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[–] sirico@feddit.uk 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Now this is tansgender mice

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is a transgenic mouse

[–] FeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's what they said /j

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

These mice are the first step towards us creating Pokémon

[–] Hafty@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Time to slap some electric eel dna in that bad boy and get a pichu.

[–] tfowinder@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Genetic researchers have created a breed of woolly mice loosely based on woolly mammoth phenotypes. This is supposed to be a test run before they try to do the harder job of recreating the mammoth.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

But why is there a... rock? donut hole? geode? hush puppy? Next to the woolly mouse? I feel like it's a pun I'm missing.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago
[–] King_Bob_IV@startrek.website 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As a Canadian it looks like a timbit being used for scale

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that what 1/8 of a byte is called when getting a donut in Canada?

[–] King_Bob_IV@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Specifically from Tim Hortons, which despite not having been Canadian in ages still gets treated like a Canadian icon.

But as a result yeah, often referred to that way in common culture.

[–] kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

A delicious potato croquette

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And it won't be recreating the mammoth, just giving mammoth-like features to an elephant.

It's a truly strange project.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

Maybe to make it better tolerate colder climates?

As if Denmark isn't flat enough already without introducing a bunch of fluffy pachyderms..

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I wants it! They look so fluffy and soft