I do want to say I am really upset about the way people are treating Collosal without doing any research.
Sure their goal right now is direwolves and wooly mammoths but did anyone actually look into their primary purpose for that stuff? They are seeing if it's possible with less genetic information and guesses because they plan to use the scientific technology to bring back animals on the verge of extinction or who have gone extinct within our lifespans.
These animals they are making are tests, and sure that sounds horrible, these are real life animals they are making that will exist, but those three direwolves appear to be the only ones they plan to make for a long while.
The wooly mouse was a test to see that hair gene survived and could be transferred to an already living animal because they are planning to use living existing animals for these embryos.
There are so many extinct animals that we don't have the genetic information for, they are testing to see how close they can get to those animals which existed long ago using our modern understanding of them.
Are jackals closer to direwolves genetically? Yes.
Are modern jackals way too small for birthing an animal that large to be safe? Also yes.
Colossal has been something I've been watching with rapt attention because their work could save thousands of animal species from extinction and sure they're making dinosaurs but you have to consider what their long term goal is, it's de-extintion not of the dinosaurs but of modern animals.
Another thing I noticed is people upset that they can't publish research papers but they don't seem to recognize that research papers tied to big projects like this are typically copyrighted and protected because of how recent the information and study is. It can take years for studies to be made public especially when it's something as big as this. These things take time, you can't rush science or nature.
Now I can explain the reason why they probably kept the direwolves under lock and key from public eye.
Something like that? Without proof they would get as big as they have, and without proof that they would survive as long as they have, would have been further criticized. On top of that as many have noticed it doesn't appear that the public is very patient for updates.
On every storytime post if the next part isn't posted immediately, even if the first part was only posted seconds ago, there's a lot of outrage and aggression towards the poster.
No one would have wanted to wait 6 months to see how large these wolves would get or watch their growth, that's why they keep these things secret. So that when they release it they can show that they were successful.
Now was focusing on essentially dinosaurs a big foolish? Yes, but it's the attention they need to get better funding. I see so many people talking about how they should be focusing on saving modern animals instead of ancient ones but they are, that is their primary focus they just need the technology to be perfect first.
Anyways this was a rant into the void and no one but my 2 friends will see it but it feels very important to me.
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