Figures. If these shysters at Colossal had any integrity, they wouldn't be calling their modified gray wolves "dire wolves" in the first place. Everything Colossal says about their dire wolf project is misleading or just plain bullshit. They're not "de-extincting" anything. They're making a larger breed of gray wolf. But that doesn't sound sexy enough to set them up for a cash-grab IPO.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 8 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

And I still don't understand their plan here

They now have jumbo sized wolves. They can never release the wolves or euphanize them, they'd face infinite public backlash

Giant wolves are not an asset, they're an expense

So... The only thing that makes sense is they want to get in on the zoo game. But, I can't see zoos buying up GMO look alikes, so are they trying to make bargain bin Jurassic Park? Did they not watch it?

[–] rozodru@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

it's like they read Crichton and thought "ooooh these are all fantastic ideas....lets ignore the Compys eating the little girl alive and do the rest."

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