Anyone want a pet dire wolf? (1 Viewer)

[Frostillicus]

https://time.com/7274542/colossal-dire-wolf/

Cliff Notes: Some fancy sciency company Jurassic Parked the Dire Wolf back into existence. They plan to do more like the Wooly Mammoth and Dodo.

 

[guru_007]

Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please, don't murder me

 

[rockaction]

Just because you can . . .

 

[Hastur]

There are many movies that point out in painful detail why this is a bad idea.

 

[Don Quixote]

I’d like to veto passenger pigeons. There are still enough pigeons to poop on my car as it is.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

must be huge GOT fans

 

[rockaction]

There are many movies that point out in painful detail why this is a bad idea.

You'd figure that people who are smart enough to use DNA to reverse engineer an animal would be smart enough to know why you shouldn't do that.

But we have a front-row seat to the end times here in Thoughtlessland™, a place where you can get limitless popcorn for free ninety-nine, so everybody relax and get comfortable before the animals bite our faces off.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I’d like to veto passenger pigeons. There are still enough pigeons to poop on my car as it is.

And just think of what will happen once regular pigeons also have passengers.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

must be huge GOT fans

You know nothing Jon Snow

 

[Manster]

Bringing back an extinct alpha predator......seems like a great idea

 

[Drunken knight]

We have a little bit until winter

 

[Zow]

Just because you can . . .

Laughing because I just gave a presentation where my theme was "there is a large difference between what you can do... and what you should do."

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Just because you can . . .

Laughing because I just gave a presentation where my theme was "there is a large difference between what you can do... and what you should do."

Been watching A Man For All Seasons?

 

[Ilov80s]

Just because you can . . .

I think everyone in the world saw Jurassic Park and yet almost nobody learned a thing from it.

 

[Mookie]

I found the company's name, Colossal, especially disturbing.

 

[rockaction]

Just because you can . . .

I think everyone in the world saw Jurassic Park and yet almost nobody learned a thing from it.

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry with the emoji. I mean, it was a huge blockbuster and I thought it taught a pretty clear lesson and sent a pretty effective message. Welp. Guess I was wrong.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Ilov80s]

Just because you can . . .

I think everyone in the world saw Jurassic Park and yet almost nobody learned a thing from it.

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry with the emoji. I mean, it was a huge blockbuster and I thought it taught a pretty clear lesson and sent a pretty effective message. Welp. Guess I was wrong.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

People are so ____________ that most probably walked away from the movie thinking, "oh heck yeah we need to actually make dinosaurs that was awesome". It's actually impressive how consistently people engage with art and walk away with the polar opposite message that was intended.

 

[MTskibum]

All they did was take a grey wolf and splice in a few gene edits that have been recovered from dire wolves. Specifically they edited the color and the genes that control for size.

This hybrid does not have same genome as dire wolf.


This thing is still a grey wolf, similar to how their wooly mouse with a couple wooly mammoth gene edits was just a mouse and not a wooly mammoth.

This technology is how we make GMO, except we typically grab from non-extinct species.

No science fiction risk.

 

[fruity pebbles]

Wake me up when we have a TRex.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

https://x.com/reflog_18/status/1909326436747424092?s=46&t=GyZ_5RtGJgIaHCHb5LsW_Q

 

[rockaction]

https://x.com/reflog_18/status/1909326436747424092?s=46&t=GyZ_5RtGJgIaHCHb5LsW_Q

:slow clap:

 

[Major]

All in. My first "dog" was a Wolf hybrid. Amazing animal. Always thought it be cool to have big dogs since we already have big cats.

 

[Skipdog77]

Hey we're bringing back measles, might as well bring back dire wolves too.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Huge elephant sized pigs

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

must be huge GOT fans

You know nothing Jon Snow

I might know nothing but at least I got to boink Emila Clarke

 

[GroveDiesel]

Just because you can . . .

Laughing because I just gave a presentation where my theme was "there is a large difference between what you can do... and what you should do."

One of my favorite sayings is: just because you have the right to do something doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do.

 

[dickey moe]

The founder/CEO was on JRE today. Fascinatingly scary stuff.

 

[rockaction]

Just because you can . . .

Laughing because I just gave a presentation where my theme was "there is a large difference between what you can do... and what you should do."

I'm just disappointed that we couldn't work a voir dire pun in there somehow.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Just because you can . . .

Laughing because I just gave a presentation where my theme was "there is a large difference between what you can do... and what you should do."

I'm just disappointed that we couldn't work a voir dire pun in there somehow.

Sorry but I can post this.

 

[The Longtime Lurker]

All in. My first "dog" was a Wolf hybrid. Amazing animal. Always thought it be cool to have big dogs since we already have big cats.

How many reps could you bench that dog? I'll need that info to know how big we're talking.

