Biotech company Colossal aims to “reincarnate” the extinct wooly mammoth in 2027 by introducing genetic information from mammoth remains to the biological makeup of its closest living r…
- Lazerbeams2 ( @Lazerbeams2@ttrpg.network ) English8•1 year ago
Have we learned nothing from Jurassic Park? Why not get started on the T virus next so we can have giant mutant zombies too?
- rastilin ( @rastilin@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
I don’t care any more. It’s not like the world could be more fucked. Wooly mammoths, I’m here for it.
Seriously though, between climate change’s heating, the tornadoes and the wildfires a lot of species are toast. And if we want to bring carbon back under control at this point (with the sea now releasing it instead of containing it), we’ll need some kind of genetically engineered plants. So, given all these things, there’s no reason to say no to mammoths, bring it.
- LiiTheBaddie ( @LiiTheBaddie@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
At least they aren’t using frog DNA to bridge the gaps in the wooly mammoth DNA. but using Asian elephant DNA.
- GeekFTW ( @GeekFTW@kbin.social ) 5•1 year ago
I mean if nothing else it seems better to start with a hairy elephant than fuckin’ dinosaurs…
- sharpiemarker ( @Sharpiemarker@feddit.de ) 3•1 year ago
Spared no expense. Except for IT.
- Tigbitties ( @Tigbitties@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
Is it weird I want to eat one?
- eltimablo ( @eltimablo@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Mammoth is up there with triceratops on my “I wanna eat that” list. It’s not weird.
- CarlsIII ( @CarlsIII@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Finally we’ll get to find out if they really sound like Ray Romano!
- GuyDudeman ( @GuyDudeman@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
There’s no possible way this could ever go wrong.
- argv_minus_one ( @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
What in the world for?
- zacharoid ( @zacharoid@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
My take: They only want to make them so they can sell mammoth steaks and burgers
- nicetriangle ( @nicetriangle@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
This is of course after numerous attempts to use both pig and elephant DNA simultaneously and well, we all know the deal with that.
- mxcory ( @mxcory@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English1•1 year ago
I heard there is a song.
- JelloBrains ( @JelloBrains@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
It’s all fun and games until they come back meaner and more bloodthirsty than history could even imagine.
Well, it was supposed to be humor… I guess next time I won’t forget the /s.
- rafoix ( @rafoix@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
They want to recreate an ice-age mammal during record global warming. That’s smart.
- Snorf ( @Snorf@reddthat.com ) 0•1 year ago
When will we be able to ride them?
- eltimablo ( @eltimablo@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Not soon enough