I’m Girish, a molecular‑biologist‑turned‑YouTuber.
My new 9‑min explainer digs into Colossal Biosciences’ plan to gene‑edit the dire wolf back into existence.
► Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SuS3RFwxcM&ab_channel=girishkaitholil
Highlights:
• Sequencing 13,000‑year‑old DNA from tar‑pit fossils
• Swapping dire‑wolf alleles into modern grey‑wolf embryos via CRISPR‑HDR
• The “designer hybrid” argument vs. true resurrection
• Ecological upsides and catastrophic what‑ifs
I’d love your take:
- Should reviving extinct apex predators ever be on the table?
- Does this distract from protecting today’s endangered carnivores?
CRISPR startup wants to bring the Dire Wolf back—future of conservation or Jurassic Park 2.0?
byu/malayaleegypsy inFuturology
2 Comments
Sadly, Trump wants to re-evaluate endangered species protections because he thinks have the technology to bring them back if they go extinct.
Keeping a large therapod in a cage is no more dangerous than an elephant or hippo. Jurassic park was more a lesson in the dangers of under paying the one employee running your billion dollar empire than it was about actual genetics.
It *might* distract the general public but they’re already way too busy consuming the throw away goods destroying our planet to give a shit