Romulus and Remus were born on October 1, 2024. These two Wolves were returned from extinction using genetic edits derived from a complete dire wolf genome, reconstructed from ancient DNA found in fossils dating back 11,500 and 72,000 years. 🎦 Credit: Colossal Biosciences ~ colossal.com - ThreadSky

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protectallwildlife.bsky.social • 33 days ago

Romulus and Remus were born on October 1, 2024.

These two Wolves were returned from extinction using genetic edits derived from a complete dire wolf genome, reconstructed from ancient DNA found in fossils dating back 11,500 and 72,000 years.

🎦 Credit: Colossal Biosciences ~ https://colossal.com/

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cyborg2024.bsky.social•33 days ago

We have too many endangered species now to be toying with the idea of "genetic edits". 😡

cdlalonde.bsky.social•33 days ago

Not true! Please don't post misinformation.

lukeschlaeger.bsky.social•32 days ago

I love this but at the same time it makes my heart sink to think that these animals can never be introduced into the wild. There's maybe a handful of places in the world where these animals can roam free without throwing off the balance of nature. Unless Dire Wolves would associate with grey Wolves.

lukeschlaeger.bsky.social•32 days ago

They don't look like Grey Wolves.