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Scientists Are Reincarnating the Woolly Mammoth to Return in 4 Years-Hello, old friend.
Popular Mechanics ^ | JAN 30, 2023 | TIM NEWCOMB

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.


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; mammoth; mammoths; manbearpig; woolvid27
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1 posted on 03/01/2023 7:18:21 AM PST by SJackson
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To: SJackson

While they’re at it, how about a smilodon and raptors?


2 posted on 03/01/2023 7:19:13 AM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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To: SJackson

Bah, I’ve seen articles like this from when I was a kid. Get back to me when you have one.


3 posted on 03/01/2023 7:20:10 AM PST by ferret_airlift
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me to be on or off . And ping me is you see articles of interest.

What could go wrong?

Scientists plot the resurrection of a bird that’s been extinct since the 17th century

4 posted on 03/01/2023 7:21:25 AM PST by SJackson (nations that are barren of liberties are also barren of groceries, Louis Fisher)
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To: No name given

Yes...and release them into cities all over America!


5 posted on 03/01/2023 7:21:49 AM PST by woweeitsme
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To: SJackson

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?


6 posted on 03/01/2023 7:22:44 AM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: SJackson
Didn't we already see this movie?
7 posted on 03/01/2023 7:22:55 AM PST by Michael.SF. ( The problem today: people are more concerned about feelings than responsibility)
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To: SJackson

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


8 posted on 03/01/2023 7:23:55 AM PST by Starboard
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To: SJackson

With all the global warming won’t the Woolly thing be too warm ?


9 posted on 03/01/2023 7:24:02 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: SJackson

Fauci and company are already gearing up for gain of function research on mammoth specific virii.


10 posted on 03/01/2023 7:24:33 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: SJackson

I’d rather see them bring back the Passenger pigeon and the Dodo bird myself.


12 posted on 03/01/2023 7:25:47 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: SJackson
I got your woolly mammoth right here.


13 posted on 03/01/2023 7:26:31 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: SJackson

It will be a male or a female wooly.


14 posted on 03/01/2023 7:29:14 AM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: SJackson

Are they going to bring back all the diseases that humans are not able to handle too?


15 posted on 03/01/2023 7:29:58 AM PST by bravo whiskey (Annie Savoy : The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness. )
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To: butlerweave

Won’t he cause damage the fragile environment?


16 posted on 03/01/2023 7:30:53 AM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: butlerweave

Won’t he cause damage TO the fragile environment?


17 posted on 03/01/2023 7:31:14 AM PST by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Starboard

Let’s not be L-Seven!


18 posted on 03/01/2023 7:32:16 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SJackson

This messing with Mother Nature will not end well.


19 posted on 03/01/2023 7:34:13 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: SJackson

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.


20 posted on 03/01/2023 7:34:54 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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