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@praetor@mstdn.socialThey realize how massive these things get right? One of the largest Dire Wolf fossils they've found is at #yellowstone. I've seen it. And I've also seen my fair share of wolves and the Dire makes it look like a Chihuahua. #science #biology https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/dire-wolves-return-after-13000-years
Interesting EngineeringDire wolf 2.0: Colossal brings back ice age giant after 13,000 yearsTo de-extinct the dire wolf, Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences extracted and sequenced ancient DNA from two fossils.
@praetor
There's no reason for this right?
And what's the feeding plan?
@vonzo they fed on megafauna and the only current type of megfauna still around are bison. Do you know how much bison costs because it's nearly extinct?
@praetor
Exactly! Makes no sense
creating these and keeping them captive seems cruel
@vonzo well, keeping something we know ZERO about in captivity is very fucked up.