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Scientists who have questioned the validity of efforts to “de-extinct” animals like the woolly mammoth and the dire wolf have complained of an apparent smear campaign to discredit them. (www.newscientist.com)
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[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

The same people have also been doing that with the red wolf iirc. But de-extincting animals brings in the investors or something.