Scientists Just Created a ‘Woolly Mouse’ With Mammoth-Like Fur. The de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences wants to bring back the woolly mammoth—starting with a very furry mouse.

Aw man i thought they had like frozen wooly mammoth cells or something. They just wanna edit asian elephants

Where are the tusks, you cowards!? I want my fluffmouse with tusks!

So yeah they want to bring back the woolly mammoth so they can protect the permafrost from melting and releasing all that methane which is a really bad greenhouse gas.

**”De-extinction startup Colossal** Biosciences has gene-edited mice to have mammoth-like features, creating what the company calls the Colossal Woolly Mouse. The lab mice, which have been modified to have shaggy fur and golden coats, are a demonstration of the kind of gene edits that the company hopes to perform on a much larger scale, [modifying Asian elephants](https://www.wired.com/story/colossal-biosciences-mammoth/) to more closely resemble their woolly mammoth ancestors.”

And look at this

“The genomes of the Colossal mice were edited at multiple points to change their fur so it was longer, frizzier, and more golden than that of normal lab mice.”

So they basically just created genetically engineered mice with blond hair, but why did they stop there, they should have given them blue eyes too. Scientist are now doing this in mice so it’s only a matter of time til they do this in humans as well. In fact, many parents would jump at the opportunity to give their children beautiful blond hair and blue eyes (and good health, and high intelligence, and super long lifespans, I’m taking humans who live for centuries!!!)

Genetic engineering is quickly becoming a reality. This isn’t science fiction anymore. I think within 20 years you might just see the first genetically engineered human babies being born. I know this might make some of you uncomfortable, the idea of genetically engineering our children and giving them blond hair and blue eyes (or perhaps blond hair and purple eyes? Oh I’d choose that for my daughters and blond hair and blue eyes for my sons), but genetic engineering is inevitable. Genetic engineering will be everywhere in the future. Especially as we start colonizing outer space. In order to adapt to space we’ll be forced to genetically engineer ourselves.

Welcome to the future ladies and gentleman.

Where are the cute mouse tusks? The trunk is easy. Wooly moles bred with naked mole rats. Big toofers, big fur. Just graft on some floppy mini bunny ears and we can little mousy mammoths perfect Christmas pets.

I hear a lot about how this particular company “wants to”. I have for about 10 years. Can you just shit or get off the pot, please?