Scientists revive dire wolf species from ‘Game of Thrones’ in world’s first known ‘de-extinction’

New York Post ^ | 04/07/2025 | Zoe Hussain

[SunkenCiv]

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[Mastador1]

I’ll believe they are Greys when they start anal probing their prey.

[The Great RJ]

Are these true Dire Wolves or a lab created hodge pudge of some DNA from fossilized dire wolves and other wolf species used to fill in the gaps? I suspicion that these pups share only a fraction of their DNA from the extinct wolves.

[aimhigh]

I wish they would bring back the Dodo bird. We need another alternative to chicken meat.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

:blush:

I was probably a bit to hard on them.

But I have to wonder if they can actually bring back an extinct species why would they bring back one that went away so long ago and has no current ecological niche to fill.

If you want to bring back something recent bring back the Alderney cow, the Ivory Billed woodpecker or the Passenger pigeon. The pigeon might not be the best idea as they were a pest that ate grain crops but the other two would be nice to have back. And DNA is available. The Auroch would be another animal to bring back as they were around until the 1600s.

[Beowulf9]

Lol.

Yeah, good ideas :)