Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species
  • mossberg590@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    6 个月前

    Their “ecological niche” was eating us. We wiped them out or made them into pets. No need to bring them back!

    • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      6 个月前

      Really? A species that was hunted to extinction after humans entered North America, and you think their ecological niche was eating humans?

      • iopq@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 个月前

        They weren’t hunted into extinction, their megafauna prey was. Humans outcompeted them