WASHINGTON The dodo bird isn’t coming back anytime soon. Nor is the woolly mammoth. But a company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors, while other scientists are skeptical such feats are possible or a good idea.
The last dodo, a flightless bird about the size of a turkey, was killed in 1681 on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. For example, Colossal is now testing tools to tweak several parts of the genome simultaneously. It's also working on technologies for what is sometimes called an "artificial womb," he said.
The team may then attempt to edit Nicobar pigeon cells to make them resemble dodo cells. It may be possible to put the tweaked cells into developing eggs of other birds, such as pigeons or chickens, to create offspring that may in turn naturally produce dodo eggs, said Shapiro. The concept is still in an early theoretical stage for dodos.Newly released footage shows the last-known view at the extinct Tasmanian tiger.
"There's a real hazard in saying that if we destroy nature, we can just put it back together again — because we can't," said Duke University ecologist Stuart Pimm, who has no connection to Colossal.
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They going to bring back the younger version of Joe Biden? No thanks.
If it tastes like chicken, I’m in!
Watching your coverage as always. BIG SHOUT OUT to all your reporters in this weather!!!
We’ve all seen Jurassic Park, this won’t end well either
Nope this is a bad idea
'Life finds a way...'
What could possibly go wrong?
Is the CEO's name Hammond and does he own and island off the coast of central America?
Bring back the Tasmanian devil!
Pretty sure they made a couple of movies demonstrating how bad of an idea this is.
Science Man never gonna learn. Hates God: wants to be God.
Someone please make these people watch Jurassic Park.
We seen this one before…..no thanks