The Dire Wolf Was Just Resurrected—10,000 Years After Extinction
7th April 2025
Colossal Biosciences, the biotech start-up that’s attempting to revive the woolly mammoth, has brought not just one, but three dire wolves back from extinction. The species, which garnered plenty of attention in Games of Thrones, has not been seen on Earth for over 10,000 years, Bloomberg reported.
The pups in question are Remus and Romulus, two 6-month-old brothers that weigh 80 pounds each and extend four feet long, as well as the younger Khaleesi, a two-month-old female named after Emilia Clarke’s Daenerys Targaryen in the Thrones franchise. For reference, the brothers are nearly 20 to 25 percent larger than their closest living relative, the gray wolf, would be at the same age—and the duo is expected to be 140 pounds each when they’re fully grown. Among other differences, Remus and Romulus also have wider heads, larger teeth and jaws, and more muscular legs than its kin, Time reported. The trio currently live in a fenced-in nature preserve (in an undisclosed U.S. location), surviving off a diet of beef, deer, and horse meat, along with a special kibble.
Sure, let’s bring back a Pale0lithic apex predator. What could possibly go wrong?
If they wanted to bring something back, why not the Irish elk? At least you could eat it.
April 7th, 2025 at 20:33
Anyone up for unintended consequences?
April 8th, 2025 at 06:51
This is indicative.
Same as with weather modification (that is definitely NOT taking place in the airspace above the US).
The gall, the hubris, to think one can control or manipulate something so big and so vast… The Bible has parables and stories that specifically warn us to not reach this level of arrogance lest we re-learn the lesson the hard way.
Honestly, like, why not bring back a species of deer, or fish, or…anything other than a predator species? We already have issues with modern wolves interacting with humans, I mean, D’UH!!!
Lets bring the Tyranosaurus Rex back to life! Wouldn’t that be a hoot!?
God will not sit idly by and be mocked. Just saying…