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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

So what's the genetic difference? If the copy was good enough, surely they would be dire wolves? Also, what is the motivation to bring back dire wolves?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

Bringing back species that disappeared because of humans and restoring ecosystems are possible ones. Jurassic Park is another.

[–] ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

that disappeared because of humans and restoring ecosystems are possible ones

Yeah, 10,000 years ago. Is it really restoring when the ecosystem has been functioning for such a long period without it? Wouldn't it sooner disrupt it?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There are a lot of species that we made disappear in the last 150 years that could be beneficial to restoring current ecosystems.

[–] ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Totally, but the dire wolf is not one of them

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

They do plan on using the tech for those applications though.

The "dire wolf" is just a media strategy to show off their technologies.

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