#mammoth mouse

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As I see it, there are a few unofficial laws of science journalism when it comes to covering new research. The first and most obvious is tha

So what have we learned? A charming rodent can be one of the most powerful tools in a technosavior's pocket. As Nature reported, Colossal is now valued at $10 billion. And what has Colossal produced so far? A hairy mouse that kind of already exists, and a slew of press releases on plans to de-extinct not just mammoths, but also animals like dodos and thylacines. The announcement of the woolly mouse will no doubt rake in even more capital, which was presumably the point and which will probably benefit its investors more than it will a putative, chimerical mammoth. When a company trying to sell itself calls something a "breakthrough," you don't have to believe them.

Gentle Tumblrfolk, I know we're all desperate for good news and that we all love cute, fluffy critters. But this "mammoth mouse" thing is absolute flim flam.

Please click and read the linked article. Sabrina Imbler (who is a great science journalist) does an excellent job explaining how science journalism works nowadays (unfortunately), and how almost no one paid attention to Nature's news story on it, which is what good journalism should be doing for a sensational claim like this.

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Hanbun Kōsaku: The physically disabled and the smallest yokaisona that ever attended the academy. He is Okarun and Momo’s yokaisona, specifically trained for fixing their friendly bond. One of the immigrants who came from Dimension City to Japan to hide away from feline danger.

His mother was from a genetic engineering lab to revive extinct animals and his father was one of the descendants of a certain legendary mouse with large ears, making them a large target to cats due to their ancestry.

He has tiny tusks beneath his whiskers and no legs because he lost them from the last cat attack, causing him the only survivor of his litter before his parents decided to move. He was sheltered by his parents because they feared that cats from Japan might catch their son.

Fortunately, Hanbun learned to defend himself by turning into a convincing golden ball to fool the cats, when he does get cornered or get bullied by other mice, he might’ve transformed himself into a woolly mammoth to scare away the bullies. He is so fascinated with the supernatural and the supposed-extinct creatures of the world, he somehow can turn the pages without relying on his actual arms, making him notice his telekinesis.

That is where he bumped into his guardians, he was scared of them for driving away from his home, but it gets even worse stranger that he has to unroll himself to from his ball form to reveal himself before being thrown into a strange baseball game

After that awkward moment, Hanbun explained to the humans and the possessed yokai cat that he is a yokai from afar whose life is threatened by tons of cats and the powerful group of humans were willing to protect his family from the neighborhood cats and have them settled at their home.

He is fonded with Gloien, Solaria, Stitch, and SAM because they’re aliens, but he also has cat friends who are very nice to him. He has no problems dealing with Logonyan and his bullying, because if he does that, he instantly gets slammed by an invisible hand or his trunk. Even if he defends himself, he gets put in a cage away from the other troublemakers.

He is also the second smartest student in Deku’s class and part of the group of ghouls who are on his side.

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The reason why I'm alive:

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