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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…

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have we learned nothing from Jurassic Park? Why not get started on the T virus next so we can have giant mutant zombies too?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean if nothing else it seems better to start with a hairy elephant than fuckin' dinosaurs..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Spared no expense. Except for IT.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is it weird I want to eat one?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Mammoth is up there with triceratops on my "I wanna eat that" list. It's not weird.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Finally we’ll get to find out if they really sound like Ray Romano!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They want to recreate an ice-age mammal during record global warming. That’s smart.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There's no possible way this could ever go wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is of course after numerous attempts to use both pig and elephant DNA simultaneously and well, we all know the deal with that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I heard there is a song.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My take: They only want to make them so they can sell mammoth steaks and burgers

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When will we be able to ride them?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not soon enough