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Wooly mammoths to be reborn by 2027, says biotech firm (boingboing.net)

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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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[–] Lazerbeams2@ttrpg.network 7 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?

[–] rastilin@kbin.social 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.