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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 hours ago

A note that they did not resurrect the dire wolf.

Their marketing department says they did.

What they did was create a new subspecies of grey wolf that outwardly resembles a Dire wolf.

The two species diverged between 2.5 and 6 million years ago.

Six million years ago we were orangutan like apes living in trees and Chimps/Bonobos were too. 2.5 million our ancestors were Homo Habilis.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve seen Jurassic park what’s the worst thing that could happen?

Canus indominotus?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Some fat tech bro could wind up killing everyone by turning off the security system 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Nuh uh uh you didn’t enter the secret code

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

I always quote this if someone asks me for something without saying please.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Nah, if it turns out to be a real problem, humans are REALLY good at extincting megafauna.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago

But we are in dire need for this wolf.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

Sounds like his request for having them in an exhibit was denied