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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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[-] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The first species we Jurassic Parked are dire wolves?!

I swear humans are trying to speedrun their own demise.

[-] philycheeze@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 months ago

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

[-] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 9 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

We are dire hominids, after all

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

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

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

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

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

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.