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Scientists Are Reincarnating the Woolly Mammoth to Return in 4 Years

We Never Know

No Slack
Good ideal or not?

"Scientists Are Reincarnating the Woolly Mammoth to Return in 4 Years
  • Colossal recently added $60 million in funding to move toward a 2027 de-extinction of the woolly mammoth.
  • The Dallas-based company is now working to edit the genes for the reincarnation of the mammal.
  • Colossal planned to reintroduce the woolly mammoth into Russia, but that may shift.
The long-dead woolly mammoth will make its return from extinction by 2027, says Colossal, the biotech company actively working to reincarnate the ancient beast.

Last year, the Dallas-based firm scored an additional $60 million in funding to continue the, well, mammoth gene-editing work it started in 2021. If successful, not only will Colossal bring back an extinct species—one the company dubs a cold-resistant elephant—but it will also reintroduce the woolly mammoth to the same ecosystem in which it once lived in an effort to fight climate change, according to a recent Medium post.

Colossal calls the woolly mammoth’s vast migration patterns an active part of preserving the health of the Arctic, and so bringing the animal back to life can have a beneficial impact on the health of the world’s ecosystem. While Colossal originally hoped to reintroduce the woolly mammoth into Siberia, the company may explore other options based on the current political framework of the world."

Scientists Are Reincarnating the Woolly Mammoth to Return in 4 Years
 

Viker

Häxan
Although, we would have to figure out where to put it so that it doesn't disrupt any modern ecosystem, I think it's awesome.
 

Windwalker

Veteran Member
Premium Member
Two things come to mind. First, with the Wooly Mammoth back, super-rich big game hunters will now have to opportunity to kill one one of these beasts and mount its severed head on their wall to impress their friends with.

Secondly, as this may help the planet with global warming, they should next target bringing back the T-Rex and velociraptors to help manage human overpopulation by reintroducing us back into the food chain.

Science!
 

Audie

Veteran Member
Good ideal or not?

"Scientists Are Reincarnating the Woolly Mammoth to Return in 4 Years
  • Colossal recently added $60 million in funding to move toward a 2027 de-extinction of the woolly mammoth.
  • The Dallas-based company is now working to edit the genes for the reincarnation of the mammal.
  • Colossal planned to reintroduce the woolly mammoth into Russia, but that may shift.
The long-dead woolly mammoth will make its return from extinction by 2027, says Colossal, the biotech company actively working to reincarnate the ancient beast.

Last year, the Dallas-based firm scored an additional $60 million in funding to continue the, well, mammoth gene-editing work it started in 2021. If successful, not only will Colossal bring back an extinct species—one the company dubs a cold-resistant elephant—but it will also reintroduce the woolly mammoth to the same ecosystem in which it once lived in an effort to fight climate change, according to a recent Medium post.

Colossal calls the woolly mammoth’s vast migration patterns an active part of preserving the health of the Arctic, and so bringing the animal back to life can have a beneficial impact on the health of the world’s ecosystem. While Colossal originally hoped to reintroduce the woolly mammoth into Siberia, the company may explore other options based on the current political framework of the world."

Scientists Are Reincarnating the Woolly Mammoth to Return in 4 Years
One of the best projects researchers ever worked on.
 

Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
We need to focus on saving thousands of species facing extinction currently.

While I'm fascinated by the prospect of de-extinction, this is a major reason why I can't take such projects seriously. De-extinction is almost myopically short-sighted because the very conditions that are causing the sixth mass extinction right now render any de-extinction project moot. It's also ecologically tone-deaf considering the myriad of challenges posed by introducing species into non-native habitats above and beyond getting a stable breeding population of said introduced species.

Want an actually good de-extinction project? Ash trees. All across North America, they're going to go extinct here because of a non-native species introduction. Which should also give readers a pretty good sense of how disastrous new species introductions can go and why it's bloody ridiculous to be thinking about mammoths.
 

Soandso

Well-Known Member
Mammoths didn't even really go completely extinct that long ago, comparitively. If I remember right, dwarf mammoths went extinct some 3000-4000 years ago. They held out on an island, and they persisted as long as they did due to the isolation. That isolation also spelled their eventual doom, though
 
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