“....announced plans to de-extinct two essential species: the Woolly Mammoth and the Tasmanian tiger”.
Apparently NOT “essential” as we are doing just fine without them.
The investors are dumber than a Dodo!
Who is going to pay to feed the Elephant/Mammoth hybrids in Alaska if they succeed in bring one or more to term?
I would also expect them to be infertile so not able to reproduce.
To get nearer to an actual Mammoth they would need to add more Mammoth genes over several generations.
So its really just a nice elaborate scam and I am sure it pays well.
I want my pet velociraptor. I want it bad.