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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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To: SJackson

New industry: Wooly Mammoth textiles...


41 posted on 03/01/2023 9:37:32 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi.. Hello 2023, can we get over 2020 yet? )
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To: SJackson
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.

Sounds like this is the new novel approach to stopping all oil and gas extraction in the Artic.

42 posted on 03/01/2023 9:49:42 AM PST by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

LOL!!!

Those are on my list if I ever decide to get cattle. So adorable!


43 posted on 03/01/2023 10:53:24 AM PST by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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To: SJackson

The first newly reincarnated woolly mammoth drowned trying to walk across the now submerged Bering Land Bridge.


44 posted on 03/01/2023 10:53:37 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: PIF

NOT a pretty “Smile”.


45 posted on 03/01/2023 10:55:22 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: faucetman

NOT a pretty “Smile”.


You tell him that ...


46 posted on 03/01/2023 11:00:30 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Abathar

I’ve seen pictures of some really cute pterodactyls.


47 posted on 03/01/2023 11:09:20 AM PST by DejaJude (I'll be back, again.)
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To: teeman8r

Will they make it illegal to poach for those massive tusks?


48 posted on 03/01/2023 11:11:11 AM PST by DejaJude (I'll be back, again.)
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To: SJackson
Scientists plot the resurrection of a bird that’s been extinct since the 17th century

Neat short story about the dodo surviving until about WW1.


49 posted on 03/01/2023 11:11:18 AM PST by Pilsner
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To: Ellendra

I’ll be posting some updated pictures of ‘Chuck’ in the near future. I’ll ping ya. He’s turning into a BEAST. All that warm beer and massages are working great. Cannot WAIT to get him onto pasture. Soon! ;)

Yesterday Miles got 3 big square bales of hay for Chuck and Ithaca. He told me, “Guess what? ‘Spring’ arrives when those three bales are gone!”

I’ll be so glad when Chuck can get out into the fresh air and sunshine. I hate this part of the process when he’s stuck in the barn until he gets big enough to defend himself against our butt-headed Mule.


50 posted on 03/01/2023 11:20:44 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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they should go for the T-Rex and get it over with...


51 posted on 03/01/2023 11:41:39 AM PST by RebelTXRose (Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us! PRAY THE ROSARY!)
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To: SJackson

I’m starting an Indiegogo to bring back Helen Thomas.


52 posted on 03/01/2023 11:44:54 AM PST by Rastus
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To: SJackson
What could go wrong?

It's ok. We have plenty of Neanderthals to hunt them.

53 posted on 03/01/2023 2:44:17 PM PST by AndyJackson (.)
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To: SJackson

I’m placing my order today.


54 posted on 03/01/2023 2:49:49 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: SJackson
I'd like to place an order for a Giant Terror Bird.

I've wanted one of these things for ages.


55 posted on 03/01/2023 2:56:38 PM PST by SIDENET (Whatever they're threatening, the vaxx is worse. Don't give in to coercion. )
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To: Abathar

The dodo isn’t extinct, they moved to DC and they identify as Politicians. 🤓


56 posted on 03/01/2023 4:11:51 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi.. Hello 2023, can we get over 2020 yet? )
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To: ferret_airlift

I’ve already got one.

Its very nice.


57 posted on 03/01/2023 5:41:45 PM PST by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: Leep

I hope one of ALL the genders!!


58 posted on 03/01/2023 5:43:08 PM PST by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: teeman8r

LOL!

Or it runs right off the side of the glacier.

I mean, who is gonna train it to be a nice mammoth, and not one of those sociopathic mammoths?


59 posted on 03/01/2023 5:46:04 PM PST by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

They are very cute. Perhaps they will grow tusks when they are older?


60 posted on 03/02/2023 5:54:41 AM PST by Interesting Times (This space for rent.)
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