After 6 Months, Colossal’s “Dire Wolves” Are Twice as Large

Daily Galaxy ^ | July 01, 2025 | Melissa Ait Lounis

[Red Badger]

PinGGG!.....................

[Carry_Okie]

To introduce an animal like this in the wild will have catastrophic consequences; i.e., mass extinctions.

[Honorary Serb]

These wolves are monsters!

[trad_anglican]

When I awoke, the dire wolf
600 pounds of sin
Was grinning at my window
All I said was, “Come on in”

[CodeToad]

“To introduce an animal like this in the wild will have catastrophic consequences; i.e., mass extinctions.”

So, when they existed there were mass extinctions??

[fidelis]

To introduce an animal like this in the wild will have catastrophic consequences; i.e., mass extinctions.

Exactly. The only alternative is to keep these fabricated animals as captives the rest of their lives or euthanize them when they are no longer useful for research. To produce them and let them reproduce would benefit no one and harm many.

[larrytown]

Can’t wait for the old blue-haired misanthropic hippie chick to try and sneak in to ‘coexist’ with these ‘noble kings of the forest’.

And of course some trailer-trash that wants to have them as pets.

[ken in texas]

Hopefully we won't see a real-life version of the movie "Rampage" in our future.

[pissant]

Plea-ea-ease don’t murder me

[pierrem15]

They're not really Dire Wolves. While sharing about 98.8% of the genome with timber wolves, dire wolves have significant differences in the placement of the genes. They separated about 6 million years ago from other canids.

Those differences are comparable to those between a chimpanzee and a human. It's like creating a chimp and calling it a Neanderthal.

[Ezekiel]

At just six months old, Romulus and Remus, the older siblings of the trio, now weigh over 40 kilograms (around 90 pounds), nearly 20% heavier than a typical gray wolf.

There's the potential for a movie at least:

The Revenge of Remus.

[fidelis]

Part of a display of 400 Dire Wolf skulls of about 3600 recovered from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, CA.

[Justa]

Extinction of the company is first. The legal liability is infinite for damages caused to livestock, property and people.

[PGR88]

And of course some trailer-trash that wants to have them as pets.

That's what I thought too. A friend volunteers at an SPCA in the 'hood. 90% of the dogs they get are pit bulls. Seemingly the more wild and ferocious, the more popular they are - until they get loose or the owners get tired of having them. Their shelter is just another kind of welfare program for irresponsible people in the ghetto

wait until they get their hands on dire wolves.

[Aeneas2112]

I want one.

Maybe we need a few thousand along the borders.

[mairdie]

If you like Irish Wolfhounds and Great Danes, these would be great pets if you added a little modified Golden Retriever to the mix while creating the pup.

[Carry_Okie]

So, when they existed there were mass extinctions??

That has nothing to do with it. There have been so many invasive exotics introduced and post disturbance native plant habitat has been subjected to uninterrupted succession for so long that much of native plant dormant seed is slowly being exhausted while insect biodiversity that depends upon those plants is in bigger trouble yet. I have shown that the solution set, just to keep those plants alive and reproducing, is very careful management by PEOPLE (what I've done here). When we started our project, over 80% of native biodiversity was no longer reproducing.

Apex predators run amok make that kind of work impossible. I'm already taking my life in my hands regularly, just weeding such difficult terrain.

[NorthMountain]

“Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that’s how it always starts. Then later there’s running and screaming.”
-”Dr Ian Malcolm” (Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park: The Lost World)

[CodeToad]

“That has nothing to do with it.”

You are overreacting and oversimplifying.