extinct for a reason.
“Life finds a way.”
...Adolf Hitler!
Three minute video showing their progress to 6 months old and introducing a female pup. Crazy growth speed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPX4tm-J2bU&list=PLoeSlt5hQrlA1NWE0oqHlGFczab-ctVAF&index=3
The fence is not going to be tall/strong enough for the planned de-extinction of the Woolly Mammoth.
Hey! We don’t need any more Social Democrats in this world...even Undead ones!
I know it is indeed appropriate, but I find it kind of humorous that in modern times we are having Dire Wolf Pings... lol :)
I don’t think we should be doing this stuff...
Since it is just a big wolf, I would breeding wolves for their size would result them returning.
Lol!
Here kitty kitty
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