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.
Let’s not be L-Seven!
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Oh no, never!
LOL!!! :)
“Bigger. Why does it always have to be bigger.”
If you’re going to manipulate their genomes anyway, why not make them a foot tall to be household pets?
I’d much rather they figure out how to breed some common sense back into people.
Now just imagine what some cultures would pay for those tusks. Hehe
Do the passenger pigeon next.
I want a T Rex. I’ll send him to DC.
Great. Now giant cow farts will cause global warming faster.
But you won't fool The Children of the Revolution!
Is this a good idea? If cow flatulence is causing climate change, imagine the damage a couple mastodons will do. I also think manatees need to be eradicated too for the good of mother earth.
Anyone who thinks this is real needs to lookup the word “epigenetics”.
If a pregnant mother is too stressed, watches the wrong shows on TV, is active vs. inactive, drinks alcohol, etc... it has profound effects on the fetus growing inside her.
Do you think that maybe BEING A DIFFERENT SPECIES would have any effects???
If a genetically engineered animal is born alive in this experiment, it will be nothing like the woolly mammoths that roamed the land tens of thousands of years ago.
Besides a dairy cow, I've been begging Beau to let me raise these for ages. Still a no-go. :(
Well cattle prices should drop two barbies needed now.
I suppose hunting them will be restricted to men wearing animal skins and using spears.
Those are so adorable!
https://agronomag.com/miniature-cows/
I want one! But I want a cute mini wooly mammoth even more. I could ride him to the grocery store and hang the bags on his curly tusks for the ride home.
***Bah, I’ve seen articles like this from when I was a kid.***
Same here. They need to “Put up or shut up.”
He’ll be on a mission to eat them.
At least we’ll have something to poke with our flint tipped spears when we’re back to wearing skins and living in caves after civilization has finished collapsing.
Makes me want to throw up. Even Popular Mechanics has gone woke!
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