Neato. I guess. But...as stated in Jurassic Park, these animals are not extinct because of deforestation or some human cause...nature CHOSE them for extinction...I dunno. This does not seem like a good idea...

I'm always amazed by the advances of science... but de-extincting animals that were removed by nature seems like a REALLY bad idea... If this is a practice that continues, said creatures need to remain in captivity for research purposes only. Dire Wolves or Wooly Mammoths being introduced into an ecosystem can have SEVERE repercussions.

Ya this doesn't seem ethically or morally right to me.

These scientists need a thorough consultation with Jeff Goldblum

Not to be a wet blanket, but my understanding is this is a grey wolf with 14 specific genes tweaked to match dire wolf DNA. It's unclear how close these guys are to an actual dire wolf.

They went extinct for a reason.

Most extinctions are NOT removed by nature but by the advancement of humans along with that hunting, poaching and killing stuff.

They probably did become extinct due to human actions, though. The prey that they relied on started to go extinct and part of that is likely due to humans hunting the same things.

Yeah because humans likely hunted the dire wolves prey to extinction.

Agree 100%. As for keeping things captive, though, how often does that work as intended? I don't trust it. I especially don't trust reintroducing predators.

I'm beginning to believe the saying 'we are the aliens' becomes more true everyday.

Welcome to Jurassic Park

How long before the first Jurassic Park opens?

Also this seems like the first step in what will eventually be seeding another planet.

If we can have in vitro humans we can have dire wolves too