Well, the global population of Dire Wolves is 3 more than it has been in 10,000 years...

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Pretty cool the way they seem to be developing a kind of mane around the neck as they get older. I think the Colossal guy said they had no idea that would express.
 

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Do people not watch Jurassic Park? Leave extinct stuff alone
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If you're interested, here is a video from Colossal Bio on how they did it. They have put out quite a few other videos and you can follow the growth of the pups

These guys are almost certainly going to eventually bring back the Woolly Mammoth and the Tasmanian Tiger and lots of other things, so probably worth understanding what they're doing and why...

 
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They actually did not resurrect an extinct species. They edited the DNA from a gray wolf to reproduce a few genes from the remains of a dire wolf to produce a phenotype similar to the dire wolf.

There was not iota of DNA of an actual dire wolf used to produce these animals. Still pretty cool though.
 

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They actually did not resurrect an extinct species. They edited the DNA from a gray wolf to reproduce a few genes from the remains of a dire wolf to produce a phenotype similar to the dire wolf.

There was not iota of DNA of an actual dire wolf used to produce these animals. Still pretty cool though.

This will be a theme of all the news on this because everybody wants to argue all the 17'n time.

That's why I posted the links to the video. I encourage all to watch it and come to your own conclusion on what they did.

My conclusions thus far is it's a groundbreaking thing, it's as close to the original as anything since the original and it's cool as ****.
 

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How big will it get? Do we really want that thing back on earth? *******
 

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They actually did not resurrect an extinct species. They edited the DNA from a gray wolf to reproduce a few genes from the remains of a dire wolf to produce a phenotype similar to the dire wolf.

There was not iota of DNA of an actual dire wolf used to produce these animals. Still pretty cool though.

That's close enough for me ..did they say how long it might be before this happens in a human fetus?
 

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I want to look up in the sky and see a pterasaur one day. I've seen a couple of bald eagles before, and they looked like B-52s. I can't imagine what a pteranodon with a 25-foot wingspan would look like.
 
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How big will it get? Do we really want that thing back on earth? *******

Apparently about 150 lbs. The expected bite force at the canine tooth would be the most powerful of any cannid species, but not by a lot. It's not a monster, but an impressive predator.
 

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I want to look up in the sky and see a pterasaur one day. I've seen a couple of bald eagles before, and they looked like B-52s. I can't imagine what a pteranodon with a 25-foot wingspan would look like.

I don't think they're bringing back any dinosaurs. It's going to be things they can get viable DNA from. Mostly things that went out within the last 50 to 100k years in places with conditions that could preserve DNA. Think cold.
 

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That's close enough for me ..did they say how long it might be before this happens in a human fetus?
They have the technology to clone people and may have already done it in other countries. The technology also easily exists to edit human DNA and insert it into an egg without a nucleus to create a designer baby/super soldier. There's also the rich and famous that harvest their eggs and sperm to create designer babies (seems Paris Hilton was going to do this at one point) just like they did on the movie Gattaca with Ethan Hawke and Uma Therman. Good movie.
 

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I don't think they're bringing back any dinosaurs. It's going to be things they can get viable DNA from. Mostly things that went out within the last 50 to 100k years in places with conditions that could preserve DNA. Think cold.

I don't really want to see a pteranodon with a 25-foot wingspan in the sky. Well, it would be really cool for a few seconds before the sheer terror kicked in.
 

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If we’re not concerned about animals going extinct, can I start shooting grizzlies in Wyoming now?
Somebody needs to shoot some of them. The dang things are literally everywhere. The Feds that estimate the population numbers won’t get in the back country and go take a look. I know outfitters that have offered to take them and they won’t go.
 

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They actually did not resurrect an extinct species. They edited the DNA from a gray wolf to reproduce a few genes from the remains of a dire wolf to produce a phenotype similar to the dire wolf.

There was not iota of DNA of an actual dire wolf used to produce these animals. Still pretty cool though.
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