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The Dire Wolf, an Extinct Prehistoric American Canine, Has Been Resurrected (thedebrief.org)

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While not the gigantic uber-canines of fantasy lore, these pups will become roughly-gray-wolf-sized dire wolves, and represent the first de-extincted animal species, raising a number of ethical questions about returning animals to ecosystems that may not be stable for long.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

The first species we Jurassic Parked are dire wolves?!

I swear humans are trying to speedrun their own demise.

[–] philycheeze 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

There’s at least historical evidence of humans being able to re-extinct them if need be…

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah if there’s one things Humans excel at it’s killing things.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

We are dire hominids, after all

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I have it on good authority that life… uh… finds a way

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, it's cool. If they become a problem we just de-extinct dire gorillas to fight them. What could go wrong?

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

Well they’ll probably team up and then we’ll have to build mecha-gorillas and mecha-dire-wolves to fight them. And we haven’t even talked about who’s going to direct.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Crazy thought, but hear me out: we put Spielberg and Bay in the mechs and let them fight over it. We'll have so much good footage for the edit!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, maybe try the Dodo first or something else less dangerous than a giant wolf, right?