Posted on 03/01/2023 7:18:21 AM PST by SJackson
Colossal recently added $60 million in funding to move toward a 2027 de-extinction of the woolly mammoth. The Dallas-based company is now working to edit the genes for the reincarnation of the mammal. Colossal planned to reintroduce the woolly mammoth into Russia, but that may shift. The long-dead woolly mammoth will make its return from extinction by 2027, says Colossal, the biotech company actively working to reincarnate the ancient beast.
Last year, the Dallas-based firm scored an additional $60 million in funding to continue the, well, mammoth gene-editing work it started in 2021. If successful, not only will Colossal bring back an extinct species—one the company dubs a cold-resistant elephant—but it will also reintroduce the woolly mammoth to the same ecosystem in which it once lived in an effort to fight climate change, according to a recent Medium post.
Colossal calls the woolly mammoth’s vast migration patterns an active part of preserving the health of the Arctic, and so bringing the animal back to life can have a beneficial impact on the health of the world’s ecosystem. While Colossal originally hoped to reintroduce the woolly mammoth into Siberia, the company may explore other options based on the current political framework of the world.
The woolly mammoth’s DNA is a 99.6 percent match of the Asian elephant, which leads Colossal to believe it’s well on its way toward achieving its goal. “In the minds of many, this creature is gone forever,” the company says. “But not in the minds of our scientists, nor the labs of our company. We’re already in the process of the de-extinction of the Woolly Mammoth. Our teams have collected viable DNA samples and are editing the genes that will allow this wonderful megafauna to once again thunder through the Arctic.”
Through gene editing, Colossal scientists will eventually create an embryo of a woolly mammoth. They will place the embryo in an African elephant to take advantage of its size and allow it to give birth to the new woolly mammoth. The eventual goal is to then repopulate parts of the Arctic with the new woolly mammoth and strengthen local plant life with the migration patterns and dietary habits of the beast.
If Colossal proves successful on reincarnating the woolly mammoth—ditto the thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger—expect a variety of new ethical questions to arise on how to handle the creature and potential reintroduction issues.
While they’re at it, how about a smilodon and raptors?
Bah, I’ve seen articles like this from when I was a kid. Get back to me when you have one.
What could go wrong?
Scientists plot the resurrection of a bird that’s been extinct since the 17th century
Yes...and release them into cities all over America!
If cattle produce too much methane just what do these geenyuszes think a mammoth would do? Have they figured out where to put all that mammoth dung?
Matty told Hatty about a thing she saw
Had two big horns and a wooly jaw
Wooly bully, wooly bully (yeah, that’s right)
Wooly bully, wooly bully, wooly bully
With all the global warming won’t the Woolly thing be too warm ?
Fauci and company are already gearing up for gain of function research on mammoth specific virii.
I’d rather see them bring back the Passenger pigeon and the Dodo bird myself.
It will be a male or a female wooly.
Are they going to bring back all the diseases that humans are not able to handle too?
Won’t he cause damage the fragile environment?
Won’t he cause damage TO the fragile environment?
Let’s not be L-Seven!
This messing with Mother Nature will not end well.
we are here live at the release of the very first wooly mammoth, returning to the earth through the technological advancements of gene splicing and cloning... and there she goes, right into that tribe of Inuits... oh dear, they, no, are clubbing the mammoth, stop, the humanity... oh dear me.
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