 

[beer 30]

The founder/CEO was on JRE today. Fascinatingly scary stuff.

Just saw that, was going to post the link https://open.spotify.com/episode/6G5zbbunaM9BDYs8y2rM9E?si=uVYFbUqyQBuCxiyvVBpoYA

 

[TripItUp]

I, for one, welcome our new wolf overlords.

 

[TripItUp]

I think we are all just waiting to see what these dude look like full grown.

 

[Buckna]

Why yes, yes I do want one!

 

[squistion]

Wake me up when we have a TRex.

Baby Strange

T. Rex · The Slider · Song · 1972

open.spotify.com

 

[rockaction]

Just because you can . . .

Laughing because I just gave a presentation where my theme was "there is a large difference between what you can do... and what you should do."

I'm just disappointed that we couldn't work a voir dire pun in there somehow.

Sorry but I can post this.

Damn, that ended too soon. I was looking forward to the Pesci/Tomei questioning/testimony part.

 

[MTskibum]

Dire wolves werent even wolves and from their own press release all they did was add in 15 genes from a dire wolf to a grey wolf. Which is a major accomplishment, however it is still a wolf. There are 2000+ spots to edit on the genome and editing a few does not change the species.

Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal

The extinct giant canids were a remarkable example of convergent evolution

www.scientificamerican.com

From their own press release:

Colossal has made 20 unique precision germline edits including 15 edits from the ancient gene variants

Press Release Service: Colossal Announces World’s First De-Extinction: Birth of Dire Wolves - CRISPR Medicine

crisprmedicinenews.com

 

[Kanil]

I could take one of these one-on-one, for sure.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I could take one of these one-on-one, for sure.

Reminds me of one of my daughter's favorite books: Don't Let The Pigeon Fight the Dire Wolf

"I'm a curious bird. Blah, blah, blah"

 

[fatness]

Young dire wolves howling:

https://x.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1909331815317602811

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Just because you can . . .

Laughing because I just gave a presentation where my theme was "there is a large difference between what you can do... and what you should do."

I'm just disappointed that we couldn't work a voir dire pun in there somehow.

Sorry but I can post this.

Damn, that ended too soon. I was looking forward to the Pesci/Tomei questioning/testimony part.

I've probably watched the movie at least 5 times

 

[Zow]

Just because you can . . .

Laughing because I just gave a presentation where my theme was "there is a large difference between what you can do... and what you should do."

I'm just disappointed that we couldn't work a voir dire pun in there somehow.

Sorry but I can post this.

Damn, that ended too soon. I was looking forward to the Pesci/Tomei questioning/testimony part.

I love the, "that explains the hostility" joke from the judge.

 

[MTskibum]

Pretty much what I have already posted a few times, but from a science site:

The de-extinct dire wolves are neither de-extinct, nor dire wolves. Discuss.

Scientists recently revealed that they have "brought back" extinct dire wolves thanks to genetic engineering — but experts say the newly created animals are only like dire wolves in appearance.

www.livescience.com

 

[zoobird]

Pretty much what I have already posted a few times, but from a science site:

The de-extinct dire wolves are neither de-extinct, nor dire wolves. Discuss.

Scientists recently revealed that they have "brought back" extinct dire wolves thanks to genetic engineering — but experts say the newly created animals are only like dire wolves in appearance.

www.livescience.com

I suspect when they get good enough at this, the 'de-extincted' species will be so close to the original that it's an irrelevant question that is only of philosophical interest.

 

[MTskibum]

Pretty much what I have already posted a few times, but from a science site:

The de-extinct dire wolves are neither de-extinct, nor dire wolves. Discuss.

Scientists recently revealed that they have "brought back" extinct dire wolves thanks to genetic engineering — but experts say the newly created animals are only like dire wolves in appearance.

www.livescience.com

I suspect when they get good enough at this, the 'de-extincted' species will be so close to the original that it's an irrelevant question that is only of philosophical interest.

Yes, but with caveats.

You have to keep the genome close enough that it can be carried to term in a surrogate. It might not be possible to create the species as it existed just because no animals are close enough to it today.

And I believe that this was the most segments that were edited in a genome and survived and they are only 1% of the way there.

 

[TripItUp]

this technology is in its infancy. 50 years from now could be a very different world. I hope govts can manage this. I'm mostly concerned with the bioengineering of human, particularly in counties with moral standards that are not equivalent to ours.

 

[rockaction]

I’m predicting large-scale, catastrophic war that is apocalyptic before we get proficient in bringing back the dodo.

 

[ChiefD]

Someone needs funding……

 

[bagger]

Huge elephant sized pigs

Oh crap I forgot about that episode.

 

[bagger]

Have a new first round pick in the deadly animal draft.