Seems to me these would be replicant dire wolves.
Posted on 04/07/2025 7:00:20 PM PDT by Red Badger
Those things will end you.
You’re older than I thought! But maybe they will de-extinct American lions too!
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American Lions=mountain lions, puma, gully cat, cougar, etc. We have the big cats in Texas. They aren’t as big as the ones in the Rockies though.
Documented jaguars in Arizona as well.
That’s what my genome expert daughter said. They are hybrid.
My kid said that they are just hybrid with a tiny bit of Dire DNA. I don’t know, but she holds a Masters in genetics.
This. My science kid told me the same.
She is correct.
They are actually Gray Wolves with a few genetic traits replaced with the recovered Dire Wolf DNA, such as the white coat.
It remains to be seen if they will actually become the full size of an adult Dire Wolf which approached 200 pounds and near four feet at the shoulders.
But for now, they are an interesting curiosity experiment that possibly might be of some scientific interest...................
LOL! I looked up American Lion and found a species which has been extinct for over 10,000 years — I thought you were joking around!
Jaguars in the US! Who would have thought it!
They are just outside of Murchison near Athens. Sad part is Black Beauty Ranch is Humane Society (which in my opinion, is corrupt).
Seems to me these would be replicant dire wolves.
Hmm. I’ll have to throw that to the kid..she lurks here.
Seems plausible.
My lunatic fringe screams chimera.
Animals don’t have souls. They see in black and white. Everyday life for them is kill or be killed. That’s the way God made them.
I’ve been in the woods. I have seen it. They live in black and white. It may be ugly but it’s real.
Yes the Ice Age lion makes modern lions look like pussy cats!
I scanned but didnt see... how big do they get if close to the real deal?
Tooth fang and claw that’s all they know
A chimera is basically two fertilized eggs that fused together before mitosis started. Some of a chimera’s cells have the DNA of one of the eggs, the other cells have the DNA of the other egg.
They won’t be bigger than a shepherd. It’s a farce. They will probably have mutations that will stunt growth and development. They will probably be put down.
The real Dire Wolves were 150-200 pounds and three to four feet tall at the shoulder.................
I’m not sure I can agree with man playing God but the fact that they made a living thing from something thousands of years old is still a bit impressive...
Let just not try it with a T-Rex or Giganotosaurus!! lol...
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