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The first Dire Wolf howl in 10,000 years (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=357730)

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Originally Posted by wazu (Post 18023510)

Historically our main predators seem to mostly be each other.

And stones from space.

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Originally Posted by listopencil (Post 18023507)

Life, uh, finds a way.

Now, eventually you do plan to have dire wolves on your, on your dire wolf tour, right? Hello?

https://clip.cafe/img800/eventually-...tour-right.jpg

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 18023364)

Speaking of mammoths, I read this article a while back and found it fascinating:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scien...oth-180983064/

It's really worth the read. As a teaser, it's an explanation of how archaeologists were able to track the exact migratory movements of a specific woolly mammoth in Alaska. It makes my all-time top-ten magazine articles list.

That is very interesting. For those not looking to read it, they cross referenced strontium levels of this particular mammoth’s tusks with the strontium levels in voles across Alaska (since they don’t travel far) to determine where the mammoth traveled throughout his lifetime. Pretty crazy.

Some other interesting tidbits:

-This mammoth’s molars were the size of a man’s shoe
-Each of his tusks weighed 50 pounds
-He rarely traveled less than 10 miles per day throughout his lifetime
-He traveled twice the circumference of the globe in his lifetime yet spent his whole life in what’s today the state of Alaska

Mammoths have an estimated lifespan of 60 years but this guy died of starvation at only 28. RIP, Kik.

They're cute little puppies but just like humans, they grow up. We have enough grief in CO with the tree huggers reintroducing regular wolves that I'm not sure we need a new (old) and improved wolves to help thin the rancher's herds.

Boring. Bring back dinosaurs or GTFO.

I for one welcome our new wolf overlords.

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Originally Posted by Fish (Post 18022933)

Yes, as with most scientific achievements, the media just has to sensationalize it to the point of borderline misinformation.

They used CRISPR to edit existing grey wolf DNA to mimic dire wolf DNA. Here's a quick explanation:

https://i.imgur.com/P5kspYl.png

If they were named anything other than "dire," nobody would give a ****.

It's just a gray wolf with a dire name.

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Originally Posted by kjwood75nro (Post 18024518)

If they were named anything other than "dire," nobody would give a ****.

It's just a gray wolf with a dire name.

Maybe. But gray wolves haven't been extinct for thousands of years. So, if scientists today announced "we can make gray wolves" you would be correct in assuming no one would really care. But what you have here is the perfect combination of extinct animal that has a cool name and was featured in a cool show. Kinda like a bear (minus the show part, I think). If it was announced that they can create a black bear, no one cares. But a cave bear? Now we're talking!

This sure seems like some pet cemetery stuff
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TBF, I also wouldn't care about bringing back a Strait unless it was the Dire kind.

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Originally Posted by kjwood75nro (Post 18024518)

If they were named anything other than "dire," nobody would give a ****.

It's just a gray wolf with a dire name.

It's more than just a name though they're a few months old and already full grey wolf size. So I'm kind of curious how big these suckers are gonna get.

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Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 18024543)

TBF, I also wouldn't care about bringing back a Strait unless it was the Dire kind.

What about George?

Interested to see what they do with them, where they told them, and to be honest, a final real live comparison in size between the two.

I saw a dire wolf drinking a Pina colota